Re: [VCARDDAV] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6350 (3199)

[Simon Perreault <[e-mail]>]

On 2012-04-23 23:44, RFC Errata System wrote:
> Original Text
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> In Section 3.1:
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>    It is invalid to specify a value other than "UTF-8" in the
>     "charset" MIME parameter (see Section 10.1).
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> In Section 10.1:
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>        "charset": as defined for text/plain [RFC2046]; encodings other
>        than UTF-8 [RFC3629] MUST NOT be used.
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> (none, delete both sentences)
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> Notes
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> There is no "charset" parameter for text/vcard.
> Perhaps there used to be one, but it isn't listed

It is listed, but there is a mistake: on the same line as "Optional 
parameters:" there is "version", which should simply be removed.

    Optional parameters:  version

       The "version" parameter is to be interpreted identically as the
       VERSION vCard property.  If this parameter is present, all vCards
       in a text/vcard body part MUST have a VERSION property with value
       identical to that of this MIME parameter.

       "charset": as defined for text/plain [RFC2046]; encodings other
       than UTF-8 [RFC3629] MUST NOT be used.

> and would serve no purpose if it did.

I think backwards compatibility was the primary reason for including it.

Simon
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