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Re: [VCARDDAV] vcarddav-birth-death-extensions update

Barry Leiba <barryleiba@computer.org> Wed, 23 November 2011 19:44 UTC

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> Another option: how about instead of BIRTHPLACE as a property, we could use
> ADR with a TYPE=birthplace? I suspect that may be too radical in that
> existing clients will present it as a "valid" mailing address that could get
> confused with others. But it seems reasonable to me that any property that
> needs to look like an "ADR" value out to simply be ADR with a specific
> type...

Yes, that sounds sensible, as well.  But again, too late for this.

> A question: is there really no URI scheme for a mailing address? Should
> there be one?

Hm.
I think there isn't.  Why not ask the "why not?" question over on uri-review ?

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