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draft-ietf-jmap-jscontact-05
JMAP                                                         R. Stepanek
Internet-Draft                                                  FastMail
Intended status: Standards Track                             M. Loffredo
Expires: 16 October 2021                                         IIT-CNR
                                                           14 April 2021

            JSContact: A JSON representation of contact data
                      draft-ietf-jmap-jscontact-05

Abstract

   This specification defines a data model and JSON representation of
   contact card information that can be used for data storage and
   exchange in address book or directory applications.  It aims to be an
   alternative to the vCard data format and to be unambiguous,
   extendable and simple to process.  In contrast to the JSON-based
   jCard format, it is not a direct mapping from the vCard data model
   and expands semantics where appropriate.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     1.1.  Relation to the xCard and jCard formats . . . . . . . . .   4
     1.2.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     1.3.  Vendor-specific Property Extensions and Values  . . . . .   4
     1.4.  Type Signatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     1.5.  Data types  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
       1.5.1.  Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
       1.5.2.  Id  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
       1.5.3.  LocalizedString . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
       1.5.4.  Preference  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
       1.5.5.  UTCDateTime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   2.  Card  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     2.1.  Metadata properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
       2.1.1.  uid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
       2.1.2.  prodId  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
       2.1.3.  created . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
       2.1.4.  updated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
       2.1.5.  kind  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
       2.1.6.  relatedTo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     2.2.  Name and Organization properties  . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
       2.2.1.  name  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
       2.2.2.  fullName  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
       2.2.3.  nickNames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
       2.2.4.  organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
       2.2.5.  titles  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     2.3.  Contact and Resource properties . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
       2.3.1.  emails  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
       2.3.2.  phones  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
       2.3.3.  online  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
       2.3.4.  photos  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
       2.3.5.  preferredContactMethod  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
       2.3.6.  preferredContactLanguages . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     2.4.  Address and Location properties . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
       2.4.1.  addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
     2.5.  Additional properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
       2.5.1.  anniversaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
       2.5.2.  personalInfo  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15

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       2.5.3.  notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
       2.5.4.  categories  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
   3.  GroupCard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
     3.1.  Group properties  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
       3.1.1.  members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
   4.  Implementation Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
     4.1.  IIT-CNR/Registro.it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
   5.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
   7.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
     7.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
     7.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20

1.  Introduction

   This document defines a data model for contact card data normally
   used in address book or directory applications and services.  It aims
   to be an alternative to the vCard data format [RFC6350] and to
   provide a JSON-based standard representation of contact card data.

   The key design considerations for this data model are as follows:

   *  Most of the initial set of attributes should be taken from the
      vCard data format [RFC6350] and extensions ([RFC6473], [RFC6474],
      [RFC6715], [RFC6869], [RFC8605]).  The specification should add
      new attributes or value types, or not support existing ones, where
      appropriate.  Conversion between the data formats need not fully
      preserve semantic meaning.

   *  The attributes of the cards data represented must be described as
      a simple key-value pair, reducing complexity of its
      representation.

   *  The data model should avoid all ambiguities and make it difficult
      to make mistakes during implementation.

   *  Extensions, such as new properties and components, MUST NOT lead
      to requiring an update to this document.

   The representation of this data model is defined in the I-JSON format
   [RFC7493], which is a strict subset of the JavaScript Object Notation
   (JSON) Data Interchange Format [RFC8259].  Using JSON is mostly a
   pragmatic choice: its widespread use makes Card easier to adopt, and
   the availability of production-ready JSON implementations eliminates
   a whole category of parser-related interoperability issues.

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1.1.  Relation to the xCard and jCard formats

   The xCard [RFC6351] and jCard [RFC7095] specifications define
   alternative representations for vCard data, in XML and JSON format
   respectively.  Both explicitly aim to not change the underlying data
   model.  Accordingly, they are regarded as equal to vCard in the
   context of this document.

1.2.  Terminology

   The key words MUST, MUST NOT, REQUIRED, SHALL, SHALL NOT, SHOULD,
   SHOULD NOT, RECOMMENDED, NOT RECOMMENDED, MAY, and OPTIONAL in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14 [RFC2119]
   [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown
   here.

1.3.  Vendor-specific Property Extensions and Values

   Vendors MAY add additional properties to JSContact objects to support
   their custom features.  The names of these properties MUST be
   prefixed with a domain name controlled by the vendor to avoid
   conflict, e.g. "example.com/customprop".

   Some JSContact properties allow vendor-specific value extensions.  If
   so, vendor-specific values MUST be prefixed with a domain name
   controlled by the vendor, e.g. "example.com/customrel".

   Vendors are strongly encouraged to register any new property values
   or extensions that are useful to other systems as well, rather than
   using a vendor-specific prefix.

1.4.  Type Signatures

   Type signatures are given for all JSON values in this document.  The
   following conventions are used:

   *  "*" - The type is undefined (the value could be any type, although
      permitted values may be constrained by the context of this value).

   *  "String" - The JSON string type.

   *  "Number" - The JSON number type.

   *  "Boolean" - The JSON boolean type.

   *  "A[B]" - A JSON object where the keys are all of type "A", and the
      values are all of type "B".

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   *  "A[]" - An array of values of type "A".

   *  "A|B" - The value is either of type "A" or of type "B".

1.5.  Data types

   In addition to the standard JSON data types, a couple of additional
   data types are common to the definitions of JSContact objects and
   properties.

1.5.1.  Context

   Contact information typically is associated with a context in which
   it should be used.  For example, someone might have distinct phone
   numbers for work and private contexts.  The Context data type
   enumerates common contexts.

   Common context values are:

   *  "private": The contact information may be used to contact the card
      holder in a private context.

   *  "work": The contact information may be used to contact the card
      holder in a professional context.

   *  "other": The contact information may be used to contact the card
      holder in some other context.  A label property MAY be defined to
      identify its purpose.

   Additional allowed values may be defined in the properties or data
   types that make use of the Context data type, registered in a future
   RFC, or a vendor-specific value.

1.5.2.  Id

   Where "Id" is given as a data type, it means a "String" of at least 1
   and a maximum of 255 octets in size, and it MUST only contain
   characters from the "URL and Filename Safe" base64url alphabet, as
   defined in Section 5 of [RFC4648], excluding the pad character ("=").
   This means the allowed characters are the ASCII alphanumeric
   characters ("A-Za-z0-9"), hyphen ("-"), and underscore ("_").

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   In many places in JSContact a JSON map is used where the map keys are
   of type Id and the map values are all the same type of object.  This
   construction represents an unordered set of objects, with the added
   advantage that each entry has a name (the corresponding map key).
   This allows for more concise patching of objects, and, when
   applicable, for the objects in question to be referenced from other
   objects within the JSContact object.

   Unless otherwise specified for a particular property, there are no
   uniqueness constraints on an Id value (other than, of course, the
   requirement that you cannot have two values with the same key within
   a single JSON map).  For example, two Card objects might use the same
   Ids in their respective "photos" properties.  Or within the same Card
   object the same Id could appear in the "emails" and "phones"
   properties.  These situations do not imply any semantic connections
   among the objects.

1.5.3.  LocalizedString

   The purpose of LocalizedString is to allow for internationalisation
   of string values.  In its simplest form it is just a string value.
   Optionally, the human language of this value may be specified, as
   well as localized variants in additional languages.  A
   LocalizedString has the following properties:

   *  value: "String" (mandatory).  The property value.

   *  language: "String" (optional).  The [RFC5646] language tag of this
      value, if any.

   *  localizations: "String[String]" (optional).  A map from [RFC5646]
      language tags to the value localized in that language.

1.5.4.  Preference

   This data type allows to define a preference order on same-typed
   contact information.  For example, a card holder may have two email
   addresses and prefer to be contacted with one of them.

   A preference value MUST be an integer number in the range 1 and 100.
   Lower values correspond to a higher level of preference, with 1 being
   most preferred.  If no preference is set, then the contact
   information MUST be interpreted as being least preferred.

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   Note that the preference only is defined in relation to contact
   information of the same type.  For example, the preference orders
   within emails and phone numbers are indendepent of each other.  Also
   note that the _preferredContactMethod_ property allows to define a
   preferred contact method across method types.

1.5.5.  UTCDateTime

   This is a string in [RFC3339] "date-time" format, with the further
   restrictions that any letters MUST be in uppercase, and the time
   offset MUST be the character "Z".  Fractional second values MUST NOT
   be included unless non-zero and MUST NOT have trailing zeros, to
   ensure there is only a single representation for each date-time.

   For example, "2010-10-10T10:10:10.003Z" is conformant, but
   "2010-10-10T10:10:10.000Z" is invalid and is correctly encoded as
   "2010-10-10T10:10:10Z".

2.  Card

   MIME type: "application/jscontact+json;type=card"

   A Card object stores information about a person, organization or
   company.

2.1.  Metadata properties

2.1.1.  uid

   Type: "String" (mandatory).

   An identifier, used to associate the object as the same across
   different systems, addressbooks and views.  [RFC4122] describes a
   range of established algorithms to generate universally unique
   identifiers (UUID), and the random or pseudo-random version is
   recommended.  For compatibility with [RFC6350] UIDs, implementations
   MUST accept both URI and free-form text.

2.1.2.  prodId

   Type: "String" (optional).

   The identifier for the product that created the Card object.

2.1.3.  created

   Type: "UTCDateTime" (optional).

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   The date and time when this Card object was created.

2.1.4.  updated

   Type: "UTCDateTime" (optional).

   The date and time when the data in this Card object was last
   modified.

2.1.5.  kind

   Type: "String" (optional).  The kind of the entity the Card
   represents.

   The value MUST be either one of the following values, registered in a
   future RFC, or a vendor-specific value:

   *  "individual": a single person

   *  "org": an organization

   *  "location": a named location

   *  "device": a device, such as appliances, computers, or network
      elements

   *  "application": a software application

2.1.6.  relatedTo

   Type: "String[Relation]" (optional).

   Relates the object to other Card objects.  This is represented as a
   map of the URI (or single text value) of the related objects to a
   possibly empty set of relation types.  The Relation object has the
   following properties:

   *  relation: "String[Boolean]" (optional, default: empty Object)
      Describes how the linked object is related to the linking object.
      The relation is defined as a set of relation types.  If empty, the
      relationship between the two objects is unspecified.  Keys in the
      set MUST be one of the RELATED property [RFC6350] type parameter
      values, or an IANA-registered value, or a vendor-specific value.
      The value for each key in the set MUST be true.

   Note, the Relation object only has one property; it is specified as
   an object with a single property to allow for extension in the
   future.

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2.2.  Name and Organization properties

2.2.1.  name

   Type: "NameComponent[]" (optional).

   The name components of the name of the entity represented by this
   Card.  Name components SHOULD be ordered such that their values
   joined by whitespace produce a valid full name of this entity.

   A NameComponent has the following properties:

   *  value: "String" (mandatory).  The value of this name component.

   *  type: "String" (mandatory).  The type of this name component.  The
      value MUST be either one of the following values, registered in a
      future RFC, or a vendor-specific value:

      -  "prefix".  The value is a honorific title(s), e.g.  "Mr", "Ms",
         "Dr".

      -  "personal".  The value is a personal name(s), also known as
         "first name", "given name".

      -  "surname".  The value is a surname, also known as "last name",
         "family name".

      -  "additional".  The value is an additional name, also known as
         "middle name".

      -  "suffix".  The value is a honorific suffix, e.g.  "B.A.",
         "Esq.".

2.2.2.  fullName

   Type: "LocalizedString" (optional).

   The full name (e.g. the personal name and surname of an individual,
   the name of an organization) of the entity represented by this card.
   The purpose of this property is to define a name, even if the
   individual name components are not known.  In addition, it is meant
   to provide alternative versions of the name for internationalisation.
   Implementations SHOULD prefer using the _name_ property over this one
   and SHOULD NOT store the concatenated name component values in this
   property.

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2.2.3.  nickNames

   Type: "LocalizedString[]" (optional).

   The nick names of the entity represented by this card.

2.2.4.  organizations

   Type: "Id[Organization]" (optional).

   The companies or organization names and units associated with this
   card.  An Organization object has the following properties:

   *  name: "LocalizedString" (mandatory).  The name of this
      organization.

   *  units: "LocalizedString[]" (optional).  Additional levels of
      organizational unit names.

2.2.5.  titles

   Type : "Id[Title]" (optional).

   The job titles or functional positions of the entity represented by
   this card.  A Title has object the following properties:

   *  title: "LocalizedString" (mandatory).  The title of the entity
      represented by this card.

   *  organization: "Id" (optional).  The id of the organization in
      which this title is held.

2.3.  Contact and Resource properties

2.3.1.  emails

   Type: "Id[EmailAddress]" (optional).

   The email addresses to contact the entity represented by this card.
   An EmailAddress object has the following properties:

   *  email: "String" (mandatory).  The email address.  This MUST be an
      _addr-spec_ value as defined in Section 3.4.1 of [RFC5322].

   *  contexts: "Context[Boolean]" (optional) The contexts in which to
      use this email address.  The value for each key in the object MUST
      be "true".

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   *  pref: Preference (optional) The preference of this email address
      in relation to other email addresses.

2.3.2.  phones

   Type: "Id[Phone]" (optional).

   The phone numbers to contact the entity represented by this card.  A
   phone object has the following properties:

   *  phone: "String" (mandatory).  The phone value, as either a URI or
      a free-text phone number.  Typical URI schemes are the [RFC3966]
      "tel" or [RFC3261] "sip" schemes, but any URI scheme is allowed.

   *  features: "String[Boolean]" (optional).  The set of contact
      features that this phone number may be used for.  The set is
      represented as an object, with each key being a method type.  The
      value for each key in the object MUST be "true".  The allowed
      methods are:

      -  "voice" The number is for calling by voice.

      -  "fax" The number is for sending faxes.

      -  "pager" The number is for a pager or beeper.

      -  "other" The number is for some other purpose.  The label
         property MAY be included to display next to the number to help
         the user identify its purpose.

   *  contexts: "Context[Boolean]" (optional) The contexts in which to
      use this number.  The value for each key in the object MUST be
      "true".

   *  label: "String" (optional).  A label describing the value in more
      detail, especially if the type property has value "other" (but MAY
      be included with any type).

   *  pref: Preference (optional) The preference of this number in
      relation to other numbers.

2.3.3.  online

   Type: "Id[Resource]" (optional).

   The online resources and services that are associated with the entity
   represented by this card.  A Resource object has the following
   properties:

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   *  resource: "String" (mandatory).  The resource value, where the
      allowed value form is defined by the the _type_ property.  In any
      case the value MUST NOT be empty.

   *  type: "String" (optional, default: "other").  The type of the
      resource value.  Allowed values are:

      -  "uri" The resource value is a URI, e.g. a website link.  This
         MUST be a valid _URI_ as defined in Section 3 of [RFC3986] and
         updates.

      -  "username" The resource value is a username associated with the
         entity represented by this card (e.g. for social media, or an
         IM client).  The _label_ property SHOULD be included to
         identify what service this is for.  For compatibility between
         clients, this label SHOULD be the canonical service name,
         including capitalisation. e.g.  "Twitter", "Facebook", "Skype",
         "GitHub", "XMPP".  The resource value may be any non-empty free
         text.

      -  "other" The resource value is something else not covered by the
         above categories.  A label property MAY be included to display
         next to the number to help the user identify its purpose.  The
         resource value may be any non-empty free text.

   *  mediaType: "String" (optional).  Used for URI resource values.
      Provides the media type [RFC2046] of the resource identified by
      the URI.

   *  contexts: "Context[Boolean]" (optional) The contexts in which to
      use this resource.  The value for each key in the object MUST be
      "true".

   *  label: "String" (optional).  A label describing the value in more
      detail, especially if the type property has value "other" (but MAY
      be included with any type).

   *  pref: Preference (optional) The preference of this resource in
      relation to other resources.

2.3.4.  photos

   Type: "Id[File]" (optional).

   A map of photo ids to File objects that contain photographs or images
   associated with this card.  A typical use case is to include an
   avatar for display along the contact name.

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   A File object has the following properties:

   *  href: "String" (mandatory).  A URI where to fetch the data of this
      file.

   *  mediaType: "String" (optional).  The content-type of the file, if
      known.

   *  size: "UnsignedInt" (optional).  The size, in octets, of the file
      when fully decoded (i.e., the number of octets in the file the
      user would download), if known.

   *  pref: Preference (optional) The preference of this photo in
      relation to other photos.

2.3.5.  preferredContactMethod

   Type : "String" (optional)

   Defines the preferred method to contact the holder of this card.  The
   value MUST be the property names: "emails", "phones", "online".

2.3.6.  preferredContactLanguages

   Type : "String[ContactLanguage[]]" (optional)

   Defines the preferred languages for contacting the entity associated
   with this card.  The keys in the object MUST be [RFC5646] language
   tags.  The values are a (possibly empty) list of contact language
   preferences for this language.  A valid ContactLanguage object MUST
   have at least one of its properties set.

   A ContactLanguage object has the following properties:

   *  context: "Context" (optional).  Defines the context in which to
      use this language.

   *  pref: "Preference" (optional).  Defines the preference of this
      language in relation to other languages of the same context.

   Also see the definition of the VCARD LANG property (Section 6.4.4.,
   [RFC6350]).

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2.4.  Address and Location properties

2.4.1.  addresses

   Type: "Id[Address]" (optional).

   A map of address ids to Address objects, containing physical
   locations.  An Address object has the following properties:

   *  fullAddress: "LocalizedString" (optional).  The complete address,
      excluding type and label.  This property is mainly useful to
      represent addresses of which the individual address components are
      unknown, or to provide localized representations.

   *  street: "String" (optional).  The street address.  This MAY be
      multiple lines; newlines MUST be preserved.

   *  extension: "String" (optional) The extended address, such as an
      apartment or suite number, or care-of address.

   *  locality: "String" (optional).  The city, town, village, post
      town, or other locality within which the street address may be
      found.

   *  region: "String" (optional).  The province, such as a state,
      county, or canton within which the locality may be found.

   *  country: "String" (optional).  The country name.

   *  postOfficeBox: "String" (optional) The post office box.

   *  postcode: "String" (optional).  The postal code, post code, ZIP
      code or other short code associated with the address by the
      relevant country's postal system.

   *  countryCode: "String" (optional).  The ISO-3166-1 country code.

   *  coordinates: "String" (optional) A [RFC5870] "geo:" URI for the
      address.

   *  timeZone: "String" (optional) Identifies the time zone this
      address is located in.  This SHOULD be a time zone name registered
      in the IANA Time Zone Database (https://www.iana.org/time-zones).
      Unknown time zone identifiers MAY be ignored by implementations.

   *  contexts: "Context[Boolean]" (optional).  The contexts of the
      address information.  In addition to the common contexts, allowed
      values are:

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      -  "billing" An address to be used for billing.

      -  "postal" An address to be used for delivering physical items.
         The value for each key in the object MUST be "true".

   *  label: "String" (optional).  A label describing the value in more
      detail.

   *  pref: Preference (optional) The preference of this address in
      relation to other addresses.

2.5.  Additional properties

2.5.1.  anniversaries

   Type : Anniversary[] (optional).

   Memorable dates and events for the entity represented by this card.
   An Anniversary object has the following properties:

   *  type: "String" (mandatory).  Specifies the type of the
      anniversary.  This RFC predefines the following types, but
      implementations MAY use additional values:

      -  "birth": a birth day anniversary

      -  "death": a death day anniversary

      -  "other": an anniversary not covered by any of the known types.

   *  label: "String" (optional).  A label describing the value in more
      detail, especially if the type property has value "other" (but MAY
      be included with any type).

   *  date: "String" (mandatory).  The date of this anniversary, in the
      form "YYYY-MM-DD" (any part may be all 0s for unknown) or a
      [RFC3339] timestamp.

   *  place: Address (optional).  An address associated with this
      anniversary, e.g. the place of birth or death.

2.5.2.  personalInfo

   Type: PersonalInformation[] (optional).

   A list of personal information about the entity represented by this
   card.  A PersonalInformation object has the following properties:

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   *  type: "String" (mandatory).  Specifies the type for this personal
      information.  Allowed values are:

      -  "expertise": a field of expertise or credential

      -  "hobby": a hobby

      -  "interest": an interest

      -  "other": an information not covered by the above categories

   *  value: "String" (mandatory).  The actual information.  This
      generally is free-text, but future specifications MAY restrict
      allowed values depending on the type of this PersonalInformation.

   *  level: "String" (optional) Indicates the level of expertise, or
      engagement in hobby or interest.  Allowed values are: "high",
      "medium" and "low".

2.5.3.  notes

   Type: "LocalizedString" (optional).

   Arbitrary notes about the entity represented by this card.

2.5.4.  categories

   Type: "String[Boolean]" (optional).  The set of free-text or URI
   categories that relate to the card.  The set is represented as an
   object, with each key being a category.  The value for each key in
   the object MUST be "true".

3.  GroupCard

   MIME type: "application/jscontact+json;type=groupcard"

   A GroupCard object represents a group of cards.  Its members may be
   Cards or GroupCards.

   Both GroupCard and Card share the same namespace for the "uid"
   property.  All properties for a Card are also defined for GroupCard,
   with the exception that the "kind" property MUST be set to "group".

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3.1.  Group properties

3.1.1.  members

   Type: "String[Boolean]" (mandatory).  The members of this group.

   The set is represented as an object, with each key being the uid of
   another Card or GroupCard.  The value for each key in the object MUST
   be "true".

4.  Implementation Status

   NOTE: Please remove this section and the reference to [RFC7942] prior
   to publication as an RFC.  This section records the status of known
   implementations of the protocol defined by this specification at the
   time of posting of this Internet-Draft, and is based on a proposal
   described in [RFC7942].  The description of implementations in this
   section is intended to assist the IETF in its decision processes in
   progressing drafts to RFCs.  Please note that the listing of any
   individual implementation here does not imply endorsement by the
   IETF.  Furthermore, no effort has been spent to verify the
   information presented here that was supplied by IETF contributors.
   This is not intended as, and must not be construed to be, a catalog
   of available implementations or their features.  Readers are advised
   to note that other implementations may exist.  According to
   [RFC7942], "this will allow reviewers and working groups to assign
   due consideration to documents that have the benefit of running code,
   which may serve as evidence of valuable experimentation and feedback
   that have made the implemented protocols more mature.  It is up to
   the individual working groups to use this information as they see
   fit".

4.1.  IIT-CNR/Registro.it

   *  Responsible Organization: Institute of Informatics and Telematics
      of National Research Council (IIT-CNR)/Registro.it

   *  Location: https://rdap.pubtest.nic.it/
      (https://rdap.pubtest.nic.it/)

   *  Description: This implementation includes support for RDAP queries
      using data from the public test environment of .it ccTLD.  The
      RDAP server does not implement any security policy because data
      returned by this server are only for experimental testing
      purposes.  The RDAP server returns responses including Card in
      place of jCard when queries contain the parameter jscard=1.

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   *  Level of Maturity: This is a "proof of concept" research
      implementation.

   *  Coverage: This implementation includes all of the features
      described in this specification.

   *  Contact Information: Mario Loffredo, mario.loffredo@iit.cnr.it

5.  IANA Considerations

   TBD

6.  Security Considerations

   TBD

7.  References

7.1.  Normative References

   [RFC2046]  Freed, N. and N. Borenstein, "Multipurpose Internet Mail
              Extensions (MIME) Part Two: Media Types", RFC 2046,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2046, November 1996,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2046>.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC4122]  Leach, P., Mealling, M., and R. Salz, "A Universally
              Unique IDentifier (UUID) URN Namespace", RFC 4122,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC4122, July 2005,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4122>.

   [RFC5646]  Phillips, A., Ed. and M. Davis, Ed., "Tags for Identifying
              Languages", BCP 47, RFC 5646, DOI 10.17487/RFC5646,
              September 2009, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5646>.

   [RFC5870]  Mayrhofer, A. and C. Spanring, "A Uniform Resource
              Identifier for Geographic Locations ('geo' URI)",
              RFC 5870, DOI 10.17487/RFC5870, June 2010,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5870>.

   [RFC6350]  Perreault, S., "vCard Format Specification", RFC 6350,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6350, August 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6350>.

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   [RFC6351]  Perreault, S., "xCard: vCard XML Representation",
              RFC 6351, DOI 10.17487/RFC6351, August 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6351>.

   [RFC7095]  Kewisch, P., "jCard: The JSON Format for vCard", RFC 7095,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7095, January 2014,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7095>.

   [RFC7493]  Bray, T., Ed., "The I-JSON Message Format", RFC 7493,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7493, March 2015,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7493>.

   [RFC7942]  Sheffer, Y. and A. Farrel, "Improving Awareness of Running
              Code: The Implementation Status Section", BCP 205,
              RFC 7942, DOI 10.17487/RFC7942, July 2016,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7942>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

   [RFC8259]  Bray, T., Ed., "The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data
              Interchange Format", STD 90, RFC 8259,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8259, December 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8259>.

7.2.  Informative References

   [RFC3261]  Rosenberg, J., Schulzrinne, H., Camarillo, G., Johnston,
              A., Peterson, J., Sparks, R., Handley, M., and E.
              Schooler, "SIP: Session Initiation Protocol", RFC 3261,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3261, June 2002,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3261>.

   [RFC3339]  Klyne, G. and C. Newman, "Date and Time on the Internet:
              Timestamps", RFC 3339, DOI 10.17487/RFC3339, July 2002,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3339>.

   [RFC3966]  Schulzrinne, H., "The tel URI for Telephone Numbers",
              RFC 3966, DOI 10.17487/RFC3966, December 2004,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3966>.

   [RFC3986]  Berners-Lee, T., Fielding, R., and L. Masinter, "Uniform
              Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax", STD 66,
              RFC 3986, DOI 10.17487/RFC3986, January 2005,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3986>.

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   [RFC4648]  Josefsson, S., "The Base16, Base32, and Base64 Data
              Encodings", RFC 4648, DOI 10.17487/RFC4648, October 2006,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4648>.

   [RFC5322]  Resnick, P., Ed., "Internet Message Format", RFC 5322,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5322, October 2008,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5322>.

   [RFC6473]  Saint-Andre, P., "vCard KIND:application", RFC 6473,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6473, December 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6473>.

   [RFC6474]  Li, K. and B. Leiba, "vCard Format Extensions: Place of
              Birth, Place and Date of Death", RFC 6474,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6474, December 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6474>.

   [RFC6715]  Cauchie, D., Leiba, B., and K. Li, "vCard Format
              Extensions: Representing vCard Extensions Defined by the
              Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Converged Address Book (CAB)
              Group", RFC 6715, DOI 10.17487/RFC6715, August 2012,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6715>.

   [RFC6869]  Salgueiro, G., Clarke, J., and P. Saint-Andre, "vCard
              KIND:device", RFC 6869, DOI 10.17487/RFC6869, February
              2013, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6869>.

   [RFC8605]  Hollenbeck, S. and R. Carney, "vCard Format Extensions:
              ICANN Extensions for the Registration Data Access Protocol
              (RDAP)", RFC 8605, DOI 10.17487/RFC8605, May 2019,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8605>.

Authors' Addresses

   Robert Stepanek
   FastMail
   PO Box 234, Collins St West
   Melbourne  VIC 8007
   Australia

   Email: rsto@fastmailteam.com

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   Mario Loffredo
   IIT-CNR
   Via Moruzzi,1
   56124 Pisa
   Italy

   Email: mario.loffredo@iit.cnr.it

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