Calendaring extensions N. Jenkins
Internet-Draft R. Stepanek
Intended status: Standards Track FastMail
Expires: July 29, 2021 M. Douglass
BCS
January 25, 2021
JSCalendar: Converting from and to iCalendar
draft-ietf-calext-jscalendar-icalendar-03
Abstract
This document provides the required methods for converting JSCalendar
from and to iCalendar.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1. Note (to be deleted later) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2. Motivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.3. Scope and caveats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.4. Notational Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2. New iCalendar parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1. FRACTIONAL parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. iCalendar pre-processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4. Translating iCalendar components to JSCalendar . . . . . . . 7
4.1. VALARM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.2. VCALENDAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.3. VEVENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.4. VLOCATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.5. VTIMEZONE, STANDARD, DAYLIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.6. VTODO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5. Translating iCalendar properties to JSCalendar . . . . . . . 13
5.1. ATTACH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.2. ATTENDEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.3. CALSCALE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
5.4. CATEGORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
5.5. COMMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
5.6. COMPLETED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5.7. CONTACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5.8. CREATED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5.9. DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5.10. DTEND, DTSTART, DUE, DURATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5.11. EXDATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
5.12. DTSTAMP and LAST-MODIFIED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
5.13. LOCATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
5.14. PERCENT-COMPLETE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
5.15. PRIORITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
5.16. PRODID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
5.17. RELATED-TO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
5.18. RESOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5.19. RDATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5.20. RRULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5.21. SEQUENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
5.22. STATUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
5.23. STRUCTURED-DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
5.24. SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.25. TRANSP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.26. UID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.27. URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
6. Translating iCalendar: Further examples . . . . . . . . . . . 34
6.1. Recurring event with ATTACH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
6.2. Simple event with CONTACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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6.3. Simple event with RESOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
6.4. Recurring event. Attendees only in overrides . . . . . . 37
7. Translating JSCalendar properties to iCalendar components . . 41
7.1. jsevent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
7.2. jsgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
7.3. locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
7.4. jstask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
7.5. timezones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
8. Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
9. JSEvent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
10. JSTask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
11. JSGroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
12. Common properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
12.1. Time properties and types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
12.2. Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
12.3. Participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
13. Custom properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
14. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
15. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
16. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
17. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
17.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
17.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
1. Introduction
1.1. Note (to be deleted later)
This is still very much a work in progress. There are
implementations of the mapping but there may be changes over the
coming weeks.
1.2. Motivation
The JSCalendar [draft-ietf-calext-jscalendar] data format is used to
represent calendar data, and is meant as an alternative to the widely
deployed iCalendar [RFC5545] data format.
While new calendaring services and applications might use JSCalendar
as their main data format to exchange calendaring data, they are
likely to interoperate with services and clients that just support
iCalendar. Similarly, existing calendaring data is stored in
iCalendar format in databases and other calendar stores, and
providers and users might want to represent this data also in
JSCalendar. Lastly, there is a requirement to preserve custom
iCalendar properties that have no equivalent in JSCalendar when
converting between these formats.
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To support these use cases, this document provides the required
approach when converting JSCalendar data from and to iCalendar.
1.3. Scope and caveats
JSCalendar and iCalendar have a lot of semantics in common, but they
are not interchangeable formats:
o JSCalendar contains a richer data model to express calendar
information such as event locations and participants. while
future iCalendar extensions may allow a direct mapping, for now
there may be no representation directly in iCalendar of some
properties. These values may have to be extracted from a full
copy of the iCalendar format provided as a property in the
JSCalendar data.
o iCalendar may contain arbitrary, non-standardised data with custom
properties/attributes. These will be translated using the same
approach as jCal.
o iCalendar has some obsolete features that have been removed from
JSCalendar due to not being useful and/or supported in the real
world (e.g. custom email alerts to send to random people).
Translating these may lose some of the original fidelity.
o Implementations may use a custom property to store data that could
not be mapped directly in either direction in the original or a
custom format, however this is not interoperable.
Accordingly, this document defines a canonical translation between
iCalendar and JSCalendar, and implementations MUST follow the
approaches specified here when iCalendar data is represented in
JSCalendar and vice-versa.
This document defines mappings for the following specifications.
o Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification
(iCalendar)
o iCalendar Transport-Independent Interoperability Protocol (iTIP)
o Event Publishing Extensions to iCalendar
o Support for iCalendar Relationships
o VALARM Extensions for iCalendar
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Therefore all of these specifications MUST be implemented to follow
this specification.
1.4. Notational Conventions
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].
2. New iCalendar parameters
2.1. FRACTIONAL parameter
Parameter name: FRACTIONAL
Purpose: This parameter is used to contain a value with fractional
seconds for time values and durations. FRACTIONAL MUST NOT be
used in date-time calculations or comparisons in iCalendar. It is
meant to preserve time precision on time values and duration with
sub-second precision, without increasing the time value range
within iCalendar.
Description: This parameter MAY be specified on properties of type
DATE-TIME or DURATION. It MUST be a valid iCalendar DATE-TIME or
DURATION value with the addition of fractional seconds. The value
MUST NOT be negative for durations but MAY be negative for alarm
triggers. iCalendar implementations SHOULD ignore this parameter
in date time arithmetic. Implementations MUST ignore presence of
the FRACTIONAL parameter on RECURRENCE-ID properties when
determining recurrence overrides.
Applications receiving a property with a FRACTIONAL parameter MUST
ensure its value is consistent with the value of the property.
The property value must match:
- a positive FRACTIONAL value rounded up to the next non-
fractional second or
- a negative FRACTIONAL value rounded down the next non-fractional
second
If the values do not match the the application MUST assume that
the property value has been updated by an application that is
unaware of the FRACTIONAL parameter. The parameter should be
ignored in this case.
Format Definition:
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This parameter is defined by the following notation:
fractional-param = DATE-TIME or DURATION
Example:
DTSTART;FRACTIONAL=20190605T133015.03:20190605T133015
3. iCalendar pre-processing
iCalendar uses a line-folding mechanism to limit lines of data to a
maximum line length (typically 75 octets) to ensure the maximum
likelihood of preserving data integrity as it is transported via
various means (e.g., email) -- see Section 3.1 of [RFC5545].
iCalendar data uses an "escape" character sequence for text values
and property parameter values. See Sections 3.1 and 3.3 of [RFC5545]
as well as [RFC6868].
There is a subtle difference in the number representations between
JSON and iCalendar. While in iCalendar, a number may have leading
zeros, as well as a leading plus sign; this is not the case in JSON.
Numbers should be represented in whatever way needed for the
underlying format.
When converting from iCalendar to JSCalendar: First, iCalendar lines
MUST be unfolded. Afterwards, any iCalendar escaping MUST be
unescaped. Finally, JSON escaping, as described in Section 7 of
[RFC7159], MUST be applied. The reverse order applies when
converting from JSCalendar to iCalendar, which is further described
in Section ?.
iCalendar uses a base64 encoding for binary data. However, it does
not restrict the encoding from being applied to non-binary value
types. So, the following rules are applied when processing a
property with the "ENCODING" property parameter set to "BASE64":
o If the property value type is "BINARY", the base64 encoding MUST
be preserved.
o If the value type is not "BINARY", the "ENCODING" property
parameter MUST be removed, and the value MUST be base64 decoded.
When base64 encoding is used, it MUST conform to Section 4 of
[RFC4648], which is the base64 method used in [RFC5545].
One key difference in the formatting of values used in iCalendar and
JSCalendar is that in JSCalendar, the specification uses date/time
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values aligned with the extended format of [ISO.8601.2004], which is
more commonly used in Internet applications that make use of the JSON
format. The sections of this document describing the various date
and time formats contain more information on the use of the complete
representation, reduced accuracy, or truncated representation.
4. Translating iCalendar components to JSCalendar
This section is an alphabetic list of all [RFC5545] components and
how they are mapped to JSCalendar.
At present VFREEBUSY and VJOURNAL are not mapped in jscalendar.
4.1. VALARM
A [RFC5545] VALARM component is mapped to a member of a JSCalendar
"alerts" object with a type of "Alert" and a small id.
BEGIN: VEVENT
...
BEGIN: VALARM
...
END: VALARM
BEGIN: VALARM
...
END: VALARM
END: VEVENT
maps to
{
"@type": "jsevent",
...
"alerts": {
"1": {
"@type": "Alert",
...
},
"2": {
"@type": "Alert",
...
}
}
}
The [RFC5545] VALARM has a number of problems which are not carried
over into JSCalendar. Clients tend to choose how, and in some cases
when to notify the user.
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For example, if the user has a smart-watch they may get tapped on the
wrist. The method of notification may depend on which device is
being used and the context, for example, a meeting or driving.
Also, many clients are taking into consideration the travel time and
notifying the user earlier if it seems necessary.
Specifying that a client should send emails to all attendees is both
annoying and dangerous. Attendees have their own preferences for how
and when they should be notified.
Accordingly, the specification only allows for "display" and "email"
actions and - other than specifying when - does not allow much else.
Clients and/or servers will generally use the associated event or
task title as identification. User preferences generally indicate
what actions they prefer.
An [RFC5545] ACTION property can take the defined values "AUDIO" /
"DISPLAY" / "EMAIL" whereas the JSCalendar "action" property only
supports "display" and "email".
An "AUDIO" alarm SHOULD be mapped to a "display" alert. Any
attachment MUST be ignored.
The [RFC5545] example VALARMs will be mapped as follows, assuming
they are all in the same event:
BEGIN:VEVENT
...
BEGIN:VALARM
TRIGGER;VALUE=DATE-TIME:19970317T133000Z
REPEAT:4
DURATION:PT15M
ACTION:AUDIO
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=audio/basic:ftp://example.com/pub/
sounds/bell-01.aud
END:VALARM
BEGIN:VALARM
TRIGGER:-PT30M
REPEAT:2
DURATION:PT15M
ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:Breakfast meeting with executive\n
team at 8:30 AM EST.
END:VALARM
BEGIN:VALARM
TRIGGER;RELATED=END:-P2D
ACTION:EMAIL
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ATTENDEE:mailto:john_doe@example.com
SUMMARY:*** REMINDER: SEND AGENDA FOR WEEKLY STAFF MEETING ***
DESCRIPTION:A draft agenda needs to be sent out to the attendees
to the weekly managers meeting (MGR-LIST). Attached is a
pointer the document template for the agenda file.
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=application/msword:http://example.com/
templates/agenda.doc
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
maps to
{
"@type": "jsevent",
...
"alerts": {
"1": {
"@type": "Alert",
"action": "display",
"trigger": {
"@type": "AbsoluteTrigger",
"when": "19970317T133000Z"
}
},
"2": {
"@type": "Alert",
"action": "display",
"trigger": {
"@type": "OffsetTrigger",
"offset": "-PT30M"
}
}
"3": {
"@type": "Alert",
"action": "email",
"trigger": {
"@type": "OffsetTrigger",
"offset": "-P2D",
"relativeTo": "end"
}
}
}
}
Note that the ATTACH, ATTENDEE, DESCRIPTION, DURATION, REPEAT and
SUMMARY properties have been dropped.
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4.2. VCALENDAR
A [RFC5545] VCALENDAR component may be mapped to a JSCalendar object
with a type of "jsgroup".
BEGIN: VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//ABC Corporation//NONSGML My Product//EN
...
END: VCALENDAR
maps to
{
"@type": "jsgroup",
"prodid": "-//ABC Corporation//NONSGML My Product//EN",
...
}
Note that a single JSEvent or JSTask MAY be converted without a
surrounding JSGroup if the VCALENDAR component only contains PRODID
and CALSCALE properties. In this case the prddid can go in the
JSEvent or JSTask. The CALSCALE property is dropped - there is no
equivalence in JSCalendar.
4.3. VEVENT
A [RFC5545] VEVENT component is mapped to a JSCalendar object with a
type of "jsevent".
BEGIN: VEVENT
...
END: VEVENT
maps to
{
"@type": "jsevent",
...
}
4.4. VLOCATION
A [draft-ietf-calext-eventpub-extensions] VLOCATION component is
mapped to a JSCalendar object with a type of "Location". Any
properties within the VLOCATION must be mapped as described below.
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BEGIN: VEVENT
...
BEGIN: VLOCATION
...
END: VLOCATION
END: VEVENT
maps to
{
"@type": "jsevent",
...
"locations": {
"1": {
"@type": "Location",
...
}
}
}
4.5. VTIMEZONE, STANDARD, DAYLIGHT
A [RFC5545] VTIMEZONE component is mapped to a member of a JSCalendar
"timezones" object with a type of "TimeZone" and an id which follows
the restrictions specified.
The STANDARD and DAYLIGHT components map to JSCalendar TimeZoneRule
objects as members of the
Note that
o There is no current approach for defining standalone sets of
timezones.
o Timezones defined in the IANA timezone database SHOULD NOT be
redefined in the object. Only custom timezones will be defined.
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BEGIN: VTIMEZONE
TZID: Example/Somewhere
...
END: VTIMEZONE
BEGIN: VTIMEZONE
TZID: Example/Somewhere-else
...
END: VTIMEZONE
BEGIN: VEVENT
...
END: VEVENT
maps to
{
"@type": "jsevent",
...
"timezones": {
"/Example/Somewhere: {
"@type": "TimeZone",
...
},
"/Example/Somewhere-else": {
"@type": "TimeZone",
...
}
}
}
4.6. VTODO
A [RFC5545] VTODO component is mapped to a JSCalendar object with a
type of "jstask".
BEGIN: VTODO
...
END: VTODO
maps to
{
"@type": "jstask",
...
}
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5. Translating iCalendar properties to JSCalendar
This section is an alphabetic list of all [RFC5545] properties and
how they are mappped to JSCalendar.
5.1. ATTACH
A [RFC5545] ATTACH allows for two types of attachment:
o A uri value
o A binary value
Both map to a JSCalendar "link" object with a "rel" of "enclosure"
and the "href" set to the value of the property.
If the FMTTYPE parameter is set then add a JSCalendar "contentType"
property to the link object.
For a binary value use a base64 data uri.
For an example of a recurring event with ATTACH see Section 6.1
5.2. ATTENDEE
A [RFC5545] ATTENDEE maps to the JSCalendar "participant" property
with a JSCalendar "role" of "attendee". The value for role should
always be set.
In the simplest case a JSCalendar "participant" property will be
created and added to the JSCalendar "participants" property.
The value of the ATTENDEE property is used to add an "imip" method to
the JSCalendar "sendTo" property. The value of the entry will be the
ATTENDEE property value.
For example:
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...
ATTENDEE:mailto:user01@example.org
...
maps to
{
...
"participants": {
"be450b70-9bf7-4f6e-8f65-971ede566ce3": {
"@type": "Participant",
"sendTo": {
"imip": "user01@example.org"
},
...
}
The attendee parameters are mapped to JSCalendar "participant"
properties as follows:
CN: The value of the CN parameter is used to set the JSCalendar
"name" property.
CUTYPE: This maps on to the JSCalendar "kind" property as follows:
INDIVIDUAL "individual"
GROUP "group"
RESOURCE "resource"
ROOM "location"
UNKNOWN No value
Any other value should be converted to lower case and assigned to
the JSCalendar "kind" property.
DELEGATED-FROM: Split the value at any commas and add each resulting
element to the JSCalendar "delegatedFrom" property
DELEGATED-TO: Split the value at any commas and add each resulting
element to the JSCalendar "delegatedFrom" property
DIR: If non-null look in the JSCalendar "links" property for a
JSCalendar "link" property with an href with the same value as the
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DIR parameter. You may need to search the current override and
the master.
If none is found create a new one with the JSCalendar "href"
property set to the value of the DIR parameter and the JSCalendar
"rel" property set to "alternate"
Add the id of the located or created link to the JSCalendar
"linkIds" property of the participant.
LANG: set the JSCalendar "language" property to the value of the
LANG parameter.
MEMBER: If this is set there should be a corresponding ATTENDEE
object with a value equal to the value of the member parameter.
If not it is appropriate to skip this parameter.
If there is a corresponding ATTENDEE then there should be a
corresponding JSCalendar "participant" property. This suggests
that CUTYPE=GROUP ATTENDEE properties should be processed ahead of
the others.
Locate the JSCalendar "participant" property for the group. This
may be in the current override or in the master. Add the id to
the current participants JSCalendar "memberOf" property.
PARTSTAT: If the PARTSTAT parameter is set and is not "NEEDS-ACTION"
then set the JSCalendar "participationStatus" property to the
lower-cased value of the PARTSTAT.
ROLE: This is mapped to the JSCalendar "roles" property as follows:
CHAIR "attendee" and "chair"
REQ-PARTICIPANT "attendee"
OPT-PARTICIPANT "attendee" and "optional"
NON-PARTICIPANT "informational"
Any other value should be converted to lower case and added to the
JSCalendar "roles" property.
RSVP: If the value of the RSVP parameter is TRUE set the JSCalendar
"expectReply" property to "true" otherwise omit it.
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SCHEDULE-AGENT: If the value is "CLIENT" (ignoring case) set the
JSCalendar "scheduleAgent" property to "client" otherwise omit it.
SCHEDULE-FORCE-SEND: Set the JSCalendar "scheduleForceSend" property
to the lower-cased value of the [RFC6638] SCHEDULE-FORCE-SEND
parameter.
SCHEDULE-STATUS: Split the value at any commas and add each
resulting element to the JSCalendar "scheduleStatus" property.
SENT-BY: The value of the SENT-BY parameter is used to set the
JSCalendar "invitedBy" property.
5.3. CALSCALE
A [RFC5545] CALSCALE has no equivalence in JSCalendar. It is
ignored.
5.4. CATEGORIES
These map on to the JSCalendar "keywords" property with each category
being the key to an entry.
...
CATEGORIES:APPOINTMENT,EDUCATION
CATEGORIES:MEETING
...
maps to
...
"keywords": {
"APPOINTMENT": true,
"EDUCATION": true,
"MEETING": true
},
...
5.5. COMMENT
There is no direct mapping for this property which may appear
multiple times in [RFC5545].
For a scheduling reply it is presumably a message by the participant
so the value or values should be used to set the JSCalendar
"participantComment" property.
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5.6. COMPLETED
Set the JSCalendar "progress" property to "completed" and the
"progressUpdated" property to the reformatted date/time.
...
COMPLETED: "20101010T101010Z"
...
maps to
...
"progressUpdated": "2010-10-10T10:10:10Z",
"progress": "completed",
...
5.7. CONTACT
The CONTACT property is mapped on to a participant object with a
"roles" property of "contact" and an "order" property of 1 (one).
This defines the participant as a primary contact.
Mapping parameters:
ALTREP Use the same process as for the ATTENDEE DIR parameter:
create a link property with the "rel" property set to "alternate"
and the "href" property set to the value of the ALTREP parameter.
The add the id of the link to teh participants "linkIds" property.
LANG Set the participants "language" property.
For an example see Section 6.2
5.8. CREATED
The CREATED property is mapped on to a "created" property with a json
formatted form of the date. Example:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
...
CREATED:19960329T133000Z
...
END:VEVENT
maps to
{
"@type": "jsevent",
...
"created": "1996-03-29T13:30"00Z",
...
}
5.9. DESCRIPTION
Copy the value, preprocessed according to Section 3 into the
"description" property.
Mapping parameters:
ALTREP No mapping.
LANG Use the "locale" property.
Example:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
...
DESCRIPTION:We are having a meeting all this week at 12 pm fo
r one hour\, with an additional meeting on the first day 2 h
ours long.\nPlease bring your own lunch for the 12 pm meetin
gs.
...
END:VEVENT
maps to
{
"@type": "jsevent",
...
"description": // Note: comments and string concatenation are not
// allowed per the JSON specification and is used here
// to avoid long lines.
"We are having a meeting all this week at 12 pm for one " +
"hour, with an additional meeting on the first day 2 " +
"hours long.\nPlease bring your own lunch for the 12 pm " +
"meetings.",
...
}
5.10. DTEND, DTSTART, DUE, DURATION
If the DTSTART is a DATE only property then add the JSCalendar
showWithoutTime property with the value set to "true". The
JSCalendar "start" property is set with zero time values.
If the DTSTART has a TZID parameter then set the JSCalendar
"timeZone" property to the value of TZID.
If the DTSTART has a UTC value then set the JSCalendar "timeZone"
property to the value "Etc/UTC". The JSCalendar "start" property is
set without any UTC indicator.
JSCalendar has no equivalent to DTEND. If the component has a DTEND
then calculate a value for "DURATION" from that property and DTSTART
and proceed as below.
If the DTEND has a TZID parameter with a value that differs from the
DTSTART TZID parameter then a "location" object should be created
with a "relativeTo" property set to "end" and a "timezone" property
set to the value of the "TZID" parameter.
Note that a task is not required to have a DTSTART so the JSCalendar
"timezone" property needs to be set from the DUE property.
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Convert a DURATION property to the JSCalendar duration.
Example - DTSTART and DTEND in same timezone:
BEGIN:VEVENT
...
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170315T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170315T160000
...
END:VEVENT
maps to
{
"@type": "jsevent",
...
"start": "2017-03-15T15:00:00",
"timeZone": "America/New_York",
"duration": "PT1H"
...
}
Example - DTSTART and DTEND in different timezone:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
...
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170315T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/LosAngeles:20170315T190000
...
END:VEVENT
maps to
{
"@type": "jsevent",
...
"start": "2017-03-15T15:00:00",
"timeZone": "America/New_York",
"duration": "PT7H"
...
"locations": {
"1": {
"@type": "location",
"relatedTo": "end",
"timeZone": "America/Los_Angeles"
}
}
}
Example - 3 day event:
BEGIN:VEVENT
...
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210315
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210318
...
END:VEVENT
maps to
{
"@type": "jsevent",
...
"start": "2017-03-15T00:00:00",
"duration": "P3D",
"showWithoutTime": true,
...
}
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5.11. EXDATE
Create a patch object with the recurrence id set from the EXDATE
value. Add a single JSCalendar "excluded" property with the value
set to true. There MUST NOT be any other properties set - other than
"@type".
5.12. DTSTAMP and LAST-MODIFIED
The mapping depends on whether or not the component is a scheduling
entity.
Not a scheduling entity: The [RFC5545] DTSTAMP and LAST-MODIFIED
properties have essentially the same meaning. If both are present
use the value of the latest for the "updated" property. Otherwise
set from whichever is present.
Is a scheduling entity: DTSTAMP should be used to set the
"ScheduleUpdated" property in the "participant" object for the
attendee.
If present LAST-MODIFIED should be used to set the "updated"
property - otherwise set it from the DTSTAMP.
5.13. LOCATION
If any [draft-ietf-calext-eventpub-extensions] "VLOCATION" components
are present, then the [RFC5545]"LOCATION" property should be ignored.
To map the property create a "locations" property with a single
"location" and set the "description" property to the value of the
[RFC5545]"LOCATION" property.
5.14. PERCENT-COMPLETE
For all methods other than REPLY (or no method), the PERCENT-COMPLETE
applies to the VTODO as a whole. In this case it the value is used
to set the JSCalendar "percentComplete" property in the task object.
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BEGIN: VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//ABC Corporation//NONSGML My Product//EN
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VTODO
...
PERCENT-COMPLETE:39
END:VTODO
END: VCALENDAR
maps to
{
"@type": "jstask",
"prodid": "-//ABC Corporation//NONSGML My Product//EN",
...
"percentComplete": 39
}
PERCENT-COMPLETE in a REPLY is used to indicate the level of
completeness of the ATTENDEE. There should only be a single ATTENDEE
in the VTODO object.
As ever recurrences complicate matters. For a non-recurring event or
an override that contains the single participant, set the JSCalendar
"percentComplete" property in the JSCalendar "participant" object
representing the attendee.
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BEGIN: VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//ABC Corporation//NONSGML My Product//EN
METHOD:REPLY
BEGIN:VTODO
...
ATTENDEE:mailto:douglm@example.org
PERCENT-COMPLETE:39
END:VTODO
END: VCALENDAR
maps to
{
"@type": "jstask",
"prodid": "-//ABC Corporation//NONSGML My Product//EN",
...
"participants": {
"be450b70-9bf7-4f6e-8f65-971ede566ce3": {
"@type": "Participant",
"sendTo": {
"imip": "mailto:douglm@example.org"
},
"percentComplete": 39,
"roles": {
"attendee": true
}
},
...
}
In the case of an override with the participant appearing in the
master then add a patch to the override.
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BEGIN: VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//ABC Corporation//NONSGML My Product//EN
METHOD:REPLY
BEGIN:VTODO
...
ATTENDEE:mailto:douglm@example.org
END:VTODO
BEGIN:VTODO
...
RECURRENCE-ID:20200523T120000
...
ATTENDEE:mailto:douglm@example.org
PERCENT-COMPLETE:39
END:VTODO
END: VCALENDAR
maps to
{
"@type": "jstask",
"prodid": "-//ABC Corporation//NONSGML My Product//EN",
...
"participants": {
"be450b70-9bf7-4f6e-8f65-971ede566ce3": {
"@type": "Participant",
"sendTo": {
"imip": "mailto:douglm@example.org"
},
"roles": {
"attendee": true
}
},
"recurrenceOverrides": {
"2020-05-23T12:00:00": {
"participants/be4...6ce3/percentComplete": 39
},
...
}
}
5.15. PRIORITY
Simply copy value into the JSCalendar "priority" property.
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5.16. PRODID
For a vcalendar JSGroup object with multiple JSEvent and/or JSTask
object the [RFC5545] VCALENDAR PRODID is mapped to a JSCalendar
"prodid" property in the group.
When mapping to a single JSEvent and/or JSTask object the [RFC5545]
VCALENDAR PRODID is mapped to a JSCalendar "prodid" property in the
group
BEGIN: VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//ABC Corporation//NONSGML My Product//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
...
END:VEVENT
END: VCALENDAR
maps to
{
"@type": "jsevent",
"prodid": "-//ABC Corporation//NONSGML My Product//EN",
...
}
5.17. RELATED-TO
This is mapped to the JSCalendar "relatedTo" property which is a map
of relations with the target UID as the keys. The iCalendar relation
is by default a PARENT relationship. There is no default for
JSCalendar so the relationship must be explicitly specified.
Also note that the iCalendar relationship types are not identical.
CHILD and PARENT map to JSCalendar "child" and "parent" but the best
match for iCalendar SIBLING is "next"
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...
RELATED-TO:jsmith.part7.19960817T083000.xyzMail@example.com
RELATED-TO;RELTYPE=SIBLING:
19960401-080045-4000F192713-0052@example.com
...
maps to
"relatedTo" : {
"jsmith.part7.19960817T083000.xyzMail@example.com" : {
"@type" : "Relation",
"relation" : {
"parent" : true
}
},
"19960401-080045-4000F192713-0052@example.com" : {
"@type" : "Relation",
"relation" : {
"next" : true
}
},
},
{
"@type": "jsevent",
"prodid": "-//ABC Corporation//NONSGML My Product//EN",
...
}
5.18. RESOURCES
The RESOURCES property value is a comma-separated list of resources.
First split this into the separate resource names and then each
resource is mapped on a participant object with a "kind" property of
"resource" and the "name" property set to the resource name.
Mapping parameters:
ALTREP Use the same process as for the ATTENDEE DIR parameter:
create a link property with the "rel" property set to "alternate"
and the "href" property set to the value of the ALTREP parameter.
The add the id of the link to teh participants "linkIds" property.
LANG Set the participants "language" property.
For an example see Section 6.3
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5.19. RDATE
If the RDATE has a RANGE=THISANDFUTURE parameter then the recurrence
MUST be split at this RDATE.
Truncate the original object before this RDATE, create a new master
representing the object and link them by setting the jscalendar
"relatedTo" property in both.
Otherwise create a patch object with the recurrence id set from the
RDATE value. If the instance has overrides the differences will also
be set in the object.
5.20. RRULE
Each RRULE is converted to an object in the JSCalendar
"recurrenceRules" property. Each entry has the type
"RecurrenceRule".
...
RRULE:...
...
maps to
...
"recurrenceRules" : [{
"@type" : "RecurrenceRule",
...
}],
...
The recurrence rule object has one property for each element of the
recurrence rule. The iCalendar rule has to be parsed out and the
individual jscalendar property values set. Most take the same type
but there are exceptions.
FREQ (mandatory) Copy into the jscalendar "frequency" property
converted to lowercase.
INTERVAL If present and not 1 copy into the jscalendar "interval"
property.
RSCALE If present copy into the jscalendar "rscale" property
converted to lowercase.
SKIP If present copy into the jscalendar "skip" property converted
to lowercase.
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WKST If present copy into the jscalendar "firstDayOfWeek" property
converted to lowercase.
BYDAY If present each element becomes an entry in the jsCalendar
"byDay" propety. This is an array of NDay objects which may have
2 properties:
day The two character weekday abbreviation.
nthOfPeriod If the weekday abbreviation is preceded by a signed
integer value set the jscalendar "nthOfPeriod" property.
...
RRULE:...,BYDAY=-1MO
...
maps to
...
"recurrenceRules" : [{
"@type" : "RecurrenceRule",
...
"byday": [{
"day": "mo",
"nthOfPeriod": -1
}]
...
}],
...
BYMONTHDAY If present each element will be an element in the
jscalendar "byMonthDay" property.
BYMONTH If present each element will be an element in the jscalendar
"byMonth" property.
Note that the iCalendar values are numeric but the JSCalendar
values are strings. This is because of the possible "L" suffix
for leap months.
BYYEARDAY If present each element will be an element in the
jscalendar "byYearDay" property.
BYWEEKNO If present each element will be an element in the
jscalendar "byWeekNo" property.
BYHOUR If present each element will be an element in the jscalendar
"byHour" property.
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BYMINUTE If present each element will be an element in the
jscalendar "byMinute" property.
BYSECOND If present each element will be an element in the
jscalendar "bySecond" property.
BYSETPOS If present each element will be an element in the
jscalendar "bySetPosition" property.
COUNT If present set in the jscalendar "count" property.
UNTIL If present set the jscalendar "until" property with the
appropriately reformatted value. If the is no time part append a
0 time and reformat as a jscalendar local date/time.
Some examples:
...
RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;COUNT=10
...
maps to
...
"recurrenceRules" : [{
"@type" : "RecurrenceRule",
"frequency": "daily",
"count": 10
}],
...
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...
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=20220512T140000Z;
BYMONTH=1;BYDAY=SU,MO,TU,WE,TH,FR,SA
...
maps to
...
"recurrenceRules" : [{
"@type" : "RecurrenceRule",
"frequency": "yearly",
"byMonth": ["1"],
"byDay": [{
"day": "su"
},
}
"day": "mo"
},
}
"day": "tu"
},
}
"day": "we"
},
}
"day": "th"
},
}
"day": "fr"
},
}
"day": "sa"
}],
"until": "2022-05-12T10:00:00"
}],
...
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...
RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;COUNT=6;BYDAY=-2MO
...
maps to
...
"recurrenceRules" : [{
"@type" : "RecurrenceRule",
"frequency": "monthly",
"byDay": [{
"day": "mo",
"nthOfPeriod": -2
}],
"count": 6
}],
...
5.21. SEQUENCE
Copy the value into the JSCalendar "sequence" property.
5.22. STATUS
For a VEVENT copy the lower-cased value into the JSCalendar "status"
property.
For a VTODO copy the lower-cased value into the JSCalendar "progress"
property.
5.23. STRUCTURED-DATA
This property is mapped on to a JSCalendar "link" object with the
value mapped on to the JSCalendar "href" property in a manner
depending on the "STRUCTURED-DATA" "VALUE" parameter:
VALUE=TEXT Copy the value as a [RFC2397] data uri either as plain
text or by encoding as a base64 value. If plain text the value
may need escaping as per [RFC2397].
VALUE=BINARY Copy the value as a [RFC2397] data uri speifying base64
encoding.
VALUE=URI Copy the value as-is into the href.
The "STRUCTURED-DATA" "SCHEMA" parameter is mapped on to a JSCalendar
"schema" property within the link object.
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The "STRUCTURED-DATA" "FMTTYPE" parameter is mapped on to a
JSCalendar "contentType" property within the link object.
For example:
...
STRUCTURED-DATA;FMTTYPE=application/ld+json;
SCHEMA="https://schema.org/SportsEvent";
VALUE=TEXT:{\n
"@context": "http://schema.org"\,\n
"@type": "SportsEvent"\,\n
"homeTeam": "Pittsburgh Pirates"\,\n
"awayTeam": "San Francisco Giants"\n
}\n
...
maps to (with data truncated)
...
"links": {
"1": {
"@type" : "Link",
"contentType": "application/ld+json",
"schema": "https://schema.org/SportsEvent",
"href": "data:base64;ewogICAgICAgICJAY29udGV4dCI6IC..."
}
}
...
5.24. SUMMARY
Copy the value into the JSCalendar "title" property.
5.25. TRANSP
If the value of the TRANSP property (ignoring case) is "opaque" set
the JSCalendar "freeBusyStatus" property to the value "busy".
Otherwise set the JSCalendar "freeBusyStatus" property to the value
"free".
5.26. UID
Copy the value into the JSCalendar "uid" property.
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5.27. URL
TBD.
6. Translating iCalendar: Further examples
This section provides more complete examples of translating from
[RFC5545] to JSCalendar.
As usual note that json string values may be split because of line
width limits. This is not legal json.
6.1. Recurring event with ATTACH
This is an example of a recurring event with overrides. The first
override removes an ATTACH property and adds an ATTACH property. The
second override removes all ATTACH properties.
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
PRODID:-//example.org//EN
VERSION:2.0
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20200522T142047Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200522T120000
DURATION:PT1H
RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;COUNT=8
SUMMARY:recurring daily 8 times
UID:6252D6C40A8308BFE25BBDErecur-1
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=text/plain:http://example.org/doc1.txt
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=text/plain:http://example.org/doc2.txt
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=text/plain:http://example.org/doc3.txt
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20200522T142047Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200523T120000
DURATION:PT1H
RECURRENCE-ID;TZID=America/New_York:20200523T120000
SUMMARY:recurring daily 8 times
UID:6252D6C40A8308BFE25BBDErecur-1
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=text/plain:http://example.org/doc2.txt
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=text/plain:http://example.org/doc3.txt
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=text/plain:http://example.org/doc4.txt
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20200522T142047Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200524T120000
DURATION:PT1H
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RECURRENCE-ID;TZID=America/New_York:20200524T120000
SUMMARY:recurring daily 8 times
UID:6252D6C40A8308BFE25BBDErecur-1
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR
maps to
{
"prodId": "//example.org//EN",
"entries": [
{
"links": {
"1": {
"@type": "Link",
"rel": "enclosure",
"contentType": "text/plain",
"href": "http://example.org/doc1.txt"
},
"2": {
"@type": "Link",
"rel": "enclosure",
"contentType": "text/plain",
"href": "http://example.org/doc2.txt"
},
"3": {
"@type": "Link",
"rel": "enclosure",
"contentType": "text/plain",
"href": "http://example.org/doc3.txt"
}
},
"created ": "2020-05-23T17:04:50Z",
"start": "2020-05-22T12:00:00",
"timeZone": "America/New_York",
"duration": "PT1H",
"title": "recurring daily 8 times",
"uid": "6252D6C40A8308BFE25BBDErecur-1",
"recurrenceRules": [
{
"@type": "RecurrenceRule",
"frequency": "daily",
"count": 8
}
],
"recurrenceOverrides": {
"2020-05-23T12:00:00": {
"recurrenceId": "2020-05-23T12:00:00",
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"links/d4a618d4-929c-4c81-ae5b-322afe407a00": null,
"links/fb75b76a-a159-4a86-bd3d-7ace6b39c6c3": {
"@type": "Link",
"rel": "enclosure",
"contentType": "text/plain",
"href": "http://example.org/doc4.txt"
}
},
"2020-05-24T12:00:00": {
"recurrenceId": "2020-05-24T12:00:00",
"links/d4a618d4-929c-4c81-ae5b-322afe407a00": null,
"links/6c54e72e-3413-487c-ae14-fb318a90db43": null,
"links/44087e9a-132c-4a5d-b25d-4ce580edb004": null
}
}
}
]
}
6.2. Simple event with CONTACT
This example shows the conversion of a simple event with a single
CONTACT property in JSCalendar.
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
PRODID:-//Example//EN
VERSION:2.0
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20200522T142047Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200622T120000
DURATION:PT1H
SUMMARY:event with contact
UID:6252D6C40A8308BFE25BBEFcontact-1
CONTACT;ALTREP="ldap://example.com:6666/o=ABC%20Industries\,
c=US???(cn=Jim%20Dolittle)":Jim Dolittle\, ABC Industries\,
+1-919-555-1234
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR
translates to
{
"@type": "jsgroup",
"prodId": "//Example.org//Example V3.13.2//EN",
"entries": [
{
"@type": "jsevent",
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"participants": {
"40288108-733187c1-0173-3188007b-00000001": {
"@type": "Participant",
"roles": {
"contact": true
},
"description": "Jim Dolittle, ABC Industries,\
+1-919-555-1234",
"linkIds": {
"2e1025a2-1f1a-44f3-a867-75e19ce38b46": true
}
}
},
"links": {
"1": {
"@type": "Link",
"href": "ldap://example.com:6666/o=ABC%20Industries,\
c=US???(cn=Jim%20Dolittle)",
"rel": "alternate"
}
},
"created ": "2020-07-09T03:04:23Z",
"start": "2020-06-22T12:00:00",
"timeZone": "America/New_York",
"duration": "PT1H",
"title": "event with contact",
"uid": "6252D6C40A8308BFE25BBEFcontact-1"
}
]
}
6.3. Simple event with RESOURCES
TBD
6.4. Recurring event. Attendees only in overrides
In this more complex example there is no ORGANIZER or ATTENDEEs in
the master event. There are overrides which invite one or more
attendees.
For one overrride the ORGANIZER is also an ATTENDEE. In the other
that is not the case. This is reflected in the "roles" property for
the organizer.
Note that each override has its own "participants" property and the
first has a links property to handle the DIR parameter on one
attendee.
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BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID://Example.org//Example V3.13.2//EN
VERSION:2.0
BEGIN:VEVENT
CREATED:20200704T035515Z
DURATION:PT1H
DTSTAMP:20200704T035706Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200522T120000
LAST-MODIFIED:20200704T035706Z
SUMMARY:recurring daily 8 times
UID:6252D6C40A8308BFE25BBEFrecur1-1
RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;COUNT=8
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
RECURRENCE-ID;TZID=America/New_York:20200523T120000
ATTENDEE:mailto:douglm@example.org
ATTENDEE;RSVP=TRUE;SCHEDULE-STATUS=1.2;DIR="http://example.org/
vcards/vbede.vcf":mailto:vbede@example.org
CREATED:20200704T035515Z
DURATION:PT1H
DTSTAMP:20200704T035706Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200523T120000
LAST-MODIFIED:20200704T035706Z
ORGANIZER:mailto:douglm@example.org
SUMMARY:recurring daily 8 times
UID:6252D6C40A8308BFE25BBEFrecur1-1
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
RECURRENCE-ID;TZID=America/New_York:20200524T120000
ATTENDEE;RSVP=TRUE;SCHEDULE-STATUS=1.2:mailto:user01@example.org
ATTENDEE;RSVP=TRUE;SCHEDULE-STATUS=1.2:mailto:vbede@example.org
CREATED:20200704T035515Z
DURATION:PT1H
DTSTAMP:20200704T035706Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200524T120000
LAST-MODIFIED:20200704T035706Z
ORGANIZER:mailto:douglm@example.org
SUMMARY:recurring daily 8 times
UID:6252D6C40A8308BFE25BBEFrecur1-1
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR
translates to
{
"@type": "jsgroup",
"prodId": "//Example.org//Example V3.13.2//EN",
"entries": [
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{
"@type": "jsevent",
"created ": "2020-07-04T03:57:06Z",
"start": "2020-05-22T12:00:00",
"timeZone": "America/New_York",
"duration": "PT1H",
"title": "recurring daily 8 times",
"uid": "6252D6C40A8308BFE25BBEFrecur1-1",
"recurrenceRules": [
{
"@type": "RecurrenceRule",
"frequency": "daily",
"count": 8
}
],
"recurrenceOverrides": {
"2020-05-23T12:00:00": {
"participants": {
"be450b70-9bf7-4f6e-8f65-971ede566ce3": {
"@type": "Participant",
"sendTo": {
"imip": "mailto:douglm@example.org"
},
"roles": {
"attendee": true,
"owner": true
}
},
"a539dfe3-4463-4f28-b9de-17d3a0e99faf": {
"@type": "Participant",
"sendTo": {
"imip": "mailto:vbede@example.org"
},
"expectReply": true,
"linkIds": {
"0234793d-201c-4e64-8081-209878c63c41": true
},
"roles": {
"attendee": true
},
"scheduleStatus": "1.2"
}
},
"links": {
"1": {
"@type": "Link",
"href": "http://example.org/vcards/vbede.vcf",
"rel": "alternate"
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}
},
"replyTo": {
"imip": "mailto:douglm@example.org"
}
},
"2020-05-24T12:00:00": {
"participants": {
"daeae4cf-6f6a-4ce3-9f4d-6bd884650d3d": {
"@type": "Participant",
"sendTo": {
"imip": "mailto:user01@example.org"
},
"expectReply": true,
"roles": {
"attendee": true
},
"scheduleStatus": "1.2"
},
"a6de6de3-271f-4679-9241-1b3bca6b602d": {
"@type": "Participant",
"sendTo": {
"imip": "mailto:vbede@example.org"
},
"expectReply": true,
"roles": {
"attendee": true
},
"scheduleStatus": "1.2"
},
"aaa8483b-b18b-4dbd-b218-77d8db027d35": {
"@type": "Participant",
"sendTo": {
"imip": "mailto:douglm@example.org"
},
"roles": {
"owner": true
}
}
},
"replyTo": {
"imip": "mailto:douglm@example.org"
}
}
}
}
]
}
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7. Translating JSCalendar properties to iCalendar components
This section is an alphabetic list of all JSCalendar property types
that map on to components.
7.1. jsevent
A JSCalendar object with a type of "jsevent" is mapped on to a
[RFC5545] VEVENT component.
If it is a single VEVENT then a [RFC5545] VCALENDAR component must
surround it and the JSCalendar "prodid" property will be converted to
a [RFC5545] PRODID.
{
"@type": "jsevent",
"prodid": "-//ABC Corporation//NONSGML My Product//EN",
...
}
maps to
BEGIN: VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//ABC Corporation//NONSGML My Product//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
...
END:VEVENT
END: VCALENDAR
When converting multiple JSEvent or JSTask objects the surrounding
[RFC5545] VCALENDAR object must have a [RFC5545] PRODID set from
either the JSGroup "prodid" or generated.
7.2. jsgroup
A JSCalendar object with a type of "jsgroup" is mapped on to a
[RFC5545] VCALENDAR component.
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{
"@type": "jsgroup",
"prodid": "-//ABC Corporation//NONSGML My Product//EN",
...
{
"@type": "jsevent",
...
}
{
"@type": "jsevent",
...
}
}
maps to
BEGIN: VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//ABC Corporation//NONSGML My Product//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
...
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
...
END:VEVENT
END: VCALENDAR
7.3. locations
JSCalendar locations should be mapped on to
[draft-ietf-calext-eventpub-extensions]VLOCATION components.
Additionally, for backwards compatibility, a location should be
mapped on to a [RFC5545] LOCATION property. This property should be
mapped from the only location or the one related to the start.
7.4. jstask
A JSCalendar object with a type of "jstask" is mapped on to a
[RFC5545] VTODO component.
If it is a single VTODO then a [RFC5545] VCALENDAR component must
surround it and the JSCalendar "prodid" property will be converted to
a [RFC5545] PRODID.
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{
"@type": "jstask",
"prodid": "-//ABC Corporation//NONSGML My Product//EN",
...
}
maps to
BEGIN: VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//ABC Corporation//NONSGML My Product//EN
BEGIN:VTODO
...
END:VTODO
END: VCALENDAR
When converting multiple JSEvent or JSTask objects the surrounding
[RFC5545] VCALENDAR object must have a [RFC5545] PRODID set from
either the JSGroup "prodid" or generated.
7.5. timezones
The JSCalendar TimeZone objects within a "timezones" property are
mapped on to [RFC5545] VTIMEZONE components within the surrounding
VCALENDAR component. Each mapped TimeZone MUST only appear once.
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{
"@type": "jsevent",
...
"timezones": {
"/Example/Somewhere: {
"@type": "TimeZone",
...
},
"/Example/Somewhere-else": {
"@type": "TimeZone",
...
}
}
}
maps to
BEGIN: VTIMEZONE
TZID: /Example/Somewhere
...
END: VTIMEZONE
BEGIN: VTIMEZONE
TZID: /Example/Somewhere-else
...
END: VTIMEZONE
BEGIN: VEVENT
...
END: VEVENT
When converting multiple JSEvent or JSTask objects the surrounding
[RFC5545] VCALENDAR object must have a [RFC5545] PRODID set from
either the JSGroup "prodid" or generated.
8. Note
The sections following this one are all the original ones from draft
1 writen by Robert/Neil - there for reference.
9. JSEvent
A JSEvent maps to the the iCalendar VEVENT component type [RFC5545].
The following tables maps the JSEvent-specific properties to
iCalendar:
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+----------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| Property | iCalendar counterpart |
+----------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| duration | DURATION property. If the VEVENT contains a DTEND |
| | property, the this maps to the duration property as |
| | the time span between DTSTART and DTEND when |
| | converting the respective time points to the UTC time |
| | zone. Fractional seconds SHOULD be preserved with the |
| | SUBSECOND parameter. |
+----------+--------------------------------------------------------+
Table 1: Mapping JSEvent properties
10. JSTask
A JSTask object maps to the iCalendar VTODO component type [RFC5545].
The following tables maps the JSTask-specific properties to
iCalendar:
+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| Property | iCalendar counterpart |
+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| due | Maps to the DUE property. See Section 12.1. |
| | |
| estimatedDuration | ESTIMATED-DURATION property in the RFC draft |
| | [draft-apthorp-ical-tasks], or the DURATION |
| | property otherwise. Fractional seconds |
| | SHOULD be preserved with the SUBSECOND |
| | parameter. |
| | |
| statusUpdatedAt | COMPLETED property. The JSTask status |
| | property MUST have value "completed". |
| | Fractional seconds SHOULD be preserved with |
| | the SUBSECOND parameter. |
| | |
| progress | PARTSTAT and COMPLETED properties, including |
| | the definitions in the RFC draft |
| | [draft-apthorp-ical-tasks]. |
| | |
| status | STATUS property, including the definitions in |
| | the RFC draft [draft-apthorp-ical-tasks]. |
+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
Table 2: Mapping JSTask properties
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11. JSGroup
A JSGroup maps to a iCalendar VCALENDAR containing VEVENT or VTODO
components.
+----------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| Property | iCalendar counterpart |
+----------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| entries | VEVENT and VTODO components embedded in a VCALENDAR |
| | component. |
| | |
| source | SOURCE property. |
+----------+--------------------------------------------------------+
Table 3: Mapping JSGroup properties
12. Common properties
This section contains recommendations how to map JSCalendar from and
to iCalendar. It lists all common JSCalendar object properties in
alphabetical order.
+------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| Property | iCalendar counterpart |
+------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| @type | Determined by the iCalendar component |
| | type: "jsevent" for VEVENT, "jstask" for |
| | VTODO, "jsgroup" for VCALENDAR. |
| | |
| alerts | Each entry maps to a VALARM component. |
| | The action property maps to iCalendar |
| | ACTION, where both iCalendar "DISPLAY" |
| | and "AUDIO" values map to the "display" |
| | action. An EMAIL value maps to a |
| | JSCalendar "email" action. _relativeTo_ |
| | and _offset_ map to the TRIGGER |
| | property. |
| | |
| categories | CONCEPT property, defined in |
| | [draft-ietf-calext-ical-relations]. |
| | |
| color | COLOR property, as specified in |
| | [RFC7986]. |
| | |
| created | CREATED property. Fractional seconds |
| | SHOULD be preserved with the SUBSECOND |
| | parameter. |
| | |
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| description | DESCRIPTION property. |
| | |
| descriptionContentType | Implementation-specific. |
| | |
| excluded | EXDATE property. Fractional seconds |
| | SHOULD be preserved with the SUBSECOND |
| | parameter. |
| | |
| freeBusyStatus | TRANSP property. |
| | |
| invitedBy | Implementation-specific. |
| | |
| keywords | CATEGORIES property, as specified in |
| | [RFC7986]. |
| | |
| links | ATTACH ([RFC5545]), URL or IMAGE |
| | ([RFC7986]) properties with URI value |
| | types map to the the Link _href_. The |
| | FMTTYPE parameter maps to _type_, the |
| | SIZE parameter to _size_. Mapping other |
| | properties is implementation-specific. |
| | |
| locale | LANGUAGE parameter of the SUMMARY or |
| | DESCRIPTION property. |
| | |
| localizations | Implementation-specific. |
| | |
| locations | See Section 12.2. |
| | |
| method | METHOD property of the embedding |
| | VCALENDAR. |
| | |
| participants | See Section 12.3. |
| | |
| priority | PRIORITY property. |
| | |
| privacy | CLASS property. |
| | |
| prodId | PRODID property. |
| | |
| recurrenceOverrides | RDATE and EXDATE properties, and any |
| | VEVENT or VTODO instances with a |
| | recurrence-id and same UID as the mapped |
| | main object. If the DTSTART property |
| | defines a SUBSECOND parameter, but the |
| | RECURRENCE-ID of a recurrence instance |
| | does not, then use the SUBSECOND |
| | parameter value of DTSTART to determine |
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| | the recurrence override time stamp. |
| | |
| recurrenceRule | RRULE property. For all-day calendar |
| | objects, map the _until_ property value |
| | to an iCalendar DATE (effectively |
| | removing the time component). To convert |
| | a DATE-typed UNTIL from iCalendar, set |
| | the time components of the LocalDateTime |
| | value to "23:59:59". If the iCalendar |
| | UNTIL value is a UTC date time, convert |
| | it to the local time in the JSCalendar |
| | calendar object time zone. To convert to |
| | iCalendar where the DTSTART or DUE |
| | property is of type DATE, omit the time |
| | component of the LocalDateTime value. |
| | |
| relatedTo | RELATED-TO property. |
| | |
| replyTo | An iCalendar ORGANIZER with a mailto: |
| | URI mapped to the "imip" method, or any |
| | other URI mapped to the "other" method. |
| | Mapping multiple methods is |
| | implementation-specific. |
| | |
| sequence | SEQUENCE property. |
| | |
| showWithoutTime | Implementation-specific. |
| | |
| start | Maps to the DTSTART property. See |
| | Section 12.1. |
| | |
| status | STATUS property. |
| | |
| timeZone | Maps to the TZID parameter. See |
| | Section 12.1. |
| | |
| timeZones | Each entry in the property maps to a |
| | VTIMEZONE in the embedding VCALENDAR |
| | component. |
| | |
| title | SUMMARY property. |
| | |
| uid | UID property. |
| | |
| updated | DTSTAMP and LAST-MODIFIED properties. |
| | Fractional seconds SHOULD be preserved |
| | with the SUBSECOND parameter. |
| | |
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| useDefaultAlerts | Implementation-specific. |
| | |
| virtualLocations | See Section 12.2. |
+------------------------+------------------------------------------+
Table 4: Translation between JSCalendar and iCalendar
12.1. Time properties and types
iCalendar defines two different time types, DATE and DATE-TIME, where
the latter may occur in three forms (with local time, with UTC time,
with local time and time zone reference). In contrast, JSCalendar
does not define a distinct type for dates, and date times are defined
with the LocalDateTime type only.
A JSCalendar time maps to the iCalendar DATE type if all of the
following criteria apply:
o The "start" ("due") property value has zero time, or is not set.
o The "duration" ("estimatedDuration") property value has zero time,
or is a multiple of days or weeks, or is not set.
o The "timeZone" property value is null, or is not set.
For all other cases, the time maps to an iCalendar DATE-TIME:
o With local time and time zone reference, if the "timeZone"
property value is set and does not equal "Etc/UTC".
o With UTC time, if the "timeZone" property value equals "Etc/UTC".
o With local time, if the "timeZone" property value is null or not
set.
Fractional seconds SHOULD be preserved with the SUBSECOND parameter.
12.2. Locations
The iCalendar counterpart for JSCalendar Location objects is the
iCalendar [RFC5545] LOCATION property, or implementation-specific.
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+-------------+----------------------------------+
| Property | iCalendar counterpart |
+-------------+----------------------------------+
| coordinates | GEO property. |
| | |
| description | Implementation-specific. |
| | |
| linkIds | Implementation-specific. |
| | |
| name | LOCATION property value. |
| | |
| rel | Implementation-specific. |
| | |
| timeZone | Implementation-specific. |
| | |
| uri | The LOCATION ALTREP parameter. |
+-------------+----------------------------------+
Table 5: Mapping Location properties
The iCalendar counterpart for JSCalendar VirtualLocation objects is
the iCalendar [RFC7986] CONFERENCE property.
+-------------+------------------------------+
| Property | iCalendar counterpart |
+-------------+------------------------------+
| description | Implementation-specific. |
| | |
| name | LABEL parameter. |
| | |
| uri | CONFERENCE property value. |
+-------------+------------------------------+
Table 6: Mapping virtualLocation properties
12.3. Participants
The following table outlines translation of JSCalendar participants.
An iCalendar ORGANIZER maps to both the replyTo property and a
participant with role "owner". If an ATTENDEE with the same CAL-
ADDRESS value exists, then it maps to the same participant as the
ORGANIZER participant. Other participants map to ATTENDEEs.
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+---------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| Property | iCalendar counterpart |
+---------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| attendance | ROLE parameter values REQ-PARTICIPANT, OPT- |
| | PARTICIPANT and NON-PARTICIPANT. |
| | |
| delegatedFrom | DELEGATED-FROM parameter |
| | |
| delegatedTo | DELEGATED-TO parameter |
| | |
| email | EMAIL parameter, if defined. Otherwise the |
| | CAL-ADDRESS property value, if it is a |
| | mailto: URI. |
| | |
| expectReply | RSVP parameter |
| | |
| kind | CUTYPE parameter |
| | |
| linkIds | Implementation-specific. |
| | |
| locationId | Implementation-specific. |
| | |
| memberOf | MEMBER parameter |
| | |
| name | CN parameter |
| | |
| participationStatus | PARTSTAT parameter |
| | |
| roles | ROLE parameter. |
| | |
| scheduleSequence | SEQUENCE property of the participant's |
| | latest iMIP message |
| | |
| scheduleUpdated | DTSTAMP property of the participant's |
| | latest iMIP message |
| | |
| sendTo | A CAL-ADDRESS with a mailto: URI maps to |
| | the JSCalendar "imip" method, any other URI |
| | to the "other" method. Mapping multiple |
| | methods is implementation-specific. |
+---------------------+---------------------------------------------+
Table 7: Mapping Participant properties
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13. Custom properties
Mapping custom or unknown properties between JSCalendar and iCalendar
is implementation-specific. Implementations might use vendor-
extension properties, which could also serve as basis for discussion
for a JSCalendar standard extension. Alternatively, an
implementation could preserve iCalendar properties and components in
JSCalendar by use of a vendor-extension property formatted as jCal
[RFC7265] data.
14. Security Considerations
The same security considerations as for
[draft-ietf-calext-jscalendar] apply.
15. IANA Considerations
None.
16. Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank the members of CalConnect for their
valuable contributions. This specification originated from the work
of the API technical committee of CalConnect, the Calendaring and
Scheduling Consortium.
17. References
17.1. Normative References
[draft-ietf-calext-eventpub-extensions]
"Event Publishing Extensions to iCalendar",
<https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-calext-eventpub-
extensions>.
[draft-ietf-calext-ical-relations]
"Support for iCalendar Relationships",
<https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-calext-ical-
relations>.
[draft-ietf-calext-valarm-extensions]
"VALARM Extensions for iCalendar",
<https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-calext-valarm-
extensions>.
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[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>.
[RFC2397] Masinter, L., "The "data" URL scheme", RFC 2397,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2397, August 1998,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2397>.
[RFC5545] Desruisseaux, B., Ed., "Internet Calendaring and
Scheduling Core Object Specification (iCalendar)",
RFC 5545, DOI 10.17487/RFC5545, September 2009,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5545>.
[RFC5546] Daboo, C., Ed., "iCalendar Transport-Independent
Interoperability Protocol (iTIP)", RFC 5546,
DOI 10.17487/RFC5546, December 2009,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5546>.
[RFC6638] Daboo, C. and B. Desruisseaux, "Scheduling Extensions to
CalDAV", RFC 6638, DOI 10.17487/RFC6638, June 2012,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6638>.
[RFC7159] Bray, T., Ed., "The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data
Interchange Format", RFC 7159, DOI 10.17487/RFC7159, March
2014, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7159>.
[RFC7265] Kewisch, P., Daboo, C., and M. Douglass, "jCal: The JSON
Format for iCalendar", RFC 7265, DOI 10.17487/RFC7265, May
2014, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7265>.
[RFC7986] Daboo, C., "New Properties for iCalendar", RFC 7986,
DOI 10.17487/RFC7986, October 2016,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7986>.
17.2. Informative References
[draft-apthorp-ical-tasks]
"Task Extensions to iCalendar",
<https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-apthorp-ical-tasks>.
[draft-ietf-calext-jscalendar]
"Task Extensions to iCalendar",
<https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-calext-
jscalendar>.
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Authors' Addresses
Neil Jenkins
FastMail
PO Box 234
Collins St West
Melbourne VIC 8007
Australia
Email: neilj@fastmailteam.com
URI: https://www.fastmail.com
Robert Stepanek
FastMail
PO Box 234
Collins St West
Melbourne VIC 8007
Australia
Email: rsto@fastmailteam.com
URI: https://www.fastmail.com
Michael Douglass
Bedework Commercial Services
226 3rd Street
Troy, NY 12180
United States of America
Email: mdouglass@bedework.com
URI: http://bedework.com
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