vCard KIND:application
RFC 6473
| Document | Type | RFC - Proposed Standard (December 2011; No errata) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Peter Saint-Andre | ||
| Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
| Replaces | draft-saintandre-vcarddav-thing | ||
| Stream | Internent Engineering Task Force (IETF) | ||
| Formats | plain text html pdf htmlized (tools) htmlized bibtex | ||
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| Stream | WG state | Submitted to IESG for Publication | |
| Document shepherd | Simon Perreault | ||
| IESG | IESG state | RFC 6473 (Proposed Standard) | |
| Action Holders |
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| Consensus Boilerplate | Unknown | ||
| Telechat date | |||
| Responsible AD | Pete Resnick | ||
| IESG note | Simon Perreault (simon.perreault@viagenie.ca) is the document shepherd. | ||
| Send notices to | (None) | ||
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) P. Saint-Andre
Request for Comments: 6473 Cisco
Category: Standards Track December 2011
ISSN: 2070-1721
vCard KIND:application
Abstract
This document defines a value of "application" for the vCard KIND
property so that vCards can be used to represent software
applications.
Status of This Memo
This is an Internet Standards Track document.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6473.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................2
2. Meaning .........................................................2
3. Example .........................................................4
4. IANA Considerations .............................................4
5. Security Considerations .........................................4
6. Acknowledgements ................................................5
7. References ......................................................5
7.1. Normative References .......................................5
7.2. Informative References .....................................5
1. Introduction
Version 4 of the vCard specification [RFC6350] defines a new KIND
property to specify the type of entity that a vCard represents.
During its work on the base vCard4 specification, the VCARDDAV
Working Group defined values of "individual", "organization",
"group", and "location" for the KIND property. The working group
considered but then removed a value of "thing" to represent any type
of physical entity, machine, software application, etc., with the
expectation that such a value might be defined in a vCard extension.
This document does not define a generic "thing" value but instead
defines a more narrow "application" value so that vCards can be used
to represent software applications.
2. Meaning
When the KIND property has a value of "application", the vCard
represents a software application such as a server, an online service
(e.g., a chat room), or an automated software bot. More formally, an
"application" is functionally equivalent to the 'applicationProcess'
object class used in the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
[RFC4519] as derived from the Open Systems Interconnection model
[X.521] [X.200]. As one example of the "application" KIND, vCards
are currently used in the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol
[RFC6120] to represent instant messaging servers that are deployed on
the network.
The properties included in an application's vCard apply to one of the
following:
o The application itself (e.g., the FN property might represent the
friendly name of an application service, the URL property might
represent a website that contains further information about the
service, and the ADR, GEO, and TZ properties might represent the
physical address, geographical location, and time zone of the
machine where the service is hosted).
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o An organization or person that makes the application available on
the network (e.g., the LOGO property might represent the corporate
logo of a service provider).
o A person or role that maintains the application (e.g., the TEL,
EMAIL, and IMPP properties might represent ways to contact a
server administrator).
When a property represents some aspect of the application itself, it
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