Object Format issues

[hanna@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Stephen R Hanna)]

A few comments on the object format:

Let's not lose the BEGIN: type, END: type pair present in vCard and
vCalendar. It allows you to embed one object inside another. This
could be very useful for including vCard info in a vCalendar object.
Also, when we get farther into the verbs, we may want to place
vCalendar objects in verb objects or query results objects.

While I'm here, I'll weigh in on the weighty issues of the day:

Ordering requirements make the spec more complicated and make writing
properties more complicated and difficult. I don't see much value to
imposing such requirements (except for begin/end).

Omitting property names and types doesn't save much space. It just
complicates the process of reading them. Let's keep things simple and
focus on the essential problems. There are plenty of them.

Steve Hanna
ON Technology Corporation
hanna@world.std.com
(617) 692-3153