Re: CounterOffer issue

[drummond@xxxxxxxxxx (Rik Drummond)]

Vcalendar, solves *most* of the data format and data exchange
issues...Correct?  What we need to define is how the clients and  servers
inter-communicate.

I hope we are using the Vcalendar stuff as the basis and not re-inventing
things all over again.  If we are NOT I really question "if the not
invented here" syndrome is not having a major impact on some of the
participants to the detriment of the effort.


Later...Rik

At 10:46 PM 12/5/96, Keith Moore wrote:
>> People also need to keep in mind that many vendors today are
>> implementing support for vCalendar.  It would be a shame to make all
>> this obsolete rather than building upon it.
>
>Assuming the protocol produced by this WG is at all similar to
>vCalendar, I suggest that the protocol specification contain an
>appendix listing:
>
>+ differences between vCalendar and that protocol (iCalendar?)
>
>+ how iCalendar events will be interpreted by vCalendar apps
>  (e.g. will the vCalendar app simply ignore the extra fields?)
>
>+ how vCalendar events should be interpreted by an iCalendar app
>  (e.g. what to do if certain fields are missing?)
>
>Keith

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