RE: CounterOffer issue

[Alec Dun <AlecDu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would not say we are re-inventing.

However, there are some issues/problems that we've been discussing on 
the list for the last month that will need to have solutions in the 
final standard.  There are a bunch more issues that still need to be 
discussed.  I have yet to see a proposal that would address these 
issues without breaking compatibility with vCalendar...

Thanks,
Alec.

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> From: 	owner-ietf-calendar@imc.org[SMTP:owner-ietf-calendar@imc.org] on 
> behalf of drummond@onramp.net[SMTP:drummond@onramp.net]
> Sent: 	Thursday, December 5, 1996 10:57 PM
> To: 	Keith Moore; Vinod Seraphin/CAM/Lotus
> Cc: 	Gilles Fortin; ietf-calendar; moore@cs.utk.edu
> Subject: 	Re: CounterOffer issue
> 
> 
> 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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