RE: CounterOffer issue

[drummond@xxxxxxxxxx (Rik Drummond)]

Have the "issues" been listed in one email with a quick description, so
that we may see what they are?

I would like to see the list to help me understand your comment.

Thanks,  Rik


At 2:03 AM 12/6/96, Alec Dun wrote:
>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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