Re: Last call iCal questions

[jsun@xxxxxxxxxxxx (John Sun)]

I think you're confusing the BNF definition of the Duration type
with the BNF definition of the DURATION calendar property.

In 4.8.2.5. the definition of DURATION calendar property is this:

Format Definition: The property is defined by the following notation:

     duration   = "DURATION" durparam ":" duration CRLF
                  ;consisting of a positive duration of time.

     durparam   = *(";" xparam)

The definition that you pointed out was the Duration type BNF.


John Narbaitz wrote:

> I'm re-posting these because I didn't get a response last week ...
>
> 3 Questions:
>
> 1. duration. The duration rule is one of the possible properties of an iCalendar component. All of the other component properties (except for iana-comp and x-comp) begin with an identifying keyword (e.g.: attendee starts with "ATTENDEE", attach starts with "ATTACH"). In draft 5, it was defined better:
>
> duration = "DURATION" "=" duration CRLF
>
> whereas now:
> duration = (["+"] / "-") "P" (dur-date / dur-time / dur-week)
>
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