Alarms/SEQUENCE (was Re: Status of the CALSCH working group)

[Nathaniel Borenstein <nsb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday, November 7, 2003, at 04:14  PM, Doug Royer wrote:

> > Alarms/SEQUENCE -- I remain confused: Can there be two identical objects in the same calendar? If not, we should clearly say so.
>
> You can and iCAL has no such restriction on any component including VALARMs.
> Currently all components have a unique identifier within their context of usage.
> Some want no unique identifier, and their stated reasons specifically ignores the
> identical components issue.

But what does this mean?  If you store two identical items in your database without any unique identifiers, how can a client ever choose one over the other?  I'm having a hard time seeing how this is a good idea.  -- Nathaniel