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

[Doug Royer <Doug@xxxxxxxxx>]

Nathaniel Borenstein wrote:

> 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
I agree, they need unique id's.

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