Need PCS in vCARD - definition extension request from MOPA

[Takeshi Sakai <tsakai@xxxxxxx>]

Frank,
Please read the last paragraph at the bottom attached from my original request for extension.
We need PCS in vCARD. 

Today both Cellular and PHS (Japanese PCS) are popular in Japan and many people is using both.
Cellular for receiving phone calls while PHS for initiating calls or data communication (32kbps service
started yesterday).


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From: 	Takeshi Sakai
Sent: 	Sunday, January 26, 1997 9:18 PM
To: 	'ietf-asid@xxxxxxxxx'
Cc: 	'imc-vcard@xxxxxxx'; 'mopa'
Subject: 	vCARD v.2.1 definition extension request from MOPA

My name is Tak Sakai and I am a member of MOPA personal data
exchange standard committee (I am a workgroup member from IBM Japan).

MOPA (Mobile Office Promotion Association) is a consortium formed
for standardization of PDA devices/systems in Japan.
The 25 member companies include almost all mobile
digital devices/systems manufacturer, communication service
provider and semiconductor manufacturer in Japan.
Naming some members, Sharp, Casio, Cannon, Toshiba, Hitachi,
IBM, NEC, NTT (Japanese PTT), Astel, Japan telecom, National
Semiconductor.

The standardization ranges from hardware definition, basic
software, application program interface and communication to
user interface.
One of the major standardization is the personal data
(address, calendar, etc.) interchange between mobile PDA devices.

We decided to use Versit vCARD and vCALENDAR format as the basis
for our MOPA personal data exchange and are currently in standard
definiton phase targetting end of November for definition first
closure.

MOPA would like to propose addition and change
to current vCARD v.2.1 definition to satisfy Japanese PDA user
requirements.
The attached is a list of reqruirements.
We would like IETF-ASID to review these reqreuiments for possible
addition/change of vCARD definition for v.2.2.

I will be the representative for MOPA on this requirements.
Please communicate back on
1. How shall we proceed with these addition/change request
to IETF-ASID ?  Is there any official process to follow ?
2. How acceptable are these requirements from MOPA ?

Thank you

------------  ATTACHEMENT ----------------------------------

Addition/Change Request to vCARD from MOPA
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1. Addition of CLASS property like defined in vCALENDAR

- Add CLASS property in vCARD
e.g. CLASS:PRIVATE
- PURPOSE :
To enable to indicate access classification for each vCARD entity.
MOPA supports vCARD usage scenario in which a user moves
his entire address book information from one PDA to another.
Classification set in original PDA should be inherited.

2. Addition of property parameter PCS to TEL property
- Add PCS as property parameter to TEL property to indicate
PCS service number in vCARD entity (need both CELL and PCS)

- PURPOSE :
Need to address wide spread and fast growing use of PCS
phones (named PHS -Personal Handy phone Service in Japan).
PCS service will be started widely in US, Asia and Europe
soon too.

Since the call reception capability of PHS/PCS is lower than analog 
and digital cellular, caller needs to know if he is calling to
cellular or PCS (if it is PCS, caller expect lower possibility of 
call connectio). As matter of fact, some people use both cellular
and PHS (cellular for reception and PHS for call initiation at lower
tarrif).