Re: Netscape Communicator's implementation of vCards

["Frank Dawson" <fdawson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> From: Arentjan Banck <ajbanck@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: 'imc-vcard@xxxxxxx'
> Subject: Netscape Communicator's implementation of vCards
> Date: Sunday, September 07, 1997 11:13 AM
> 

...A bunch deleted...

> Looking at the file that Netscape Communicator created gives:
> 
> =======================
> begin:          vcard
> fn:             ArentJan Banck
> n:              ArentJan;Banck
> org:            Davilex
> =======================
> 
> It seems to me that adding all those spaces is not according to the
> vCard specifications??
> After removing all the spaces after the ':', the card could used in
> Outlook.
> 

Arentjan:

You may want to take the Netscape/Communicator specific comments up with
Netscape. However, since you raise the comments as a generic vCard
question...Here is my two pfennig's worth.

In vCard v2.1 grammar, the spaces after the ":" are oddly allowed in the
BEGIN:VCARD and END:VCARD. I would guess that it is an oversight in the
grammar that they are not allowed in the other vCard properties. This ought
to be corrected in the IETF version for the vCard.

Some folks have commented that they like the readability of the Netscape
formatting of a vCard. Probably facilitates visual testing too.

In your example, the END:VCARD is also missing. That may have had an impact
on interpretation by other products too.

You can also use the Lotus Organizer97 GS product for clipboard or
drag/drop support for vCard and vCalendar.

- - Frank Dawson