vcard value types

[Chris Hubick <chrish@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi.

RFC 2426 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2426.txt)
in Sec 2.4.2 defines the "vcard" value type.  This is used for encoding
a separate vcard into a value within an enclosing vcard.

That section includes the example:

AGENT:BEGIN:VCARD\nFN:Joe Friday\nTEL:+1-919-555-7878\n
 TITLE:Area Administrator\, Assistant\n EMAIL\;TYPE=INTERN\n
 ET:jfriday@xxxxxxxx\nEND:VCARD\n

Of note, section 2.6 also says:
"Specifically, when parsing a content line, folded lines must first be
unfolded according to the unfolding procedure described in [MIME-DIR]."
and "Unfolding is done before any decoding of a type value in a content
line."

So, after *first* applying RFC2425 Sec 5.8.1 'Line delimiting and
folding' I would expect the above example to be transformed into the
following single unfolded line:

AGENT:BEGIN:VCARD\nFN:Joe Friday\nTEL:+1-919-555-7878\nTITLE:Area Administrator\, Assistant\n EMAIL\;TYPE=INTERN\nET:jfriday@xxxxxxxx\nEND:VCARD\n

To which I would *then* decode to:

AGENT:BEGIN:VCARD
FN:Joe Friday
TEL:+1-919-555-7878
TITLE:Area Administrator, Assistant
 EMAIL;TYPE=INTERN
ET:jfriday@xxxxxxxx
END:VCARD

Now, this to me is apparently invalid data (?).  I would think that:

1) the space should be removed before 'EMAIL'?
2) the '\n' in 'INTERNET' should be removed?
3) the ':' characters in 'BEGIN:VCARD' and 'END:VCARD' should also be
escaped with backslashes when encoded?

So, my question is, is the example indeed incorrect, and if so, in which
of those three ways, or am I missing something?

Much Thanks.

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Chris Hubick
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