vCard and CardDAV (vcarddav)
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 Charter

 Current Status: Active

 Chair:
     Simon Perreault <simon.perreault@viagenie.ca>

 Applications Area Directors:
     Barry Leiba <barryleiba@computer.org>
     Pete Resnick <presnick@qti.qualcomm.com>

 Applications Area Advisor:
     Pete Resnick <presnick@qti.qualcomm.com>

 Mailing Lists:
     General Discussion: vcarddav@ietf.org
     To Subscribe:       https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/vcarddav
     Archive:            http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/vcarddav

Description of Working Group:


    A personal address book (PAB) contains a read/write copy of attributes
    describing a user's interpersonal contacts. This is distinct from a
    directory which contains a primarily read-only copy of users within an
    organization. While these two data objects share a large number of
    common attributes, their use and access patterns are fundamentally
    different. The IETF has a standards-track data format (vCard 4.0) and an
    access protocol (CardDAV) for the interchange of both PABs and user
    directory entry data objects.

    Having completed its work on the base vCard and CardDAV specifications,
    the VCARDDAV working group currently focuses on extensions to those two
    technologies. In particular, the WG will complete the following work:

    (1) A limited set of extensions to vCard (and its XML representation) as
    well as to CardDAV. Extensions are accepted for group consideration
    based on normal IETF consensus rules and in consultation with the
    responsible Area Director.

    (2) A lossless mapping between LDAP and vCard 4.0.




Goals and Milestones:
  Done     - Address book access protocol draft
  Done     - vCard new revision draft
  Done     - submit to IESG both drafts
  Done     - XML schema
  Sep 2011 - Submit simple extensions to IESG as Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-vcarddav-kind-app; draft-ietf-vcarddav-birth-death-extensions)
  Nov 2011 - Adopt draft for LDAP mapping as working group item (draft-cal-resource-schema or its equivalent will be taken as the starting point)
  Dec 2011 - Submit social networking extensions to IESG as Proposed Standard (draft-george-vcarddav-vcard-extension will be taken) as the starting point
  Dec 2011 - Submit OMA extensions to IESG as Proposed Standard (draft-cauchie-vcarddav-oma-cab-extensions will be taken as the starting point)
  Dec 2011 - Submit CardDAV extensions to IESG as Proposed Standard (draft-daboo-carddav-directory-gateway will be taken as the starting point)
  Apr 2012 - Submit LDAP mapping to IESG as Proposed Standard