VALARM Extensions for iCalendar
draft-ietf-calext-valarm-extensions-05
Document | Type | Active Internet-Draft (calext WG) | |
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Authors | Cyrus Daboo , Kenneth Murchison | ||
Last updated | 2021-02-25 (latest revision 2021-02-15) | ||
Replaces | draft-daboo-valarm-extensions | ||
Stream | IETF | ||
Intended RFC status | Proposed Standard | ||
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Stream | WG state | Submitted to IESG for Publication (wg milestone: Dec 2020 - Submit valarm docume... ) | |
Document shepherd | Daniel Migault | ||
Shepherd write-up | Show (last changed 2020-11-25) | ||
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Responsible AD | Barry Leiba | ||
Send notices to | Bron Gondwana <brong@fastmailteam.com>, Daniel Migault <mglt.ietf@gmail.com> | ||
IANA | IANA review state | IANA - Not OK | |
IANA expert review state | Reviews assigned |
Network Working Group C. Daboo Internet-Draft Apple Updates: 5545 (if approved) K. Murchison, Ed. Intended status: Standards Track Fastmail Expires: August 19, 2021 February 15, 2021 VALARM Extensions for iCalendar draft-ietf-calext-valarm-extensions-05 Abstract This document defines a set of extensions to the iCalendar VALARM component to enhance use of alarms and improve interoperability between clients and servers. This document updates RFC5545. Status of This Memo This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. The list of current Internet- Drafts is at https://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current/. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." This Internet-Draft will expire on August 19, 2021. Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2021 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (https://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of publication of this document. Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of Daboo & Murchison Expires August 19, 2021 [Page 1] Internet-Draft VALARM Extensions February 2021 the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License. Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. Conventions Used in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3. Extensible syntax for VALARM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4. Alarm Unique Identifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5. Alarm Related To . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6. Alarm Acknowledgement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6.1. Acknowledged Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7. Snoozing Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7.1. Relationship Type Property Parameter . . . . . . . . . . 9 8. Alarm Proximity Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 8.1. Proximity Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 8.2. Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 9. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 10. Privacy Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 11. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 11.1. Property Registrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 11.2. Relationship Types Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 11.3. Proximity Value Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 12. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 13. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 13.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 13.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Appendix A. Change History (To be removed by RFC Editor before publication) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 1. Introduction The iCalendar [RFC5545] specification defines a set of components used to describe calendar data. One of those is the "VALARM" component which appears as a sub-component of "VEVENT" and "VTODO" components. The "VALARM" component is used to specify a reminder for an event or task. Different alarm actions are possible, as are different ways to specify how the alarm is triggered. As iCalendar has become more widely used and as client-server protocols such as CalDAV [RFC4791] have become more prevalent, several issues with "VALARM" components have arisen. Most of these relate to the need to extend the existing "VALARM" component with new properties and behaviors to allow clients and servers to accomplish specific tasks in an interoperable manner. For example, clients typically need a way to specify that an alarm has been dismissed by aShow full document text