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draft-stepanek-icalendar-jscalendar-extensions-00
calext                                                       R. Stepanek
Internet-Draft                                                  Fastmail
Intended status: Standards Track                             13 May 2025
Expires: 14 November 2025

               iCalendar Format Extensions for JSCalendar
           draft-stepanek-icalendar-jscalendar-extensions-00

Abstract

   This document defines a set of new elements for iCalendar and extends
   the use of existing ones.  Their main purpose is to extend the
   semantics of iCalendar with elements defined in JSCalendar, but the
   new definitions also aim to be useful within just the iCalendar
   format.  This document updates RFC 5545 ("Internet Calendaring and
   Scheduling Core Object Specification (iCalendar)").

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     1.1.  Notational Conventions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     1.2.  ABNF Notations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Updated Properties  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     2.1.  GEO Property  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  New Properties  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.1.  DIGEST Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.2.  SHOW-WITHOUT-TIME Property  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     3.3.  URI Property  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   4.  New Parameters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     4.1.  HASH Parameter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   5.  New Components  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     5.1.  VCONFERENCE Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     5.2.  VLOCALIZATION Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
   7.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
   8.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     8.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
   9.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
   Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15

1.  Introduction

   The JSCalendar [I-D.stepanek-jscalendarbis] format aims to be an
   alternative to the iCalendar [RFC5545] format for representation of
   calendaring data.  As such, it introduces new semantics that are not
   covered in the current definition of iCalendar and its various
   extensions.  Converting calendaring data between the two formats is
   defined in [I-D.ietf-calext-jscalendar-icalendar] with the goal of
   not losing any semantics during conversion.  To achieve this, this
   document defines new elements iCalendar and extends existing
   definitions.  Doing so, it follows the recommendations for
   introducing new iCalendar elements as specified in Section 3 of
   [RFC7986].

1.1.  Notational Conventions

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
   14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here.

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1.2.  ABNF Notations

   The ABNF definitions in this document use the notations of [RFC5234].
   ABNF rules not defined in this document are defined in either
   [RFC5234] (such as the ABNF for CRLF, WSP, DQUOTE, VCHAR, ALPHA, and
   DIGIT) or [RFC5545].

2.  Updated Properties

2.1.  GEO Property

   This specification modifies the definition of the "GEO" property to
   also allow "geo" URI values [RFC5870] as property values.  The
   following additions are made to the definition of this property,
   originally specified in Section 3.8.1.6 of [RFC5545]:

   Value Type (replaces original):  The default value type for this
      property is FLOAT, the value MUST be two SEMICOLON-separated FLOAT
      values.  The value type can also be set to URI, in which case the
      VALUE parameter MUST be set.

   Description (in addition to original):  A Uniform Resource Identifier
      for Geographic Locations ("geo" URI) allows for richer semantics
      than the FLOAT value, such as defining geographic altitude,
      location uncertainty or the coordinate's reference system.  The
      GEO property value MAY be of type URI to contain such coordinates.
      Property values of type URI MUST be valid according to the "geo"
      URI scheme syntax defined in Section 3.3 of [RFC5870].

   Format Definition (replaces original):
      geo         = geofloat / geouri

      geofloat    = "GEO" geoparam ":" geovalue CRLF

      geoparam    = *(";" other-param)

      ;Latitude and Longitude components
      geovalue    = float ";" float

      geouri      = "GEO" geouriparam ":" uri CRLF

      geouriparam = *(
                     ;
                     ; The following is REQUIRED,
                     ; but MUST NOT occur more than once.
                     ;
                     (";" "VALUE" "=" "URI") /
                     ;

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                     ; The following is OPTIONAL,
                     ; and MAY occur more than once.
                     ;
                     (";" other-param)
                     ;
                     )

   Example(s):  The following are examples of this property:

      GEO:37.386013;-122.082932

      GEO;VALUE=URI:geo:48.198634,16.371648;crs=wgs84;u=40

3.  New Properties

3.1.  DIGEST Property

   Property Name:  DIGEST

   Purpose:  To represent the result of a hash function or a checksum.

   Value Type:  TEXT

   Property Parameters:  The "HASH" parameter (Section 4.1) MUST be
      specified exactly once on this property.  The "LANGUAGE" parameter
      MUST NOT be specified on this property.  Other IANA and non-
      standard parameters MAY be specified on this property.

   Conformance:  This property can be specified once in a
      "VLOCALIZATION" calendar component.

   Description:  This property represents the result of a hash function
      or checksum algorithm.  The semantics and purpose of its property
      value MUST be defined for each calendar component which allows to
      specify the "DIGEST" property.  See the definition of the
      "VLOCALIZATION" component (Section 5.2) for an example.

      This document defines the "Property Set Digest", which is the
      result of applying the hash function specified in the "HASH"
      parameter to a set of iCalendar properties.  This digest is
      created as follows, all strings MUST be UTF-8 encoded and in
      Unicode Normalization Form NFC [UNorm]:

      1.  For each property in the set, reorder its parameters in
          ascending order by comparing its parameter names, breaking
          ties by parameter value.  Parameter names and parameter values
          in form "paramtext" compare in uppercase, parameter values in
          form "quoted-string" compare case-sensitively.

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      2.  For each sorted property, generate an unfolded content line.
          Every content line ends with the CRLF sequence.

      3.  Sort the resulting content line strings in ascending order,
          then concatenate them to a single string, preserving their
          CRLF endings.

      4.  Apply the hash function to the string and set the result as
          the "DIGEST" property value.

      The Property Set Digest can produce different digests for property
      sets that are semantically equivalent.  This is because it does
      not enforce setting or removing default parameter values, or the
      "VALUE" parameter, or applying any other iCalendar-specific
      normalization.  As a result, differing digests only indicate that
      _something_ changed in the property set, but if this change is
      significant depends on the semantics of the calendar component
      that specifies using the "DIGEST" property.

   Format Definition:
      digest      = "DIGEST" digestparam ":" TEXT CRLF

      digestparam = *(
                     ;
                     ; The following is REQUIRED,
                     ; but MUST NOT occur more than once.
                     ;
                     (";" hashparam )
                     ;
                     ; The following is OPTIONAL,
                     ; and MAY occur more than once.
                     ;
                     (";" other-param)
                     ;
                     )

   Example:
      DIGEST;HASH=MD5:a16d6a19dd1d5c3baf591276eff96433

3.2.  SHOW-WITHOUT-TIME Property

   Property Name:  SHOW-WITHOUT-TIME

   Purpose:  To indicate that the exact time span is not important when
      displaying this calendar object.

   Value Type:  BOOLEAN -- no default

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   Property Parameters:  IANA and non-standard parameters can be
      specified on this property.

   Conformance:  This property can be specified once in a "VEVENT" or
      "VTODO" calendar component.

   Description:  This indicates that the exact time span is not
      important to display to the user when rendering this calendar
      object.  An example of this is an event that conceptually occurs
      all day, but in contrast to a DATE value is limited to a specific
      time zone or business hours.  While the time component is
      important for free-busy calculations and checking for scheduling
      clashes, calendars may choose to display it as an all-day event
      and/or display the object separately to other objects to enhance
      the user's view of their schedule.

      This property only is for presentation purposes, it does not have
      any impact on the temporal characteristics of a calendar object.

      This property MAY be specified on VEVENT components where the
      DTSTART property is of type DATE-TIME, or in VTODO components
      where either the DTSTART or DUE property is specified and has type
      DATE-TIME.  In all other cases it MUST NOT be set.  If this
      property is set, its property value MUST be "TRUE", e.g. it MUST
      be omitted rather than having value "FALSE".

      Implementations that are unaware of the "SHOW-WITHOUT-TIME"
      property might inadvertently preserve this property when changing
      a calendar object's temporal type from DATE-TIME to DATE.
      Implementations SHOULD therefore ignore rather than reject the
      incorrectly specified SHOW-WITHOUT-TIME property.  They MUST NOT
      preserve the ill-specified property in the calendaring data.

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   Format Definition:
      showwt      = "SHOW-WITHOUT-TIME" showwtparam ":" "TRUE" CRLF

      showwtparam = *(
                     ;
                     ; The following is REQUIRED,
                     ; but MUST NOT occur more than once.
                     ;
                     (";" "VALUE" "=" "BOOLEAN") /
                     ;
                     ; The following is OPTIONAL,
                     ; and MAY occur more than once.
                     ;
                     (";" other-param)
                     ;
                     )

   Example:
      SHOW-WITHOUT-TIME;VALUE=BOOLEAN:TRUE

3.3.  URI Property

   Property Name:  URI

   Purpose:  To associate a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) with a
      calendar component.

   Value Type:  URI -- no default

   Property Parameters:  The "LANGUAGE" parameter MUST NOT be specified
      on this property.  Other IANA and non-standard parameters can be
      specified on this property.

   Conformance:  This property can be specified once in a "VCONFERENCE"
      calendar component.

   Description:  This property associates a Uniform Resource Identifier
      [RFC3986] with a calendar component.  In contrast to the "UID"
      property, which defines its values to be of type TEXT, this
      property requires its value to be a syntactically valid URI.  In
      contrast to the "URL" property, this property neither provides a
      dynamic rendition of the associated calendar component, nor does
      it _locate_ a resource - it only identifies the calendar
      component.

      The semantics and purpose of this identifier MUST be defined for
      each calendar component containing the "URI" property.  This
      document defines the semantics of the "URI" property for the

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      "VCONFERENCE" component.  Similarly, future iCalendar extensions
      might consider using the "URI" property in cases where associating
      calendaring data by use of the "UID" and "RELATED-TO" properties
      is not possible.

   Format Definition:
      uriprop     = "URI" uriparam ":" uri CRLF

      uriparam = *(
                  ;
                  ; The following is REQUIRED,
                  ; but MUST NOT occur more than once.
                  ;
                  (";" "VALUE" "=" "URI") /
                  ;
                  ; The following is OPTIONAL,
                  ; and MAY occur more than once.
                  ;
                  (";" other-param)
                  ;
                  )

   Example:
      URI;VALUE=URI:urn:uuid:f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf6

4.  New Parameters

4.1.  HASH Parameter

   Parameter Name:  HASH

   Purpose:  To specify a hash function for a hash digest.

   Description:  In context of the "DIGEST" property, this parameter
      specifies the hash function that was used to create the property
      value.  Any parameter value is allowed, it is not an enumerated
      value to allow future parameter values incorporate parameters for
      hash functions.  The same case sensitivity as for other parameters
      value applies: "paramtext" values are case-insensitive, "quoted-
      string" values are case-sensitive.  This document defines the
      semantics for the following parameter value:

      Parameter Value:  MD5 (case-insensitive)

      Description  This produces the MD5 Message-Digest [RFC1321] from

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         its input string.  This hash MUST NOT be used for cryptographic
         purposes and the security considerations of [RFC6151] apply.
         The result of this hash is hex-encoded with all characters in
         lowercase.

   Format Definition:
      hashparam = "HASH" "=" param-value *("," param-value)

   Example:
      DIGEST;HASH=MD5:a16d6a19dd1d5c3baf591276eff96433

5.  New Components

5.1.  VCONFERENCE Component

   Component Name:  VCONFERENCE

   Purpose:  This component provides additional information about a
      virtual conference specified in the CONFERENCE property [RFC7986]
      (Section 5.11).

   Conformance:  This component can be specified multiple times in any
      component that allows to specify the "CONFERENCE" property.

   Description:  This component augments information provided by the
      "CONFERENCE" property for a virtual meeting or conference.
      Specifically, this specification adds support for long-form plain
      text and rich-text descriptions, which can not feasibly be
      provided in the "LABEL" parameter of the "CONFERENCE" property.

      A "VCONFERENCE" component by itself does not represent a virtual
      meeting and it does not replace information provided by the
      "CONFERENCE" property.  Instead, a calendar component that
      specifies the "VCONFERENCE" component MUST also specify a
      "CONFERENCE" property, and that "CONFERENCE" property value MUST
      match the value of the "URI" property (Section 3.3) specified in
      the "VCONFERENCE" component.  The URI values MUST be equal
      character strings, as specified in Section 6 of [RFC3986].

      A "VCONFERENCE" component MAY contain one "DESCRIPTION" property
      and multiple "STYLED-DESCRIPTION" properties, but one of them MUST
      NOT specify the "DERIVED" parameter and all others MUST specify
      the "DERIVED" parameter (e.g. it must have one and only one non-
      derived description).  For future extensibility, this
      specification does not define the "DESCRIPTION" or "STYLED-
      DESCRIPTION" properties to be mandatory, but a "VCONFERENCE"
      component MUST contain at least one property other than the "URI"
      property.

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      Implementations that are unaware of the "VCONFERENCE" component
      might inadvertently preserve this component when removing its
      related "CONFERENCE" property from the calendar object.  Changing
      the URI value of the "CONFERENCE" property is in this context
      considered a removal followed by inserting a new element.
      Implementations SHOULD therefore ignore rather than reject such
      incorrectly specified "VCONFERENCE" components.  They MUST NOT
      preserve the ill-specified component in the calendaring data.

   Format Definition:
      vconfc    = "BEGIN" ":" "VCONFERENCE" CRLF
                  *(
                   ;
                   ; The following are REQUIRED,
                   ; but MUST NOT occur more than once.
                   ;
                   uriprop /
                   ;
                   ; The following are OPTIONAL,
                   ; but MUST NOT occur more than once.
                   ;
                   description /
                   ;
                   ; The following are OPTIONAL,
                   ; and MAY occur more than once
                   ;
                   styleddescription
                   ;
                   ;
                   ; The following are OPTIONAL,
                   ; and MAY occur more than once.
                   ;
                   x-prop / iana-prop
                   ;
                   )
                  "END" ":" "VCONFERENCE" CRLF

   Example(s):  The following is an example of this component:

      BEGIN:VCONFERENCE
      URI;VALUE=URI:https://chat.example.com/x?id=123456
      DESCRIPTION:This is the first in a series of sessions:\n
       ...
      END:VCONFERENCE
      CONFERENCE;VALUE=URI;FEATURE=AUDIO,VIDEO;
       LABEL=Product Brainstorming Session:https://chat.example.com/x?id=123456

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5.2.  VLOCALIZATION Component

   Component Name:  VLOCALIZATION

   Purpose:  To provide internationalized and localized alternate text
      representations of calendar component elements.

   Conformance:  This component can be specified multiple times in any
      component that allows to specify at least one property with the
      "LANGUAGE" parameter.

   Description:  This component provides internationalized and localized
      alternate text representations of properties specified in a
      calendar component.  Its main purpose is for use with descriptive
      elements such as the "SUMMARY" or "DESCRIPTION" properties, but it
      MAY be used with any property on which the "LANGUAGE" parameter
      can be set.

      A "VLOCALIZATION" component MUST contain one or more properties
      which each MUST specify exactly once the "LANGUAGE" parameter.
      The "LANGUAGE" parameter values MAY differ between properties.
      The component MUST specify the "URI" property (Section 3.3)
      exactly once.  A calendar component that contains the
      "VLOCALIZATION" component is then localized to a specific human
      language by replacing all its properties where the "ALTREP"
      parameter value matches the "URI" property value of the
      "VLOCALIZATION" with those properties in the "VLOCALIZATION"
      component, for which the "LANGUAGE" parameter value matches the
      language tag of the target human language.

      The localized calendar component MUST be valid, e.g. mandatory
      properties MUST be set.  The URI values of the "ALTREP" parameter
      and "URI" property MUST be compared as character strings, as
      specified in Section 6 of [RFC3986].  The URI value MUST be a
      valid URI in the "urn" scheme [RFC8141] with namespace identifier
      "uuid" [RFC9562].

      The "VLOCALIZATION" component SHOULD only contain properties for
      which a property of the same name also is specified in the non-
      localized component, e.g. a "VLOCALIZATION" component is only
      meant to provide alternate text representations, not to add new
      content.

      Implementations that are unaware of the "VLOCALIZATION" component
      might change property values in the non-localized component,
      inadvertently invalidating the contents of the localized
      properties.  To mitigate this, implementations MUST specify the
      "DIGEST" (Section 3.1) property at least once in the

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      "VLOCALIZATION" component.  The property value MUST be the
      "Property Set Digest" as defined in Section 3.1, where the
      property set consists of all those properties in the non-localized
      component, for which the "ALTREP" parameter value matches the
      "URI" property value of the "VLOCALIZATION" component.  The
      "ALTREP" parameter is part of the hashed property.  Multiple
      "DIGEST" properties MUST each specify a different "HASH" parameter
      value.

      Implementations MUST consider a "VLOCALIZATION" component as
      outdated, if the "DIGEST" property value does not match the
      expected digest.  How to handle outdated localizations is
      implementation-specific, but implementations MUST not preserve
      "VLOCALIZATION" components with outdated "DIGEST" property values.

   Format Definition:
      vlocalizationc = "BEGIN" ":" "VLOCALIZATION" CRLF
                       *(
                        ;
                        ; The following is REQUIRED,
                        ; but MUST NOT occur more than once.
                        ;
                        uriprop
                        ;
                        ; The following is REQUIRED,
                        ; and MAY occur more than once.
                        ; "HASH" parameter values MUST differ.
                        ;
                        digest
                        ;
                        ; The following are OPTIONAL,
                        ; and MAY occur more than once.
                        ; At least one MUST have the
                        ; "LANGUAGE" parameter set.
                        ;
                        x-prop / iana-prop
                        ;
                        )
                       "END" ":" "VLOCALIZATION" CRLF

   Example(s):  The following is an example of this component:

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      DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250701
      SUMMARY;LANGUAGE="en-ca"
       ;ALTREP="urn:uuid:cd92c017-f7b0-4ac1-a852-c1d28ab172e5"
       :Canada Day
      DESCRIPTION;LANGUAGE="en-ca"
       ;ALTREP="urn:uuid:cd92c017-f7b0-4ac1-a852-c1d28ab172e5"
       :Canada Day celebrates the anniversary of Canadian Confederation
       which occurred on July 1, 1867.
      BEGIN:VLOCALIZATION
      URI;VALUE=URI:urn:uuid:cd92c017-f7b0-4ac1-a852-c1d28ab172e5
      DIGEST;HASH=MD5:863f0708251b33990b43830a8ca754e4
      SUMMARY;LANGUAGE="fr-ca"
       :Fête du Canada
      DESCRIPTION;LANGUAGE="fr-ca"
       :La Fête du Canada est un jour férié commémorant la date de
       formation du Canada le 1er juillet 1867.
      END:VLOCALIZATION

6.  Security Considerations

   This specification extends [RFC5545].  The same security
   considerations as outlined in Section 7 of [RFC5545] apply.  In
   addition, Section 4.1 refers to the security considerations of the
   MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm.

7.  IANA Considerations

   TBD

8.  References

8.1.  Normative References

   [RFC1321]  Rivest, R., "The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm", RFC 1321,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC1321, April 1992,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc1321>.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC3986]  Berners-Lee, T., Fielding, R., and L. Masinter, "Uniform
              Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax", STD 66,
              RFC 3986, DOI 10.17487/RFC3986, January 2005,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3986>.

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   [RFC5234]  Crocker, D., Ed. and P. Overell, "Augmented BNF for Syntax
              Specifications: ABNF", STD 68, RFC 5234,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5234, January 2008,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5234>.

   [RFC5545]  Desruisseaux, B., Ed., "Internet Calendaring and
              Scheduling Core Object Specification (iCalendar)",
              RFC 5545, DOI 10.17487/RFC5545, September 2009,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5545>.

   [RFC5870]  Mayrhofer, A. and C. Spanring, "A Uniform Resource
              Identifier for Geographic Locations ('geo' URI)",
              RFC 5870, DOI 10.17487/RFC5870, June 2010,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5870>.

   [RFC6151]  Turner, S. and L. Chen, "Updated Security Considerations
              for the MD5 Message-Digest and the HMAC-MD5 Algorithms",
              RFC 6151, DOI 10.17487/RFC6151, March 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6151>.

   [RFC7986]  Daboo, C., "New Properties for iCalendar", RFC 7986,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7986, October 2016,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7986>.

   [RFC8141]  Saint-Andre, P. and J. Klensin, "Uniform Resource Names
              (URNs)", RFC 8141, DOI 10.17487/RFC8141, April 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8141>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

   [RFC9562]  Davis, K., Peabody, B., and P. Leach, "Universally Unique
              IDentifiers (UUIDs)", RFC 9562, DOI 10.17487/RFC9562, May
              2024, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9562>.

9.  Informative References

   [I-D.ietf-calext-jscalendar-icalendar]
              Stepanek, R., "JSCalendar: Converting from and to
              iCalendar", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-
              calext-jscalendar-icalendar, 12 May 2025,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-calext-
              jscalendar-icalendar/>.

   [I-D.stepanek-jscalendarbis]
              Jenkins, N.M. and R. Stepanek, "JSCalendar: A JSON
              Representation of Calendar Data", Work in Progress,

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              Internet-Draft, draft-stepanek-jscalendarbis, 12 May 2025,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-stepanek-
              jscalendarbis/>.

   [UNorm]    UTS #15, Unicode Normalization Forms,
              <https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr15/>.

Acknowledgments

   The descriptions of Canada Day in the example in Section 5.2 were
   copied from the English Wikipedia website
   (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Day) which makes the text
   available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
   License (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
   Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-
   ShareAlike_4.0_International_License).

Author's Address

   Robert Stepanek
   Fastmail
   PO Box 234
   Collins St. West
   Melbourne VIC 8007
   Australia
   Email: rsto@fastmailteam.com

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