INTERNET-DRAFT                                              A. Melnikov
Document: draft-ietf-calsify-rfc2447bis-11.txt                   Editor
Intended status: Standard Track                      September 10, 2010
Expires: March 2011


           iCalendar Message-Based Interoperability Protocol
                                 (iMIP)

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Abstract

   This document, iCalendar Message-Based Interoperability Protocol
   (iMIP), specifies a binding from the iCalendar Transport-independent
   Interoperability Protocol (iTIP) to Internet email-based transports.
   Calendaring entries defined by the iCalendar Object Model (iCalendar)
   are wrapped using constructs from RFC 5322 and MIME (RFC 2045, RFC
   2046, RFC 2047 and RFC 2049), and then transported over SMTP.






























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Table of Contents

 1 INTRODUCTION........................................................2
  1.1 RELATED MEMOS ...................................................2
  1.2 FORMATTING CONVENTIONS ..........................................3
  1.3 TERMINOLOGY .....................................................4
 2 MIME MESSAGE FORMAT BINDING.........................................4
  2.1 MIME MEDIA TYPE .................................................4
  2.2 SECURITY ........................................................4
    2.2.1 Authorization ...............................................4
    2.2.2 Authentication ..............................................5
    2.2.3 Confidentiality .............................................5
  2.3 EMAIL ADDRESSES .................................................5
  2.4 CONTENT TYPE ....................................................5
  2.5 CONTENT-TRANSFER-ENCODING .......................................6
  2.6 CONTENT-DISPOSITION .............................................6
 3 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS.............................................7
 4 EXAMPLES............................................................8
  4.1 SINGLE COMPONENT WITH AN ATTACH PROPERTY ........................8
  4.2 USING MULTIPART ALTERNATIVE FOR LOW FIDELITY CLIENTS ............8
  4.3 SINGLE COMPONENT WITH AN ATTACH PROPERTY AND INLINE ATTACHMENT ..9
  4.4 MULTIPLE SIMILAR COMPONENTS ....................................10
  4.5 MULTIPLE MIXED COMPONENTS ......................................11
  4.6 DETAILED COMPONENTS WITH AN ATTACH PROPERTY ....................13
 5 RECOMMENDED PRACTICES..............................................14
  5.1 USE OF CONTENT AND MESSAGE IDS .................................14
 6 REFERENCES.........................................................15
 7 EDITOR'S ADDRESSES.................................................16
 8 FULL COPYRIGHT STATEMENT...........................................XX
 9 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY..............................................XX

1 Introduction

   This binding document provides the transport specific information
   necessary to convey iCalendar Transport-independent Interoperability
   Protocol (iTIP) [iTIP] over Internet email (using MIME) as defined in
   [RFC-5322] and [RFC-2045].

1.1 Related Memos

   Implementers will need to be familiar with several other memos that,
   along with this memo, form a framework for Internet calendaring and
   scheduling standards.

   This document, [iMIP], specifies an Internet email binding for iTIP.

   [iCAL] - specifies a core specification of objects, data types,
   properties and property parameters;



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   [iTIP] - specifies an interoperability protocol for scheduling
   between different implementations;

   This memo does not attempt to repeat the specification of concepts or
   definitions from these other memos. Where possible, references are
   made to the memo that provides for the specification of these
   concepts or definitions.

1.2 Formatting Conventions

   The mechanisms defined in this memo are defined in prose. In order to
   refer to elements of the calendaring and scheduling model, core
   object or interoperability protocol defined in [iCAL] and [iTIP] some
   formatting conventions have been used.

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC-2119].

   Calendaring and scheduling roles are referred to in quoted-strings of
   text with the first character of each word in upper case. For
   example, "Organizer" refers to a role of a "Calendar User" within the
   scheduling protocol defined by [iTIP].

   Calendar components defined by [iCAL] are referred to with
   capitalized, quoted-strings of text. All calendar components start
   with the letter "V". For example, "VEVENT" refers to the event
   calendar component, "VTODO" refers to the to-do calendar component
   and "VJOURNAL" refers to the daily journal calendar component.

   Scheduling methods defined by [iTIP] are referred to with
   capitalized, quoted-strings of text. For example, "REQUEST" refers to
   the method for requesting a scheduling calendar component be created
   or modified, "REPLY" refers to the method a recipient of a request
   uses to update their status with the "Organizer" of the calendar
   component.

   Properties defined by [iCAL] are referred to with capitalized,
   quoted-strings of text, followed by the word "property". For example,
   "ATTENDEE" property refers to the iCalendar property used to convey
   the calendar address of a calendar user.

   Property parameters defined by [iCAL] are referred to with lower
   case, quoted-strings of text, followed by the word "parameter". For
   example, "value" parameter refers to the iCalendar property parameter
   used to override the default data type for a property value.





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1.3 Terminology

   The email terms used in this memo are defined in [RFC-5322] and
   [RFC-2045]. The calendaring and scheduling terms used in this memo
   are defined in [iCAL] and [iTIP].

2 MIME Message Format Binding

   This section defines the message binding to the MIME electronic mail
   transport.

   The sections below refer to the "originator" and the "recipient" of
   an iMIP message. In the case of a "request" method, the originator is
   the "Organizer" and the recipient is an "Attendee" of the event. In
   the case of a "response" method, the originator is an "Attendee" and
   the recipient is the "Organizer" of the event.

   The [RFC-5322] "Reply-To" header field typically contains the email
   address of the originator of the scheduling message. However, this
   cannot be guaranteed because the sender of the iMIP message might not
   be the originator of the scheduling message and the sender's Mail
   User Agent (MUA) might not enforce iMIP semantics by translating the
   originator's address into the "Reply-To" email header field.

2.1 MIME Media Type

   A MIME entity containing content information formatted according to
   this document will be referenced as a "text/calendar" content type
   [iCAL]. It is assumed that this content type will be transported
   through a MIME electronic mail transport.

2.2 Security

   This section addresses several aspects of security including
   authentication, authorization and confidentiality. Authentication and
   confidentiality can be achieved using S/MIME [RFC-5750][RFC-5751],
   which uses Security Multiparts framework for MIME [RFC-1847].

2.2.1 Authorization

   In [iTIP] messages, only the "Organizer" is authorized to modify or
   cancel calendar entries she organizes. That is, spoof@xyz.example.net
   is not allowed to modify or cancel a meeting that was organized by
   a@example.com. Furthermore, only the respondent has the authorization
   to indicate their status to the "Organizer". That is, the "Organizer"
   MUST ignore an [iTIP] message from spoof@xyz.example.net that
   declines a meeting invitation for b@example.com.




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   Implementations of iMIP SHOULD verify the authenticity of the creator
   of an iCalendar object before taking any action. Methods for doing
   this are presented later in this document.

   [RFC-1847] Message flow in iTIP supports someone working on behalf of
   a "Calendar User" through use of the "sent-by" parameter that is
   associated with the "ATTENDEE" and "ORGANIZER" properties. However,
   there is no mechanism to verify whether or not a "Calendar User" has
   authorized someone to work on their behalf. It is left to
   implementations to provide mechanisms for the "Calendar Users" to
   make that decision.

2.2.2 Authentication

   Authentication MUST be performed using S/MIME [RFC-5750][RFC-5751].
   Authentication is possible only on messages that have been signed.
   Unauthenticated messages (i.e., unsigned messages) may not be
   trusted.

2.2.3 Confidentiality

   To ensure confidentiality using iMIP implementations SHOULD utilize
   encryption specified in S/MIME [RFC-5750][RFC-5751]. iMIP does not
   restrict a "Calendar User Agent" (CUA) from forwarding iCalendar
   objects to other users or agents.

2.3 Email Addresses

   The calendar address specified within the "ORGANIZER" and "ATTENDEE"
   properties in an iCalendar object send using iMIP MUST be a proper
   "mailto:" [MAILTO] URI specification for the corresponding
   "Organizer" or "Attendee" of the "VEVENT" or "VTODO".

   Because [iTIP] does not preclude "Attendees" from forwarding
   "VEVENTS" or "VTODOS" to others, the [RFC-5322] "Sender" value may
   not equal that of the "Organizer". Additionally, the "Organizer" or
   "Attendee" cannot be reliably inferred by the [RFC-5322] "Sender" or
   "Reply-to" header field values of an iMIP message. The relevant
   address MUST be ascertained by opening the "text/calendar" MIME body
   part and examining the "ATTENDEE" and "ORGANIZER" properties.

2.4 Content-Type Header Field

   A MIME body part containing content information that conforms to this
   document MUST have an [RFC-2045] "Content-Type" value of
   "text/calendar". The [RFC-2045] "Content-Type" header field MUST also
   include the type MIME parameter "method". The value MUST be the same
   (ignoring case) as the value of the "METHOD" property within the



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   iCalendar object.

   Note 1: A MIME message containing multiple iCalendar objects with
   different method values MUST be further encapsulated with a
   "multipart/mixed" MIME entity [RFC-2046]. This will allow each of the
   iCalendar objects to be encapsulated within their own "text/calendar"
   MIME entity.

   Note 2: A MIME body part of "text/calendar" "Content-Type" that lacks
   the "method" parameter is not considered to be an iMIP body part and
   thus is not subject to the requirements specified in this document.

   Note that according to [iCAL] the default character set for iCalendar
   objects is UTF-8 [UTF-8].  However the default character set for a
   "text/*" MIME entity according to [RFC-2046] is US-ASCII. Thus a
   "charset" MIME parameter MUST be present if the iCalendar object
   contains characters that can't be represented in US-ASCII character
   set and, as specified in [iCAL], it MUST have the value "UTF-8".

   The optional "component" MIME parameter defines the iCalendar
   component type contained within the iCalendar object.

   The following is an example of this header field with a value that
   indicates an event message.

        Content-Type: text/calendar; method=request; charset=UTF-8;
              component=vevent

   The "text/calendar" content type allows for the scheduling message
   type to be included in a MIME message with other content information
   (i.e., "multipart/mixed") or included in a MIME message with a clear-
   text, human-readable form of the scheduling message (i.e.,
   "multipart/alternative" [RFC-2046]).

   In order to permit the information in the scheduling message to be
   understood by MIME user agents (UA) that do not support the
   "text/calendar" content type, scheduling messages SHOULD be sent with
   an alternative, human-readable form of the information.

   Note that "multipart/alternative" MUST NOT be used to represent two
   slightly different iCalendar objects, for example two VEVENT with
   alternative starting times.

   CUAs can use other MIME parameters of the Content-Type header field,
   as well as a language specified in the Content-Language header field
   [RFC-3282], to pick a "text/calendar" part for processing if a
   "multipart/alternative" MIME message contains more than one
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   Any receiving UA compliant with this specification MUST be able to
   process "text/calendar" body parts enclosed within "multipart/*".
   Note that a "multipart/mixed" MIME message can include multiple
   "text/calendar" components. The receiving UA MUST be able to process
   all of them.

2.5 Content-Transfer-Encoding Header Field

   Unless iMIP message is transported over 8-bit clean transport (such
   as SMTP [8BITMIME]), a transfer encoding such as quoted-printable or
   base64 [RFC-2045] MUST be used for iCalendar objects containing any
   characters that can't be represented in the US-ASCII character set.
   For example:

   From: user1@example.com
   To: user2@example.com
   Subject: Phone Conference
   Mime-Version: 1.0
   Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 21:30:25 +0400
   Message-ID: <4821E731.5040506@laptop1.example.com>
   Content-Type: text/calendar; method=REQUEST; charset=UTF-8
   Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

   BEGIN:VCALENDAR
   PRODID:-//Example/ExampleCalendarClient//EN
   METHOD:REQUEST
   VERSION:2.0
   BEGIN:VEVENT
   ORGANIZER:mailto:user1@example.com
   ATTENDEE;ROLE=CHAIR;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED:mailto:user1@example.com
   ATTENDEE;RSVP=YES;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL:mailto:user2@example.com
   DTSTAMP:20080507T170000Z
   DTSTART:20080701T160000Z
   DTEND:20080701T163000Z
   SUMMARY:Phone call to discuss your last visit
   DESCRIPTION:=D1=82=D1=8B =D0=BA=D0=B0=D0=BA - =D0=B4=D0=BE=D0=
    =B2=D0=BE=D0=BB=D0=B5=D0=BD =D0=BF=D0=BE=D0=B5=D0=B7=D0=B4=D0=BA=D0
    =BE=D0=B9?
   UID:calsvr.example.com-8739701987387998
   SEQUENCE:0
   STATUS:TENTATIVE
   END:VEVENT
   END:VCALENDAR

2.6 Content-Disposition Header Field

   Implementations MAY include a "Content-Disposition" header field to
   define a file name for an iCalendar object.  However, the handling of



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   a MIME part MUST be based on its [RFC-2045] "Content-Type" and not on
   the extension specified in the "Content-Disposition", as different
   email malware is known to trick User Agents into misinterpreting
   content of messages by specifying a file extension in the Content-
   Disposition header field that doesn't correspond to the value of
   Content-Type header field.













































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3 Security Considerations

   The security threats that applications must address when implementing
   iTIP are detailed in [iTIP]. In particular two spoofing threats are
   identified in [iTIP]: Spoofing the "Organizer", and Spoofing an
   "Attendee". To address these threats, the originator of an iCalendar
   object must be authenticated by a recipient. Once authenticated, a
   determination can be made as to whether or not the originator is
   authorized to perform the requested operation. Compliant applications
   MUST support signing and encrypting text/calendar body parts using a
   mechanism based on S/MIME [RFC-5750][RFC-5751] in order to facilitate
   the authentication of the originator of the iCalendar object (see
   Section 2.2.2 and 2.2.3). The steps for processing a signed iMIP
   message are described below:

   1. Using S/MIME, determine who signed the text/calendar body part
   containing the iCalendar object. This is the "signer".  (Note that
   the email address of the signer MUST be specified in the rfc822Name
   field of the subject alternative name extension of the signer
   certificate, as specified in [RFC-5280], Section 4.1.2.6.)  Note that
   the signer is not necessarily the person sending an e-mail message
   since an e-mail message can be forwarded.

   2. Correlate the signer to either an "ATTENDEE" property or to the
   "ORGANIZER" property in the iCalendar object, based on the method and
   the calendar component specified in the iCalendar object, as defined
   in Section 1.4 of [iTIP].  If the signer cannot be correlated to an
   "ATTENDEE"/"ORGANIZER" property, then actively warn the user
   controlling the calendar user agent that the iCalendar object is
   untrusted and encourage the user to ignore the message, but give
   advanced users the option to (a) view the certificate of the signer
   and the entire certificate chain (if any) in order to help decide if
   the signer should be trusted to send the message, and then (b) allow
   CUA to accept and process the iCalendar object.

   3. Determine whether or not the "ATTENDEE"/"ORGANIZER" is authorized
   to perform the operation as defined by [iTIP]. If the conditions are
   not met, ignore the message.

   4. If all the above conditions are met, the message can be processed.

   S/MIME signing also protects against malicious changes in transit.

   If calendar confidentiality is required by the sender, signed iMIP
   messages SHOULD be encrypted by a mechanism based on S/MIME
   [RFC-5750][RFC-5751].  If iMIP is used within a single ADMD
   (Administrative Domain) [RFC5598], SMTP STARTTLS [SMTP-TLS] (together
   with STARTTLS in IMAP/POP [IMAP-POP-TLS]) MAY alternatively be used



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   to provide calendar confidentiality.

   Once a signed and/or encrypted iMIP message is received and
   successfully verified (as detailed above) by a CUA, the CUA SHOULD
   remember whether the sender of the message is using signing and/or
   encrypting.  If an unsigned iMIP message is received from the same
   sender later on, the receiving CUA SHOULD warn the receiving user
   about a possible man-in-the-middle attack and SHOULD ignore the
   message, unless explicitly overridden by the user.

   Implementations MAY provide means for users to disable signing and
   encrypting.

   It is possible to receive iMIP messages sent by someone working on
   behalf of another "Calendar User". This is determined by examining
   the "sent-by" parameter in the relevant "ORGANIZER" or "ATTENDEE"
   property.  [iCAL] and [iTIP] provide no mechanism to verify that a
   "Calendar User" has authorized someone else to work on their behalf.
   To address this security issue, implementations MUST provide
   mechanisms for the "Calendar Users" to make that decision before
   applying changes from someone working on behalf of a "Calendar User".
   One way to achieve this is to reject iMIP messages sent by users
   other than the "ORGANIZER" or the "ATTENDEE"s. Alternatively, the
   receiver could have a list of trusted <sent-by, organizer> proxies in
   its local security policy.  And yet another way is to prompt the user
   for confirmation.

   iMIP based calendaring is frequently deployed within a single ADMD,
   with boundary filtering employed to restrict email calendaring flows
   to be inside the ADMD. This can help in minimizing malicious changes
   to calendaring messages in transit, as well as in making
   authorization decisions less risky.

   A security consideration associated with use of Content-Disposition
   header field is described in section 2.6.

   Use of S/MIME makes Security Considerations discussed in
   [RFC-5750][RFC-5751] relevant to this document. For additional
   Security Considerations regarding certificate and CRL verification
   please see [RFC-5280].











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4 Examples

4.1 Single Component With An ATTACH Property

   This minimal message shows how an iCalendar object references an
   attachment. The attachment is accessible via its URL.

   From: sman@netscape.example.com
   To: stevesil@microsoft.example.com
   Subject: Phone Conference
   Mime-Version: 1.0
   Content-Type: text/calendar; method=REQUEST; charset=US-ASCII
   Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

   BEGIN:VCALENDAR
   PRODID:-//Example/ExampleCalendarClient//EN
   METHOD:REQUEST
   VERSION:2.0
   BEGIN:VEVENT
   ORGANIZER:mailto:man@netscape.example.com
   ATTENDEE;ROLE=CHAIR;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED:mailto:man@netscape.example.com
   ATTENDEE;RSVP=YES:mailto:stevesil@microsoft.example.com
   DTSTAMP:19970611T190000Z
   DTSTART:19970701T210000Z
   DTEND:19970701T230000Z
   SUMMARY:Phone Conference
   DESCRIPTION:Please review the attached document.
   UID:calsvr.example.com-873970198738777
   ATTACH:ftp://ftp.bar.example.com/pub/docs/foo.doc
   STATUS:CONFIRMED
   END:VEVENT
   END:VCALENDAR

4.2 Using Multipart Alternative for Low Fidelity Clients

   This example shows how a client can emit a multipart message that
   includes both a plain text version as well as the full iCalendar
   object.  Clients that do not support text/calendar will still be
   capable of rendering the plain text representation.

   From: foo1@example.com
   To: foo2@example.com
   Subject: Phone Conference
   Mime-Version: 1.0
   Content-Type: multipart/alternative;boundary="01BD3665.3AF0D360"

   --01BD3665.3AF0D360
   Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii



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   Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

   This is an alternative representation of a TEXT/CALENDAR MIME Object
   When: 7/1/1997 10:00AM PDT - 7/1/97 10:30AM PDT
   Where:
   Organizer: foo1@example.com
   Summary: Phone Conference

   --01BD3665.3AF0D360
   Content-Type: text/calendar; method=REQUEST; charset=US-ASCII
   Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

   BEGIN:VCALENDAR
   PRODID:-//Example/ExampleCalendarClient//EN
   METHOD:REQUEST
   VERSION:2.0
   BEGIN:VEVENT
   ORGANIZER:mailto:foo1@example.com
   ATTENDEE;ROLE=CHAIR;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED:mailto:foo1@example.com
   ATTENDEE;RSVP=YES;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL:mailto:foo2@example.com
   DTSTAMP:19970611T190000Z
   DTSTART:19970701T170000Z
   DTEND:19970701T173000Z
   SUMMARY:Phone Conference
   UID:calsvr.example.com-8739701987387771
   SEQUENCE:0
   STATUS:CONFIRMED
   END:VEVENT
   END:VCALENDAR

   --01BD3665.3AF0D360

4.3 Single Component With An ATTACH Property

   This example shows how a message containing an iCalendar object
   references an attached document. The reference is made using a
   Content-id (CID). Thus, the iCalendar object and the document are
   packaged in a multipart/related encapsulation.

   From: foo1@example.com
   To: foo2@example.com
   Subject: Phone Conference
   Mime-Version: 1.0
   Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="boundary-example-1"

   --boundary-example-1

   Content-Type: text/calendar; method=REQUEST; charset=US-ASCII



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   Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
   Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="event.ics"

   BEGIN:VCALENDAR
   PRODID:-//Example/ExampleCalendarClient//EN
   METHOD:REQUEST
   VERSION:2.0
   BEGIN:VEVENT
   ORGANIZER:mailto:foo1@example.com
   ATTENDEE;ROLE=CHAIR;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED:mailto:foo1@example.com
   ATTENDEE;RSVP=YES;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL:mailto:foo2@example.com
   DTSTAMP:19970611T190000Z
   DTSTART:19970701T180000Z
   DTEND:19970701T183000Z
   SUMMARY:Phone Conference
   UID:calsvr.example.com-8739701987387771
   ATTACH:cid:123456789@example.com
   SEQUENCE:0
   STATUS:CONFIRMED
   END:VEVENT
   END:VCALENDAR

   --boundary-example-1
   Content-Type: application/msword; name="FieldReport.doc"
   Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
   Content-Disposition: inline; filename="FieldReport.doc"
   Content-ID: <123456789@example.com>

   0M8R4KGxGuEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPgADAP7/CQAGAAAAAAAAAAABAAAARAAAAAAA
   AAAAEAAAQAAAAAEAAAD+////AAAAAEUAAAD/////////////////////////////////
    ...

   --boundary-example-1--

4.4 Multiple Similar Components

   Multiple iCalendar components of the same type can be included in the
   iCalendar object when the METHOD is the same for each component.

   From: foo1@example.com
   To: foo2@example.com
   Subject: Summer Company Holidays
   Mime-Version: 1.0
   Content-Type: text/calendar; method=PUBLISH; charset=US-ASCII
   Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
   Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="event.ics"





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   BEGIN:VCALENDAR
   PRODID:-//Example/ExampleCalendarClient//EN
   METHOD:PUBLISH
   VERSION:2.0
   BEGIN:VEVENT
   ORGANIZER:MAILTO:FOO1@EXAMPLE.COM
   DTSTAMP:19970611T150000Z
   DTSTART:19970701T150000Z
   DTEND:19970701T230000Z
   SUMMARY:Company Picnic
   DESCRIPTION:Food and drink will be provided
   UID:CALSVR.EXAMPLE.COM-873970198738777-1
   SEQUENCE:0
   STATUS:CONFIRMED
   END:VEVENT
   BEGIN:VEVENT
   ORGANIZER:MAILTO:FOO1@EXAMPLE.COM
   DTSTAMP:19970611T190000Z
   DTSTART:19970715T150000Z
   DTEND:19970715T230000Z
   SUMMARY:Company Bowling Tournament
   DESCRIPTION:We have 10 lanes reserved
   UID:CALSVR.EXAMPLE.COM-873970198738777-2
   SEQUENCE:0
   STATUS:CONFIRMED
   END:VEVENT
   END:VCALENDAR

4.5 Multiple Mixed Components

   Different component types must be encapsulated in separate iCalendar
   objects.

   From: foo1@example.com
   To: foo2@example.com
   Subject: Phone Conference
   Mime-Version: 1.0
   Content-Type: multipart/mixed;boundary="--FEE3790DC7E35189CA67CE2C"

   This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

   ----FEE3790DC7E35189CA67CE2C
   Content-Type: text/calendar; method=REQUEST; charset=US-ASCII
   Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
   Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="event1.ics"






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   BEGIN:VCALENDAR
   PRODID:-//Example/ExampleCalendarClient//EN
   METHOD:REQUEST
   VERSION:2.0
   BEGIN:VEVENT
   ORGANIZER:mailto:foo1@example.com
   ATTENDEE;ROLE=CHAIR;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED:mailto:foo1@example.com
   ATTENDEE;RSVP=YES;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL:mailto:foo2@example.com
   DTSTAMP:19970611T190000Z
   DTSTART:19970701T210000Z
   DTEND:19970701T230000Z
   SUMMARY:Phone Conference
   DESCRIPTION:Discuss what happened at the last meeting
   UID:calsvr.example.com-8739701987387772
   SEQUENCE:0
   STATUS:CONFIRMED
   END:VEVENT
   END:VCALENDAR

   ----FEE3790DC7E35189CA67CE2C
   Content-Type: text/calendar; method=REQUEST; charset=US-ASCII
   Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
   Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="todo1.ics"

   BEGIN:VCALENDAR
   PRODID:-//Example/ExampleCalendarClient//EN
   METHOD:REQUEST
   VERSION:2.0
   BEGIN:VTODO
   DUE:19970701T160000Z
   ORGANIZER:mailto:foo1@example.com
   ATTENDEE;ROLE=CHAIR;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED:mailto:foo1@example.com
   ATTENDEE;RSVP=YES:mailto:foo2@example.com
   SUMMARY:Phone Conference
   DESCRIPTION:Discuss a new location for the company picnic
   UID:calsvr.example.com-td-8739701987387773
   SEQUENCE:0
   STATUS:NEEDS-ACTION
   END:VEVENT
   END:VCALENDAR

   ----FEE3790DC7E35189CA67CE2C









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4.6 Detailed Components With An ATTACH Property

   This example shows the format of a message containing a group meeting
   between three individuals. The multipart/related encapsulation is
   used because the iCalendar object contains an ATTACH property that
   uses a CID to reference the attachment.

   From: foo1@example.com
   MIME-Version: 1.0
   To: foo2@example.com,foo3@example.com
   Subject: REQUEST - Phone Conference
   Content-Type: multipart/related;boundary="--FEE3790DC7E35189CA67CE2C"

   ----FEE3790DC7E35189CA67CE2C
   Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
                 boundary="--00FEE3790DC7E35189CA67CE2C00"

   ----00FEE3790DC7E35189CA67CE2C00
   Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
   Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

   When: 7/1/1997 10:00PM PDT- 7/1/97 10:30 PM PDT
   Where:
   Organizer: foo1@example.com
   Summary: Let's discuss the attached document

   ----00FEE3790DC7E35189CA67CE2C00

   Content-Type: text/calendar; method=REQUEST; charset=US-ASCII;
                    Component=vevent
   Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
   Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="event.ics"

   BEGIN:VCALENDAR
   PRODID:-//Example/ExampleCalendarClient//EN
   METHOD:REQUEST
   VERSION:2.0
   BEGIN:VEVENT
   ORGANIZER:foo1@example.com
   ATTENDEE;ROLE=CHAIR;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED:foo1@example.com
   ATTENDEE;RSVP=YES;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL:mailto:foo2@example.com
   ATTENDEE;RSVP=YES;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL:mailto:foo3@example.com
   DTSTAMP:19970611T190000Z
   DTSTART:19970621T170000Z
   DTEND:199706211T173000Z
   SUMMARY:Let's discuss the attached document
   UID:calsvr.example.com-873970198738777-8aa
   ATTACH:cid:calsvr.example.com-12345aaa



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   SEQUENCE:0
   STATUS:CONFIRMED
   END:VEVENT
   END:VCALENDAR

   ----00FEE3790DC7E35189CA67CE2C00

   ----FEE3790DC7E35189CA67CE2C
   Content-Type: application/msword; name="FieldReport.doc"
   Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
   Content-Disposition: inline; filename="FieldReport.doc"
   Content-ID: <calsvr.example.com-12345aaa>


   R0lGODdhTAQZAJEAAFVVVd3d3e4AAP///ywAAAAATAQZAAAC/5yPOSLhD6OctNqLs94Xq
   AG4kiW5omm6sq27gvH8kzX9o1y+s73/g8MCofEovGITCoxKMbyCR16cNSq9YrNarfcrvd
   riIH5LL5jE6rxc3G+v2cguf0uv2Oz+v38L7/DxgoOKjURnjIIbe3yNjo+AgZWYVIWWl5i
   ZnJY6J
    ...

   ----FEE3790DC7E35189CA67CE2C

5 Recommended Practices

   This section outlines a series of recommended practices when using a
   messaging transport to exchange iCalendar objects.

5.1 Use of Content and Message IDs

   The [iCAL] specification makes frequent use of the URI for data types
   in properties such as "DESCRIPTION", "ATTACH", "CONTACT" and others.
   Two forms of URIs are Message ID (MID) and Content ID (CID). These
   are defined in [RFC-2392]. Although [RFC-2392] allows referencing
   messages or MIME body parts in other MIME entities or stores, it is
   strongly RECOMMENDED that iMIP implementations include all referenced
   messages and body parts in a single MIME entity. Simply put, if an
   iCalendar object contains CID or MID references to other messages or
   body parts, implementations should ensure that these messages and/or
   body parts are transmitted with the iCalendar object. If they are
   not, there is no guarantee that the receiving CUA will have the
   access or the authorization to view those objects.










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6 IANA Considerations

   Registration of text/calendar MIME Media Type is done in [iCal].

   This document doesn't require any additional actions from IANA.

7 References

7.1 Normative References

   [iCAL]     Desruisseaux, B., (Ed.), "Internet Calendaring and
   Scheduling Core Object Specification (iCalendar)", RFC 5545.

   [iTIP]     Daboo, C., "iCalendar Transport-Independent
   Interoperability Protocol (iTIP)", RFC 5546.

   [RFC-5322] Resnick, P., "Internet Message Format", RFC 5322, October
   2008.

   [MAILTO] Hoffmann, P., Masinter, L., and J. Zawinski, "The mailto URL
   scheme", RFC 2368, June 1998.

   [RFC-1847] Galvin, J., Murphy, S., Crocker, S. and N. Freed,
   "Security Multiparts for MIME: Multipart/Signed and
   Multipart/Encrypted", RFC 1847, October 1995.

   [RFC-2045] Freed, N. and N. Borenstein, "Multipurpose Internet Mail
   Extensions (MIME) - Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodies", RFC
   2045, November 1996.

   [RFC-2046] Freed, N. and N. Borenstein, "Multipurpose Internet Mail
   Extensions (MIME) - Part Two: Media Types", RFC 2046, November 1996.

   [RFC-2392] Levinson, E., "Content-ID and Message-ID Uniform Resource
   Locators", RFC 2392, August 1998.

   [RFC-2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
   Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

   [UTF-8] Yergeau, F., "UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646",
   STD 63, RFC 3629, November 2003.

   [SMTP-TLS] Hoffman, P., "SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over
   Transport Layer Security", RFC 3207, February 2002.

   [IMAP-POP-TLS] Newman, C., "Using TLS with IMAP, POP3 and ACAP", RFC
   2595, June 1999.




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   [RFC-5750] Ramsdell, B. and S. Turner, "Secure/Multipurpose Internet
   Mail Extensions (S/MIME) Version 3.2 Certificate Handling", RFC 5750,
   January 2010.

   [RFC-5751] Ramsdell, B. and S. Turner, "Secure/Multipurpose Internet
   Mail Extensions (S/MIME) Version 3.2 Message Specification", RFC
   5751, January 2010.

   [RFC-5280] Cooper, D., Santesson, S., Farrell, S., Boeyen, S.,
   Housley, R. and W. Polk, "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure
   Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile", RFC 5280,
   May 2008.

7.2 Informative References

   [8BITMIME]   Klensin, J., Freed, N., Rose, M., Stefferud, E., and D.
   Crocker, "SMTP Service Extension for 8bit-MIMEtransport", RFC 1652,
   July 1994.

   [RFC5598]    Crocker, D., "Internet Mail Architecture", RFC 5598,
   July 2009.

   [RFC-3282] Alvestrand, H., "Content Language Headers", RFC 3282, May
   2002.



























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8 Authors' Addresses

   Alexey Melnikov (editor)
   Isode Ltd
   5 Castle Business Village
   36 Station Road
   Hampton, Middlesex  TW12 2BX
   UK

   Email: Alexey.Melnikov@isode.com









































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Appendix A.   Changes since RFC 2447.

   Updated references. Split them into Normative and Informative.

   Updated examples to use example.com/example.net domains.

   Corrected usage of RFC 2119 language.

   Clarified that charset=UTF-8 is required, unless the calendar can be
   entirely represented in US-ASCII.

   Clarified that 7-bit content transfer encodings should be used unless
   the calendar object is known to be transferred over 8-bit clean
   transport.

   Clarified that file extension specified in the Content-Disposition
   header field is not to be used to override the Content-Type MIME
   type.

   Disallow use of "multipart/alternative" for slightly different
   representations of the same calendar.

   Clarified handling of the "method" MIME parameter of the "Content-
   Type" header field.

   Clarified that in an iMIP message an ORGANIZER/ATTENDEE property
   contains a mailto: URI.

   Fixed examples with ATTENDEE property to use "CUTYPE=" instead of
   "TYPE=".

   Clarified that message integrity/confidentiality should be achieved
   using S/MIME.

   Additional examples.

   Improved Security Considerations section.

   Multiple editorial changes to different sections of the document.

Appendix B.   Acknowledgements

   <<RFC Editor: feel free to move this section elsewhere.>>

   The editor of this document wish to thank Frank Dawson, Steve Mansour
   and Steve Silverberg, the original authors of RFC 2447, as well as
   the following individuals who have participated in the drafting,
   review and discussion of this memo:



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   Reinhold Kainhofer, Cyrus Daboo, Bernard Desruisseaux, Eliot Lear,
   Peter Saint-Andre.

















































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