jCal: The JSON Format for iCalendar
RFC 7265
| Document | Type |
RFC - Proposed Standard
(May 2014; Errata)
Updated by RFC 7529
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|---|---|---|---|
| Last updated | 2016-11-11 | ||
| Replaces | draft-kewisch-et-al-icalendar-in-json | ||
| Stream | IETF | ||
| Formats | plain text html pdf htmlized bibtex | ||
| Reviews | |||
| Stream | WG state | Submitted to IESG for Publication | |
| Document shepherd | Peter Saint-Andre | ||
| Shepherd write-up | Show (last changed 2014-01-06) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | RFC 7265 (Proposed Standard) | |
| Consensus Boilerplate | Yes | ||
| Telechat date | |||
| Responsible AD | Pete Resnick | ||
| Send notices to | (None) | ||
| IANA | IANA review state | IANA OK - Actions Needed | |
| IANA action state | RFC-Ed-Ack | ||
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) P. Kewisch
Request for Comments: 7265 Mozilla
Category: Standards Track C. Daboo
ISSN: 2070-1721 Apple, Inc.
M. Douglass
RPI
May 2014
jCal: The JSON Format for iCalendar
Abstract
This specification defines "jCal", a JSON format for iCalendar data.
The iCalendar data format is a text format for capturing and
exchanging information normally stored within a calendaring and
scheduling application, for example, tasks and events. JSON is a
lightweight, text-based, language-independent data interchange format
commonly used in Internet applications.
Status of This Memo
This is an Internet Standards Track document.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7265.
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RFC 7265 jCal May 2014
Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Conventions Used in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. Converting from iCalendar to jCal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.1. Pre-processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.2. iCalendar Stream and Objects (RFC 5545, Section 3.4) . . 5
3.3. Components (RFC 5545, Section 3.6) . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.4. Properties (RFC 5545, Sections 3.7 and 3.8) . . . . . . . 6
3.4.1. Special Cases for Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.4.1.1. GEO Property (RFC 5545, Section 3.8.1.6) . . . . 8
3.4.1.2. REQUEST-STATUS Property (RFC 5545, Section
3.8.8.3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.5. Parameters (RFC 5545, Section 3.2) . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.5.1. VALUE Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.5.2. Multi-value Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.6. Values (RFC 5545, Section 3.3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.6.1. Binary (RFC 5545, Section 3.3.1) . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.6.2. Boolean (RFC 5545, Section 3.3.2) . . . . . . . . . 12
3.6.3. Calendar User Address (RFC 5545, Section 3.3.3) . . . 12
3.6.4. Date (RFC 5545, Section 3.3.4) . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.6.5. Date-Time (RFC 5545, Section 3.3.5) . . . . . . . . . 13
3.6.6. Duration (RFC 5545, Section 3.3.6) . . . . . . . . . 13
3.6.7. Float (RFC 5545, Section 3.3.7) . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.6.8. Integer (RFC 5545, Section 3.3.8) . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.6.9. Period of Time (RFC 5545, Section 3.3.9) . . . . . . 14
3.6.10. Recurrence Rule (RFC 5545, Section 3.3.10) . . . . . 15
3.6.11. Text (RFC 5545, Section 3.3.11) . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.6.12. Time (RFC 5545, Section 3.3.12) . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.6.13. URI (RFC 5545, Section 3.3.13) . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.6.14. UTC Offset (RFC 5545, Section 3.3.14) . . . . . . . . 17
3.7. Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4. Converting from jCal into iCalendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5. Handling Unrecognized Properties or Parameters . . . . . . . 18
5.1. Converting iCalendar into jCal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5.2. Converting jCal into iCalendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5.3. Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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