New Properties for iCalendar
RFC 7986
| Document | Type |
RFC - Proposed Standard
(October 2016; Errata)
Updates RFC 5545
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|---|---|---|---|
| Last updated | 2018-08-04 | ||
| Replaces | draft-daboo-icalendar-extensions | ||
| Stream | IETF | ||
| Formats | plain text html pdf htmlized bibtex | ||
| Reviews | |||
| Stream | WG state | Submitted to IESG for Publication | |
| Document shepherd | Philipp Kewisch | ||
| Shepherd write-up | Show (last changed 2016-06-06) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | RFC 7986 (Proposed Standard) | |
| Consensus Boilerplate | Yes | ||
| Telechat date | |||
| Responsible AD | Alexey Melnikov | ||
| Send notices to | "Philipp Kewisch" <mozilla@kewis.ch> | ||
| IANA | IANA review state | Version Changed - Review Needed | |
| IANA action state | RFC-Ed-Ack | ||
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) C. Daboo
Request for Comments: 7986 Apple Inc.
Updates: 5545 October 2016
Category: Standards Track
ISSN: 2070-1721
New Properties for iCalendar
Abstract
This document defines a set of new properties for iCalendar data and
extends the use of some existing properties to the entire iCalendar
object.
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 7841.
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/rfc7986.
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Daboo Standards Track [Page 1]
RFC 7986 iCalendar Property Extensions October 2016
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................3
2. Conventions Used in This Document ...............................3
3. Backwards-Compatible Extension Properties .......................3
4. Modifications to Calendar Components ............................4
5. Properties ......................................................5
5.1. NAME Property ..............................................5
5.2. DESCRIPTION Property .......................................6
5.3. UID Property ...............................................7
5.4. LAST-MODIFIED Property .....................................8
5.5. URL Property ...............................................8
5.6. CATEGORIES Property ........................................8
5.7. REFRESH-INTERVAL Property ..................................9
5.8. SOURCE Property ...........................................10
5.9. COLOR Property ............................................10
5.10. IMAGE Property ...........................................11
5.11. CONFERENCE Property ......................................13
6. Property Parameters ............................................14
6.1. DISPLAY Property Parameter ................................14
6.2. EMAIL Property Parameter ..................................15
6.3. FEATURE Property Parameter ................................16
6.4. LABEL Property Parameter ..................................17
7. Security Considerations ........................................18
8. Privacy Considerations .........................................18
9. IANA Considerations ............................................19
9.1. Property Registrations ....................................19
9.2. Parameter Registrations ...................................20
9.3. Property Parameter Value Registries .......................20
10. References ....................................................21
10.1. Normative References .....................................21
10.2. Informative References ...................................22
Acknowledgments ...................................................23
Author's Address ..................................................23
Daboo Standards Track [Page 2]
RFC 7986 iCalendar Property Extensions October 2016
1. Introduction
The iCalendar [RFC5545] data format is used to represent calendar
data and is used with the iCalendar Transport-Independent
Interoperability Protocol (iTIP) [RFC5546] to handle scheduling
operations between calendar users. iCalendar is in widespread use,
and in accordance with provisions in that specification, extension
elements have been added by various vendors to the data format in
order to support and enhance capabilities. This specification
collects a number of these ad hoc extensions and uses the new IANA
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