vCard Format Extension for JSContact
draft-ietf-calext-vcard-jscontact-extensions-12

Calendaring Extensions                                       R. Stepanek
Internet-Draft                                                  Fastmail
Updates: 6350 (if approved)                                  M. Loffredo
Intended status: Standards Track                                 IIT-CNR
Expires: 5 September 2024                                   4 March 2024

                  vCard Format Extension for JSContact
            draft-ietf-calext-vcard-jscontact-extensions-12

Abstract

   This document defines a set of new properties for vCard and extends
   the use of existing ones.  Their primary purpose is to align the same
   set of features between the JSContact and vCard formats, but the new
   definitions also aim to be useful within just the vCard format.  This
   document updates RFC 6350 (vCard).

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     1.1.  Notational Conventions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     1.2.  ABNF Notations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Updated Properties  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     2.1.  ADR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     2.2.  N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   3.  New Properties  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     3.1.  CREATED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     3.2.  GRAMGENDER  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     3.3.  LANGUAGE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     3.4.  PRONOUNS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     3.5.  SOCIALPROFILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   4.  New Parameters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     4.1.  AUTHOR  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     4.2.  AUTHOR-NAME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
     4.3.  CREATED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
     4.4.  DERIVED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
     4.5.  LABEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     4.6.  PHONETIC  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
     4.7.  PROP-ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     4.8.  SCRIPT  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     4.9.  SERVICE-TYPE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
     4.10. USERNAME  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
   5.  New Values  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
     5.1.  Billing Address Type Value  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
     5.2.  Delivery Address Type Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
   7.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
     7.1.  Changes to the "vCard Properties" registry  . . . . . . .  17
       7.1.1.  New property definitions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
       7.1.2.  Updated vCard properties  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
     7.2.  Changes to the "vCard Parameters" registry  . . . . . . .  18
     7.3.  Changes to the "vCard Property Values" registry . . . . .  19
     7.4.  Changes to the "vCard Parameter Values" registry  . . . .  20

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   8.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
   9.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
     9.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
   10. Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22

1.  Introduction

   The JSContact [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact] format aims to be an
   alternative to the vCard [RFC6350] format for representation of
   contact and address book data.  As such, it introduces new semantics
   that are not covered in the current definition of vCard and its
   various extensions.  Converting contact data between the two formats
   is defined in [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact-vcard] with the goal of not
   losing any semantics during conversion.  To do so, this document
   defines a new set of properties for vCard and extends existing
   definitions.

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.

1.2.  ABNF Notations

   The ABNF definitions in this document use the notations of [RFC5234].
   ABNF rules not defined in this document either are defined in
   [RFC5234] (such as the ABNF for CRLF, WSP, DQUOTE, VCHAR, ALPHA, and
   DIGIT) or [RFC6350].

2.  Updated Properties

2.1.  ADR

   This specification modifies the definition of the "ADR" property.  It
   extends its structured value with additional address components to
   better support the variety of international addresses.  It separates
   the address parts that currently typically are combined in street
   address component values into distinct components.

   Implementations SHOULD write a combined value of these components in
   the street address component for backwards compatibility, but SHOULD
   ignore the street component during read if the ADR property value
   contains any of the new components.

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   The following change is made to the first paragraph in the "Special
   Notes" section, originally specified in Section 6.3.1 of [RFC6350].
   All remaining paragraphs of that section in the original
   specification still apply.

   Special notes:  The structured type value consists of a sequence of
      address components.  The component values MUST be specified in
      their corresponding position.  The structured type value
      corresponds, in sequence, to
      the post office box;
      the extended address (e.g., apartment or suite number);
      the street address;
      the locality (e.g., city);
      the region (e.g., state or province);
      the postal code;
      the country name (full name in the language specified in
      Section 5.1 of [RFC6350]);
      the room or suite number or identifier;
      the apartment number, extension designation or box number;
      the building floor or level;
      the street number;
      the street name;
      the building, tower, condominium;
      the block name or number;
      the subdistrict;
      the district;
      the landmark or another publicly known prominent feature that can
      substitute the street name and number, e.g., "White House"", "Taj
      Mahal"";
      the cardinal direction or quadrant, e.g., "North".

   The following change is made to the definition of "ADR-value" in the
   "ABNF" section, originally specified in Section 6.3.1 of [RFC6350].

   ABNF
      ADR-value = ADR-component-pobox ";" ADR-component-ext ";"
                  ADR-component-street ";" ADR-component-locality ";"
                  ADR-component-region ";" ADR-component-code ";"
                  ADR-component-country ";"
                  ; above components are defined in RFC 6350, section 6.3.1
                  ADR-component-room ";" ADR-component-apartment ";"
                  ADR-component-floor ";"
                  ADR-component-streetnumber ";" ADR-component-streetname ";"
                  ADR-component-building ";" ADR-component-block ";"
                  ADR-component-subdistrict ";" ADR-component-district ";"
                  ADR-component-landmark ";" ADR-component-direction
      ADR-component-pobox    = list-component
      ADR-component-ext      = list-component

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      ADR-component-street   = list-component
      ADR-component-locality = list-component
      ADR-component-region   = list-component
      ADR-component-code     = list-component
      ADR-component-country  = list-component
      ADR-component-room     = list-component
      ADR-component-apartment = list-component
      ADR-component-floor    = list-component
      ADR-component-streetnumber = list-component
      ADR-component-streetname = list-component
      ADR-component-building = list-component
      ADR-component-block    = list-component
      ADR-component-subdistrict = list-component
      ADR-component-district = list-component
      ADR-component-landmark = list-component
      ADR-component-direction = list-component

   The following change is made to the "Example" section, originally
   specified in Section 6.2.2 of [RFC6350].

   Example: In this example, the post office box and the extended
   address components are absent.  The street number and name are
   added both as separate components, as well as combined in the
   street component for backwards-compatibility.
      ADR;GEO="geo:12.3457,78.910":
        ;;123 Main Street;Any Town;CA;91921-1234;U.S.A.;;123;Main Street;;;;;;;

2.2.  N

   This specification modifies the definition of the "N" property.  It
   extends its structured value with additional name components to
   better support international names and generation markers.  Doing so,
   this also facilitates formatting N property values using the Unicode
   CLDR Person Name [CLDRPersonName] formatting standard.

   One new component is for secondary surnames, as in some cultures,
   such secondary surname kinds are used to indicate the paternal and
   maternal family names or generational names indicating father,
   grandfather.  Another new component indicates a generation ("II",
   "XVI") or parental relation ("Jr.", "Sr.").

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   Currently, implementations typically place secondary surnames in the
   family name components, and generational markers in the honorific
   suffixes component.  For backwards compatibility, implementations
   SHOULD add such values to both the newly defined components and their
   backwards-compatible counterpart.  Reading N property values,
   implementations SHOULD ignore any value in the backward-compatible
   component if an equal value is set in the according new component.
   For example, a "Jr." that occurs in both honorific suffixes and
   generation should only be handled as a generational marker.

   The following change is made to the first paragraph in the "Special
   Notes" section, originally specified in Section 6.2.2 of [RFC6350].
   All remaining text of this and the following paragraphs of that
   section in the original specification still apply.

   Special notes:  The structured property value corresponds, in
      sequence, to the
      family names (also known as surnames),
      given names,
      additional names,
      honorific prefixes,
      honorific suffixes,
      secondary surname,
      and generation.

   The following change is made to the "ABNF" section, originally
   specified in Section 6.2.2 of [RFC6350].

   ABNF
      N-param = "VALUE=text" / sort-as-param / language-param
                   / altid-param / any-param
      N-value = list-component 6(";" list-component)

   The following change is made to the "Example" section, originally
   specified in Section 6.2.2 of [RFC6350].

   Example
      N:Public;John;Quinlan;Mr.;Esq.

      N:Stevenson;John;Philip,Paul;Dr.;Jr.,M.D.,A.C.P.;;Jr.

   No change is required for the definition of the SORT-AS parameter,
   but the new components also apply for use with this parameter.

3.  New Properties

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3.1.  CREATED

   Property name:  CREATED

   Purpose:  This property defines the date and time when the vCard was
      created

   Value type:  A single timestamp value.

   Cardinality:  *1

   Property parameters:  VALUE

   Description:  This is the time stamp when the vCard was created.
      Copying the vCard across systems does not count as a new creation,
      nor does a new revision.  Instead, the time stamp value typically
      stays unchanged for the existence of the vCard.

   Format definition:  This property is defined by the following
      notation:

      created       = "CREATED" createdparam ":" timestamp

      createdparam  = *(
                       ;
                       ; The following are OPTIONAL,
                       ; but MUST NOT occur more than once.
                       ;
                       (";" "VALUE" "=" "timestamp") /
                       ;
                       ; The following are OPTIONAL,
                       ; and MAY occur more than once.
                       ;
                       (";" any-param)
                       ;
                       )

   Example(s):
      CREATED:20220705T093412Z
      CREATED;VALUE=TIMESTAMP:20211022T140000-05

3.2.  GRAMGENDER

   Property name:  GRAMGENDER

   Purpose:  This property defines which grammatical gender to use in
      salutations and other grammatical constructs.

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   Value type:  A single text value, restricted to an enumerated list of
      allowed values.

   Cardinality:  *

   Property parameters:  LANG, ALTID

   Description:  This property defines the grammatical gender that the
      contact prefers to be addressed by or referred at in written or
      spoken form.  For example, the German language distinguishes by
      grammatical gender in salutations such as "Sehr geehrte"
      (feminine) and "Sehr geehrter" (masculine).  Multiple occurrences
      of this property MUST be distinguished by the LANG parameter.

   Format definition:  This property is defined by the following
      notation:

      gramgender       = "GRAMGENDER" gramgender-param
                            ":" gramgender-value

      gramgender-param =
                      *(
                       ;
                       ; The following are OPTIONAL,
                       ; but MUST NOT occur more than once.
                       ;
                       (";" language-param) /
                       (";" altid-param) /
                       ;
                       ; The following are OPTIONAL,
                       ; and MAY occur more than once.
                       ;
                       (";" any-param)
                       ;
                       )

      gramgender-value = "animate" /
                         "common" /
                         "feminine" /
                         "inanimate" /
                         "masculine" /
                         "neuter" /
                         iana-token /
                         x-name

   Example(s):
      GRAMGENDER:neuter

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3.3.  LANGUAGE

   Property name:  LANGUAGE

   Purpose:  This property defines the default language that human-
      readable text values in this vCard should be assumed written in.

   Value type:  A single Language-Tag value as defined in Section 4 of
      [RFC6350].

   Cardinality:  *1

   Property parameters:  The LANGUAGE parameter MUST NOT be assigned to
      this property.

   Description:  This property defines the language in which property
      values of type TEXT shall be assumed to be written for this vCard.
      If a vCard property includes the LANGUAGE parameter, then the
      parameter value has higher precedence than the LANGUAGE property
      value.

   Format definition:  This property is defined by the following
      notation:

      language-prop       = "LANGUAGE" any-param ":" Language-Tag
                     ; Language-Tag is defined in RFC6350, Section 4.

   Example(s):
      LANGUAGE:de-AT

3.4.  PRONOUNS

   Property name:  PRONOUNS

   Purpose:  This property defines the pronouns that shall be used to
      refer to the entity represented by this vCard.

   Value type:  A single text value.

   Cardinality:  *

   Property parameters:  LANG, PREF, TYPE, ALTID

   Description:  This property contains the pronouns that the contact
      chooses to use for themselves.  The value is free-form text.
      These pronouns shall be used when addressing or referring to the
      contact.  Multiple occurrences of this property MAY define
      pronouns for multiple languages, preferences and contexts.

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      Multiple pronouns in the same language SHOULD use the PREF
      parameter, otherwise, the order of preference is implementation-
      specific.

   Format definition:  This property is defined by the following
      notation:

      pronouns       = "PRONOUNS" pronouns-param ":" text

      pronouns-param =
                      *(
                       ;
                       ; The following are OPTIONAL,
                       ; but MUST NOT occur more than once.
                       ;
                       (";" language-param) /
                       (";" pref-param) /
                       (";" type-param) /
                       (";" altid-param) /
                       ;
                       ; The following are OPTIONAL,
                       ; and MAY occur more than once.
                       ;
                       (";" any-param)
                       ;
                       )

   Example(s):
      PRONOUNS;LANG=en;PREF=1:xe/xir
      PRONOUNS;LANG=en;PREF=2:they/them

3.5.  SOCIALPROFILE

   Property name:  SOCIALPROFILE

   Purpose:  To specify the URI or username for social media profiles
      associated with the object the vCard represents.

   Value type:  A single URI or TEXT value.  The default value type is
      URI.

   Cardinality:  *

   Property parameters:  The SERVICE-TYPE parameter MUST be assigned to
      this property if the value type is TEXT, it MAY be assigned if the
      value type is URI.  In either case, it MUST NOT be assigned more
      than once.

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   Description:  Several vCard address book implementations currently
      use an experimental X-SOCIALPROFILE property to store social media
      profiles for contacts.  This specification provides an IANA-
      registered property for the same purpose.  In addition to the
      typical use of this property with URI values, it also allows
      setting usernames for social media services as free-text TEXT
      values, in which case the service name MUST be provided as a
      parameter.  Names MUST be considered equal if they match case-
      insensitively.

   Format definition:  This property is defined by the following
      notation:

      socialpr       = "SOCIALPROFILE" socialpr-param ":"
                                       socialpr-value

      socialpr-param = "VALUE=uri" / "VALUE=text" /
                       service-type-param / any-param

      socialpr-value = URI / text

   Example(s):
      SOCIALPROFILE;SERVICE-TYPE=Mastodon:https://example.com/@foo
      SOCIALPROFILE:https://example.com/ietf
      SOCIALPROFILE;SERVICE-TYPE=SomeSite;VALUE=text:peter94

4.  New Parameters

4.1.  AUTHOR

   Parameter name:  AUTHOR

   Purpose:  This parameter identifies the author of the associated
      property value.

   Description:  This parameter MAY be set on any property where
      conveying authorship is desired.  It identifies the author as a
      URI [RFC3986].  Since every valid URI includes the COLON (U+003A)
      character, the parameter value MUST be quoted.  Note that as an
      alternative or in addition to this parameter, the AUTHOR-NAME
      parameter allows naming an author as free-text value (see
      Section 4.2).

   Format definition:
      author-param    = "AUTHOR" "=" DQUOTE URI DQUOTE

   Example(s):
      NOTE;AUTHOR="mailto:john@example.com":This is some note.

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4.2.  AUTHOR-NAME

   Parameter name:  AUTHOR-NAME

   Purpose:  This parameter names the author of the associated property
      value.

   Description:  This parameter MAY be set on any property where
      conveying authorship is desired.  It names the author as a free-
      text value.  The parameter value MUST NOT be empty.
      Implementations MUST take care to quote the name part, if
      otherwise the part would not be a valid param-value (see
      Section 3.3 of [RFC6350]).  Note that as an alternative or in
      addition to this parameter, the AUTHOR parameter allows
      identifying an author by URI (see Section 4.1).

   Format definition:
      author-name-param    = "AUTHOR-NAME" "=" param-value ; not empty

   Example(s):
      NOTE;AUTHOR-NAME=John Doe:This is some note.
      NOTE;AUTHOR-NAME="_:l33tHckr:_":A note by an unusual author name.

4.3.  CREATED

   Parameter name:  CREATED

   Purpose:  This parameter defines the date and time when a property
      was created in a vCard.

   Description:  This parameter MAY be set on any property to define the
      point in time when the property was created.  The value MUST be a
      valid TIMESTAMP value as defined in Section 4.3.5 of [RFC6350].
      Generally, updating a property value SHOULD NOT change the
      creation timestamp.

   Format definition:
      created-param = "CREATED" "=" param-value ;
                   ; a valid TIMESTAMP of Section 4.3.5 of [RFC6350]

   Example(s):
      NOTE;CREATED=20221122T151823Z:This is some note.

4.4.  DERIVED

   Parameter name:  DERIVED

   Purpose:  This parameter specifies that the value of the associated

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      property is derived from some other property values in the same
      vCard.

   Description:  This property parameter SHOULD be specified on an
      property if the property value is derived from some other
      properties in the same vCard.  When present with a value of true,
      clients MUST NOT update the property.

      For an example, an implementation may derive the value of the FN
      property from the name components of the N property.  It indicates
      this fact by setting the DERIVED parameter on the FN property to
      true.

   Format definition:
      derived-param    = "DERIVED" "=" ("true" / "false")
      ; Default is false

   Example(s):
      N:;John;Quinlan;Mr.;
      FN;DERIVED=TRUE:Mr.  John Quinlan

4.5.  LABEL

   Parameter name:  LABEL

   Purpose:  This parameter is used with the ADR property.  Its value
      contains a formatted text representation of that address, e.g. for
      delivery.

   Description:  Section 6.3.1 of [RFC6350] defines the ADR property,
      noting that the property can also include a LABEL parameter to
      present a delivery address label for the address.  But this
      parameter was not included in the IANA Parameters Registry
      Section 10.3.2 of [RFC6350] and accordingly is not a registered
      standard vCard element.  This specification defines and registers
      the LABEL parameter for use with the ADR property as originally
      intended.

   Format definition:
      label-param    = "LABEL" "=" param-value

   Example(s):  The LABEL parameter as illustrated the ADR property
      example in Section 6.3.1 of [RFC6350].

      ADR;LABEL="Mr. John Q. Public, Esq.\nMail Drop: TNE QB\n123
        Main Street\nAny Town, CA  91921-1234\nU.S.A.":
        ;;123 Main Street;Any Town;CA;91921-1234;U.S.A.

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4.6.  PHONETIC

   Parameter name:  PHONETIC

   Purpose:  This parameter defines how to pronounce the value of
      another property in the same vCard.

   Description:  This property parameter indicates that the value of its
      property contains the phonetic representation of a same-named
      other property in the same vCard.  Exemplary uses are to define
      how pronounce a Japanese name, or for romanization of Mandarin or
      Cantonese name and address components.

      The parameter value indicates the phonetic system and MUST be one
      of the values enumerated in the IANA vCard Parameter Values
      (Section 7.4) registry.  This specification defines the following
      values:

      *  ipa: denotes the International Phonetic Alphabet [IPA].

      *  piny: denotes the Standard Mandarin romanization system "Hanyu
         Pinyin".

      *  jyut: denotes the Cantonese romanization system "Jyutping".

      *  script: denotes the unknown phonetic system.  The SCRIPT
         (Section 4.8) parameter MUST be set in addition to the PHONETIC
         parameter.

      The value type of the property on which the PHONETIC parameter is
      set MUST be of the same type as its related property.  If a
      component value is set in the property on which the PHONETIC
      parameter is set, then a component value also MUST be set at that
      same position in the related property.  On the other hand, not
      every component value in the related property needs to have a
      phonetic representation.

      The ALTID parameter (Section 5.4 of [RFC6350]) MUST be set with
      equal values on both the related property and the property having
      the PHONETIC parameter set.  If more than one same-named property
      has both the PHONETIC parameter set and an equal ALTID parameter
      value, then at most one of these properties MAY not have the
      LANGUAGE parameter set and all others MUST have the LANGUAGE
      parameter set.  The LANGUAGE parameters MUST NOT have equal
      values.  The LANGUAGE parameter value SHOULD NOT contain a script
      subtag in its Language-Tag value and any such subtag MUST be
      ignored in favor of the SCRIPT (Section 4.8) parameter value.

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      This specification defines the PHONETIC parameter for use with the
      ADR and N properties.

   Format definition:
      phonetic-param = "PHONETIC=" phonetic-value

      phonetic-value = "ipa" / "piny" / "jyut" / "script" / iana-token / x-name

   Example(s):
      N;ALTID=1;LANGUAGE=zh-Hant:孫;中山;文,逸仙;;;;
      N;ALTID=1;PHONETIC=jyut;
        SCRIPT=Latn;LANGUAGE=yue:syun1;zung1saan1;man4,jat6sin1;;;;

4.7.  PROP-ID

   Parameter name:  PROP-ID

   Purpose:  This parameter identifies a property among all its siblings
      of the same property name.

   Description:  This parameter uniquely identifies a property among all
      of its siblings with the same name within a vCard.  A valid PROP-
      ID value must be of 1 and a maximum of 255 octets in size, and it
      MUST only contain the ASCII alphanumeric characters (A-Za-z0-9),
      hyphen (-), and underscore (_).  The identifier only has the
      purpose to uniquely identify siblings, its value has no other
      meaning.  If an application makes use of PROP-ID it SHOULD assign
      a unique identifier to each sibling property of the same name
      within their embedding component.  The same identifier MAY be used
      for properties of a different name, and it MAY also be assigned to
      a same-named property that is not a sibling.

      Resolving duplicate identifier conflicts is specific to the
      application.  Similarly, handling properties where some but not
      all siblings have a PROP-ID is assigned, is application-specific.

   Format definition:
      prop-id-param  = "PROP-ID" "=" 1*255(ALPHA / DIGIT / "-"/ "_")

   Example(s):
      PHOTO;PROP-ID=p827:data:image/jpeg;base64,MIICajCCAdOgAwIBAg
              <...remainder of base64-encoded data...>

4.8.  SCRIPT

   Parameter name:  SCRIPT

   Purpose:  This parameter defines the script in which a property value

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      is written in.

   Description:  This parameter allows defining a script for a property
      value without also defining a language as the LANGUAGE parameter
      would.  The value MUST be a Script Subtag as defined in
      Section 2.2.3 of [RFC5646].  This specification makes use of the
      SCRIPT parameter in combination with the PHONETIC (Section 4.6)
      parameter.

   Format definition:
      script-param = 4ALPHA

   Example(s):
      SCRIPT=Latn

4.9.  SERVICE-TYPE

   Parameter name:  SERVICE-TYPE

   Purpose:  To define the online service name associated with a
      messaging or social media profile.

   Description:  This parameter MAY be specified on a IMPP or
      SOCIALPROFILE property to name the online service associated with
      that property value.  Its value is case-sensitive, its letter
      cases MUST be preserved.

      Several vCard address book implementations currently use an
      experimental X-SERVICE-TYPE parameter.  This specification
      provides an IANA-registered parameter for the same purpose.

   Format definition:
      service-type-param    = "SERVICE-TYPE" "=" param-value

   Example(s):
      SOCIALPROFILE;SERVICE-TYPE=Mastodon:https://example.com/@foo

4.10.  USERNAME

   Parameter name:  USERNAME

   Purpose:  To define a username, such as the user of a messaging or
      social media service.

   Description:  This parameter MAY be specified on a IMPP or
      SOCIALPROFILE property to name the user with that property value.
      Its value is case-sensitive, its letter cases MUST be preserved.
      The IMPP or SOCIALPROFILE value type MUST be URI.

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   Format definition:
      username-param    = "USERNAME" "=" param-value

   Example(s):
      SOCIALPROFILE;USERNAME="The Foo":https://example.com/@foo

5.  New Values

5.1.  Billing Address Type Value

   Value:  billing

   Purpose:  This indicates to use this address for billing, e.g., to
      send invoices to.

   Conformance:  This value can be used with the "TYPE" parameter
      applied on the "ADR" property.

   Example(s):
      ADR;TYPE=billing:;;123 Main Street;Any Town;CA;91921-1234;U.S.A.

5.2.  Delivery Address Type Value

   Value:  delivery

   Purpose:  This indicates to use this address for delivery, e.g., to
      send packages to.

   Conformance:  This value can be used with the "TYPE" parameter
      applied on the "ADR" property.

   Example(s):
      ADR;TYPE=delivery:;;123 Main Street;Any Town;CA;91921-1234;U.S.A.

6.  Security Considerations

   This specification extends the vCard Format Specification.  The same
   security considerations as outlined in Section 9 of [RFC6350] apply.

7.  IANA Considerations

7.1.  Changes to the "vCard Properties" registry

7.1.1.  New property definitions

   IANA is requested to add the following entries to the "vCard
   Properties" registry, defined in Section 10.3.1. of [RFC6350].

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        +===========+===============+============================+
        | Namespace | Property      | Reference                  |
        +===========+===============+============================+
        |           | CREATED       | This document, Section 3.1 |
        +-----------+---------------+----------------------------+
        |           | GRAMGENDER    | This document, Section 3.2 |
        +-----------+---------------+----------------------------+
        |           | LANGUAGE      | This document, Section 3.3 |
        +-----------+---------------+----------------------------+
        |           | PRONOUNS      | This document, Section 3.4 |
        +-----------+---------------+----------------------------+
        |           | SOCIALPROFILE | This document, Section 3.5 |
        +-----------+---------------+----------------------------+

                      Table 1: New vCard Properties

7.1.2.  Updated vCard properties

   IANA is requested to add Section 2.1 of this document as reference
   for the ADR property.

   IANA is requested to add Section 2.2 of this document as reference
   for the N property.

7.2.  Changes to the "vCard Parameters" registry

   IANA is requested to add the following entries to the "vCard
   Parameters" registry, defined in Section 10.3.2. of [RFC6350].

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       +===========+==============+================================+
       | Namespace | Parameter    | Reference                      |
       +===========+==============+================================+
       |           | AUTHOR       | This document, Section 4.1     |
       +-----------+--------------+--------------------------------+
       |           | AUTHOR-NAME  | This document, Section 4.2     |
       +-----------+--------------+--------------------------------+
       |           | CREATED      | This document, Section 4.3     |
       +-----------+--------------+--------------------------------+
       |           | DERIVED      | This document, Section 4.4     |
       +-----------+--------------+--------------------------------+
       |           | LABEL        | Section 6.3.1 of [RFC6350] and |
       |           |              | this document, Section 4.5     |
       +-----------+--------------+--------------------------------+
       |           | PHONETIC     | This document, Section 4.6     |
       +-----------+--------------+--------------------------------+
       |           | PROP-ID      | This document, Section 4.7     |
       +-----------+--------------+--------------------------------+
       |           | SCRIPT       | This document, Section 4.8     |
       +-----------+--------------+--------------------------------+
       |           | SERVICE-TYPE | This document, Section 4.9     |
       +-----------+--------------+--------------------------------+
       |           | USERNAME     | This document, Section 4.10    |
       +-----------+--------------+--------------------------------+

                       Table 2: New vCard Parameters

7.3.  Changes to the "vCard Property Values" registry

   IANA is requested to add the following entries to the "vCard Property
   Values" registry, defined in Section 10.3.4. of [RFC6350].

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          +============+===========+============================+
          | Property   | Value     | Reference                  |
          +============+===========+============================+
          | GRAMGENDER | animate   | This document, Section 3.2 |
          +------------+-----------+----------------------------+
          | GRAMGENDER | common    | This document, Section 3.2 |
          +------------+-----------+----------------------------+
          | GRAMGENDER | feminine  | This document, Section 3.2 |
          +------------+-----------+----------------------------+
          | GRAMGENDER | inanimate | This document, Section 3.2 |
          +------------+-----------+----------------------------+
          | GRAMGENDER | masculine | This document, Section 3.2 |
          +------------+-----------+----------------------------+
          | GRAMGENDER | neuter    | This document, Section 3.2 |
          +------------+-----------+----------------------------+

                     Table 3: New vCard Property Values

7.4.  Changes to the "vCard Parameter Values" registry

   IANA is requested to add the following entries to the "vCard
   Parameter Values" registry, defined in Section 10.3.4. of [RFC6350].

     +==========+===========+==========+============================+
     | Property | Parameter | Value    | Reference                  |
     +==========+===========+==========+============================+
     | ADR      | TYPE      | billing  | This document, Section 5.1 |
     +----------+-----------+----------+----------------------------+
     | ADR      | TYPE      | delivery | This document, Section 5.2 |
     +----------+-----------+----------+----------------------------+
     | ADR, N   | PHONETIC  | ipa      | This document, Section 4.6 |
     +----------+-----------+----------+----------------------------+
     | ADR, N   | PHONETIC  | jyut     | This document, Section 4.6 |
     +----------+-----------+----------+----------------------------+
     | ADR, N   | PHONETIC  | piny     | This document, Section 4.6 |
     +----------+-----------+----------+----------------------------+
     | ADR, N   | PHONETIC  | script   | This document, Section 4.6 |
     +----------+-----------+----------+----------------------------+

                    Table 4: New vCard Property Values

8.  Acknowledgements

   The definition and examples of the PHONETIC (Section 4.6) and SCRIPT
   (Section 4.8) parameters are based on the initial version of
   [I-D.calconnect-vobject-i18n].

9.  References

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9.1.  Normative References

   [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
              Stepanek, R. and M. Loffredo, "JSContact: A JSON
              representation of contact data", Work in Progress,
              Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-calext-jscontact-16, 8 November
              2023, <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-
              calext-jscontact-16>.

   [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact-vcard]
              Loffredo, M. and R. Stepanek, "JSContact: Converting from
              and to vCard", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-
              ietf-calext-jscontact-vcard-14, 8 November 2023,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-calext-
              jscontact-vcard-14>.

   [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>.

   [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>.

   [RFC5646]  Phillips, A., Ed. and M. Davis, Ed., "Tags for Identifying
              Languages", BCP 47, RFC 5646, DOI 10.17487/RFC5646,
              September 2009, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5646>.

   [RFC6350]  Perreault, S., "vCard Format Specification", RFC 6350,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6350, August 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6350>.

   [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>.

10.  Informative References

   [CLDRPersonName]
              Davis, M., Edberg, P., Gillam, R., Kolisnychenko, A.,
              McKenna, M., and others, "Technical Standard #35: Unicode

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              Locale Data Markup Language (LDML) Part 8: Person Names,
              Version 43.1", July 2023,
              <https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/
              tr35-personNames.html>.

   [I-D.calconnect-vobject-i18n]
              Tse, R. H., Tam, P., and M. Douglass, "vObject
              Internationalization", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft,
              draft-calconnect-vobject-i18n-00, 7 June 2018,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-calconnect-
              vobject-i18n-00>.

   [IPA]      "International Phonetic Alphabet",
              <https://www.internationalphoneticalphabet.org/>.

Authors' Addresses

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

   Mario Loffredo
   IIT-CNR
   Via Moruzzi,1
   56124 Pisa
   Italy
   Email: mario.loffredo@iit.cnr.it

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