Re: Speedial Import/Export

-- "Roger Binns" <rogerb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>One is as an attribute of the number such as the following, which does
>violate the standard somewhat.  (X-SPEEDDIAL may be ok).
>
>  TEL;TYPE=WORK;SPEEDDIAL=10:(123) 555-6789

Based on my interpretation of the spec, extensions are allowed for 
types/properties and not parameters, so that format might not strictly conform.

>The other is to use the grouping scheme intended by the standard.
>
>  abc.TEL;TYPE=WORK:(123) 555-6789
>  abc.X-SPEEDDIAL:10

That's a good idea, I missed that when I went through the spec.  I'll use that 
instead.  Being consistent of the current vCards implementation, I'll use 
phone, phone2, ... prefix for those groupings.

>There are also explicit fields for photos and sound attached to an
>entry

I saw that and was contemplating of using those properties.  I decided against 
using them 'cause according to the spec, photos are pictures of the contacts, 
and sounds are pronunciations of their names.  But as long as we agree on what 
they mean within BitPim, that should be fine.

I guess the goal of this excercise is to preserve as much contacts information 
as possible between import and export.

-Joe Pham


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