Network Working Group B. Desruisseaux, Ed. Internet-Draft Oracle Obsoletes: 2445 (if approved) March 2, 2007 Intended status: Standards Track Expires: September 3, 2007 Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification (iCalendar) draft-ietf-calsify-rfc2445bis-06 Status of This Memo By submitting this Internet-Draft, each author represents that any applicable patent or other IPR claims of which he or she is aware have been or will be disclosed, and any of which he or she becomes aware will be disclosed, in accordance with Section 6 of BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet- Drafts. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt. The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html. This Internet-Draft will expire on September 3, 2007. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2007). Abstract This document defines a MIME media type for representing and exchanging calendaring and scheduling information such as events, to- dos, journal entries and free/busy information. The definition of the text/calendar media type, known as iCalendar, is independent of any particular calendar service or protocol. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 1] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Editorial Note (To be removed by RFC Editor prior to publication) This document is a product of the Calendaring and Scheduling Standards Simplification (Calsify) working group of the Internet Engineering Task Force. Comments on this draft are welcomed, and should be addressed to the ietf-calsify@osafoundation.org [1] mailing list. The issues raised on this mailing list are being tracked at the following web site: http://www.ofcourseimright.com/cgi-bin/roundup/calsify. Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2. Basic Grammar and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.1. Formatting Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.2. Related Memos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2.3. International Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3. iCalendar Object Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.1. Content Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.1.1. List and Field Separators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.1.2. Multiple Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3.1.3. Binary Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3.1.4. Character Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3.2. Property Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3.2.1. Alternate Text Representation . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 3.2.2. Common Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 3.2.3. Calendar User Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 3.2.4. Delegators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 3.2.5. Delegatees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 3.2.6. Directory Entry Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 3.2.7. Inline Encoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 3.2.8. Format Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 3.2.9. Free/Busy Time Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 3.2.10. Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3.2.11. Group or List Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 3.2.12. Participation Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 3.2.13. Alarm Trigger Relationship . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 3.2.14. Relationship Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 3.2.15. Participation Role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 3.2.16. RSVP Expectation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 3.2.17. Sent By . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 3.2.18. Time Zone Identifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 3.2.19. Value Data Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 3.3. Property Value Data Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 3.3.1. Binary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 3.3.2. Boolean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 3.3.3. Calendar User Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 3.3.4. Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 2] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 3.3.5. Date-Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 3.3.6. Duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 3.3.7. Float . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 3.3.8. Integer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 3.3.9. Period of Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 3.3.10. Recurrence Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 3.3.11. Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 3.3.12. Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 3.3.13. URI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 3.3.14. UTC Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 3.4. iCalendar Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 3.5. Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 3.6. Calendar Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 3.6.1. Event Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 3.6.2. To-do Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 3.6.3. Journal Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 3.6.4. Free/Busy Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 3.6.5. Time Zone Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 3.6.6. Alarm Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 3.7. Calendar Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 3.7.1. Calendar Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 3.7.2. Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 3.7.3. Product Identifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 3.7.4. Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 3.8. Component Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 3.8.1. Descriptive Component Properties . . . . . . . . . . 77 3.8.1.1. Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 3.8.1.2. Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 3.8.1.3. Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 3.8.1.4. Comment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 3.8.1.5. Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 3.8.1.6. Geographic Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 3.8.1.7. Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 3.8.1.8. Percent Complete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 3.8.1.9. Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 3.8.1.10. Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 3.8.1.11. Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 3.8.1.12. Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 3.8.2. Date and Time Component Properties . . . . . . . . . 92 3.8.2.1. Date/Time Completed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 3.8.2.2. Date/Time End . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 3.8.2.3. Date/Time Due . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 3.8.2.4. Date/Time Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 3.8.2.5. Duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 3.8.2.6. Free/Busy Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 3.8.2.7. Time Transparency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 3.8.3. Time Zone Component Properties . . . . . . . . . . . 99 3.8.3.1. Time Zone Identifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 3] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 3.8.3.2. Time Zone Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 3.8.3.3. Time Zone Offset From . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 3.8.3.4. Time Zone Offset To . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 3.8.3.5. Time Zone URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 3.8.4. Relationship Component Properties . . . . . . . . . . 104 3.8.4.1. Attendee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 3.8.4.2. Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 3.8.4.3. Organizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 3.8.4.4. Recurrence ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 3.8.4.5. Related To . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 3.8.4.6. Uniform Resource Locator . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 3.8.4.7. Unique Identifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 3.8.5. Recurrence Component Properties . . . . . . . . . . . 116 3.8.5.1. Exception Date/Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 3.8.5.2. Recurrence Date/Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 3.8.5.3. Recurrence Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 3.8.6. Alarm Component Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 3.8.6.1. Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 3.8.6.2. Repeat Count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 3.8.6.3. Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 3.8.7. Change Management Component Properties . . . . . . . 134 3.8.7.1. Date/Time Created . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 3.8.7.2. Date/Time Stamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 3.8.7.3. Last Modified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 3.8.7.4. Sequence Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 3.8.8. Miscellaneous Component Properties . . . . . . . . . 138 3.8.8.1. IANA Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 3.8.8.2. Non-standard Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 3.8.8.3. Request Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 4. iCalendar Object Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 5. Recommended Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 6. Registration of Content Type Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 6.1. Registration of New and Modified iCalendar Object Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 6.2. Registration of New Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 6.2.1. Define the property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 6.2.2. Post the Property definition . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 6.2.3. Allow a comment period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 6.2.4. Submit the property for approval . . . . . . . . . . 150 6.3. Property Change Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 7. Internationalization Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 8. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 9. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 9.1. Components Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 9.2. Properties Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 9.3. Property Parameters Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 9.4. Value Data Type Values Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 9.5. Calendar User Type Values Registry . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 4] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 9.6. Free/Busy Time Type Values Registry . . . . . . . . . . . 156 9.7. Participation Status Values Registry . . . . . . . . . . 157 9.8. Relationship Type Values Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 9.9. Participation Role Values Registry . . . . . . . . . . . 158 9.10. Action Values Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 9.11. Method Values Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 9.12. Media Type Registration Information . . . . . . . . . . . 158 10. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 11. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 11.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 11.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Appendix A. Differences from RFC 2445 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 A.1. New restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 A.2. Deprecated features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Appendix B. Change Log (to be removed by RFC Editor prior to publication) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 B.1. Changes in -06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 B.2. Changes in -05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 B.3. Changes in -04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 B.4. Changes in -03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 B.5. Changes in -02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 B.6. Changes in -01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Appendix C. Open issues (to be removed by RFC Editor prior to publication) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 C.1. update_intro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 C.2. update_vtimezone_examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 C.3. #issue10+end_date_not_inclusive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 C.4. #issue61+ianaparam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 C.5. #issue11+4.3.10_byxxx_rule_part_examples . . . . . . . . 171 C.6. #issue75+4.6.5_rdate_format_in_vtimezone . . . . . . . . 171 C.7. #issue79+4.6.5_dtstart_and_rdate_in_vtimezone . . . . . . 172 C.8. 4.8.1.1_attach_description_incomplete . . . . . . . . . . 172 C.9. 4.8.1.4_comment_description_incomplete . . . . . . . . . 172 C.10. 4.8.2.1_completed_description_incomplete . . . . . . . . 172 C.11. #issue76+4.8.2.2_dtend_dtstart_value_type . . . . . . . . 172 C.12. #issue77+4.8.2.3_due_dtstart_value_type . . . . . . . . . 173 C.13. 4.8.2.3_due_description_incomplete . . . . . . . . . . . 173 C.14. #issue63+4.8.5.3_rdate_and_dtstart . . . . . . . . . . . 173 C.15. 4.8.6.2_repeat_description_incomplete . . . . . . . . . . 173 C.16. 4.8.7.1_created_description_incomplete . . . . . . . . . 174 C.17. 4.8.7.2_dtstamp_description_incomplete . . . . . . . . . 174 C.18. #issue65+6_recommended_practices_tzid . . . . . . . . . . 174 C.19. add_i18n_section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 C.20. #issue19+iana_considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 5] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 1. Introduction The use of calendaring and scheduling has grown considerably in the last decade. Enterprise and inter-enterprise business has become dependent on rapid scheduling of events and actions using this information technology. However, the longer term growth of calendaring and scheduling is currently limited by the lack of Internet standards for the message content types that are central to these knowledgeware applications. This memo is intended to progress the level of interoperability possible between dissimilar calendaring and scheduling applications. This memo defines a MIME content type for exchanging electronic calendaring and scheduling information. The Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification, or iCalendar, allows for the capture and exchange of information normally stored within a calendaring and scheduling application; such as a Personal Information Manager (PIM) or a Group Scheduling product. The iCalendar format is suitable as an exchange format between applications or systems. The format is defined in terms of a MIME content type. This will enable the object to be exchanged using several transports, including but not limited to SMTP, HTTP, a file system, desktop interactive protocols such as the use of a memory- based clipboard or drag/drop interactions, point-to-point asynchronous communication, wired-network transport, or some form of unwired transport such as infrared might also be used. The memo also provides for the definition of iCalendar object methods that will map this content type to a set of messages for supporting calendaring and scheduling operations such as requesting, replying to, modifying, and canceling meetings or appointments, to-dos and journal entries. The iCalendar object methods can be used to define other calendaring and scheduling operations such a requesting for and replying with free/busy time data. Such a scheduling protocol is defined in the iCalendar Transport-independent Interoperability Protocol (iTIP) defined in [I-D.ietf-calsify-2446bis]. The memo also includes a formal grammar for the content type based on the Internet ABNF defined in [RFC4234]. This ABNF is required for the implementation of parsers and to serve as the definitive reference when ambiguities or questions arise in interpreting the descriptive prose definition of the memo. Additional restrictions that could not easily be expressed with the ABNF syntax are specified as comments in the ABNF. Comments with normative statements should be treated as such. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 6] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 2. Basic Grammar and 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 [RFC2119]. This memo makes use of both a descriptive prose and a more formal notation for defining the calendaring and scheduling format. The notation used in this memo is the ABNF notation of [RFC4234]. Readers intending on implementing the format defined in this memo should be familiar with this notation in order to properly interpret the specifications of this memo. All numeric values used in this memo are given in decimal notation. All names of properties, property parameters, enumerated property values and property parameter values are case-insensitive. However, all other property values are case-sensitive, unless otherwise stated. Note: All indented editorial notes, such as this one, are intended to provide the reader with additional information. The information is not essential to the building of an implementation conformant with this memo. The information is provided to highlight a particular feature or characteristic of the memo. The format for the iCalendar object is based on the syntax of the text/directory media type [RFC2425]. While the iCalendar object is not a profile of the text/directory media type [RFC2425], it does reuse a number of the elements from the [RFC2425] specification. 2.1. Formatting Conventions The elements defined in this memo are defined in prose. Many of the terms used to describe these have common usage that is different than the standards usage of this memo. In order to reference within this memo elements of the calendaring and scheduling model, core object (this memo) or interoperability protocol [I-D.ietf-calsify-2446bis] some formatting conventions have been used. 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 [I-D.ietf-calsify-2446bis]. Calendar components defined by this memo 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" Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 7] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 refers to the to-do calendar component and "VJOURNAL" refers to the daily journal calendar component. Scheduling methods defined by iTIP [I-D.ietf-calsify-2446bis] 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. The properties defined by this memo 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 this memo are referred to with lowercase, quoted-strings of text, followed by the word "parameter". For example, "value" parameter refers to the iCalendar property parameter used to override the default value type for a property value. Enumerated values defined by this memo are referred to with capitalized text, either alone or followed by the word "value". For example, the "MINUTELY" value can be used with the "FREQ" component of the "RECUR" value type to specify repeating components based on an interval of one minute or more. 2.2. 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 memo specifies a core specification of objects, value types, properties and property parameters. o iTIP [I-D.ietf-calsify-2446bis] specifies an interoperability protocol for scheduling between different implementations; o iMIP [I-D.ietf-calsify-rfc2447bis] specifies an Internet email binding for [I-D.ietf-calsify-2446bis]. 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. 2.3. International Considerations In the rest of this document, descriptions of characters are of the form "character name (codepoint)", where "codepoint" is from the US- ASCII character set. The "character name" is the authoritative description; (codepoint) is a reference to that character in US- ASCII. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 8] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 3. iCalendar Object Specification The following sections define the details of a Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification. This information is intended to be an integral part of the MIME content type registration. In addition, this information can be used independent of such content registration. In particular, this memo has direct applicability for use as a calendaring and scheduling exchange format in file-, memory- or network-based transport mechanisms. 3.1. Content Lines The iCalendar object is organized into individual lines of text, called content lines. Content lines are delimited by a line break, which is a CRLF sequence (US-ASCII decimal 13, followed by US-ASCII decimal 10). Lines of text SHOULD NOT be longer than 75 octets, excluding the line break. Long content lines SHOULD be split into a multiple line representations using a line "folding" technique. That is, a long line can be split between any two characters by inserting a CRLF immediately followed by a single linear white space character (i.e., SPACE, US-ASCII decimal 32 or HTAB, US-ASCII decimal 9). Any sequence of CRLF followed immediately by a single linear white space character is ignored (i.e., removed) when processing the content type. For example the line: DESCRIPTION:This is a long description that exists on a long line. Can be represented as: DESCRIPTION:This is a lo ng description that exists on a long line. The process of moving from this folded multiple line representation to its single line representation is called "unfolding". Unfolding is accomplished by removing the CRLF character and the linear white space character that immediately follows. When parsing a content line, folded lines MUST first be unfolded according to the unfolding procedure described above. Note: It is possible for very simple implementations to generate improperly folded lines in the middle of a UTF-8 multi-octet sequence. For this reason, implementations need to unfold lines Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 9] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 in such a way to properly restore the original sequence. The content information associated with an iCalendar object is formatted using a syntax similar to that defined by [RFC2425]. That is, the content information consists of CRLF-separated content lines. The following notation defines the lines of content in an iCalendar object: contentline = name *(";" param ) ":" value CRLF ; This ABNF is just a general definition for an initial parsing ; of the content line into its property name, parameter list, ; and value string ; When parsing a content line, folded lines MUST first ; be unfolded according to the unfolding procedure ; described above. When generating a content line, lines ; longer than 75 octets SHOULD be folded according to ; the folding procedure described above. name = iana-token / x-name iana-token = 1*(ALPHA / DIGIT / "-") ; iCalendar identifier registered with IANA x-name = "X-" [vendorid "-"] 1*(ALPHA / DIGIT / "-") ; Reserved for experimental use. vendorid = 3*(ALPHA / DIGIT) ; Vendor identification param = param-name "=" param-value *("," param-value) ; Each property defines the specific ABNF for the parameters ; allowed on the property. Refer to specific properties for ; precise parameter ABNF. param-name = iana-token / x-name param-value = paramtext / quoted-string paramtext = *SAFE-CHAR value = *VALUE-CHAR quoted-string = DQUOTE *QSAFE-CHAR DQUOTE QSAFE-CHAR = WSP / %x21 / %x23-7E / NON-US-ASCII ; Any character except CONTROL and DQUOTE Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 10] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 SAFE-CHAR = WSP / %x21 / %x23-2B / %x2D-39 / %x3C-7E / NON-US-ASCII ; Any character except CONTROL, DQUOTE, ";", ":", "," VALUE-CHAR = WSP / %x21-7E / NON-US-ASCII ; Any textual character NON-US-ASCII = UTF8-2 / UTF8-3 / UTF8-4 ; UTF8-2, UTF8-3, and UTF8-4 are defined in [RFC3629] CONTROL = %x00-08 / %x0A-1F / %x7F ; All the controls except HTAB The property value component of a content line has a format that is property specific. Refer to the section describing each property for a definition of this format. All names of properties, property parameters, enumerated property values and property parameter values are case-insensitive. However, all other property values are case-sensitive, unless otherwise stated. 3.1.1. List and Field Separators Some properties and parameters allow a list of values. Values in a list of values MUST be separated by a COMMA character (US-ASCII decimal 44). There is no significance to the order of values in a list. For those parameter values (such as those that specify URI values) that are specified in quoted-strings, the individual quoted- strings are separated by a COMMA character (US-ASCII decimal 44). Some property values are defined in terms of multiple parts. These structured property values MUST have their value parts separated by a SEMICOLON character (US-ASCII decimal 59). Some properties allow a list of parameters. Each property parameter in a list of property parameters MUST be separated by a SEMICOLON character (US-ASCII decimal 59). Property parameters with values containing a COLON character (US- ASCII decimal 58), a SEMICOLON character (US-ASCII decimal 59) or a COMMA character (US-ASCII decimal 44) MUST be placed in quoted text. For example, in the following properties a SEMICOLON is used to separate property parameters from each other, and a COMMA is used to separate property values in a value list. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 11] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 ATTENDEE;RSVP=TRUE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:mailto: jsmith@example.com RDATE;VALUE=DATE:19970304,19970504,19970704,19970904 3.1.2. Multiple Values Some properties defined in the iCalendar object can have multiple values. The general rule for encoding multi-valued items is to simply create a new content line for each value, including the property name. However, it should be noted that some properties support encoding multiple values in a single property by separating the values with a COMMA character (US-ASCII decimal 44). Individual property definitions should be consulted for determining whether a specific property allows multiple values and in which of these two forms. 3.1.3. Binary Content Binary content information in an iCalendar object SHOULD be referenced using a URI within a property value. That is the binary content information SHOULD be placed in an external MIME entity that can be referenced by a URI from within the iCalendar object. In applications where this is not feasible, binary content information can be included within an iCalendar object, but only after first encoding it into text using the "BASE64" encoding method defined in [RFC4648]. Inline binary content SHOULD only be used in applications whose special circumstances demand that an iCalendar object be expressed as a single entity. A property containing inline binary content information MUST specify the "ENCODING" property parameter. Binary content information placed external to the iCalendar object MUST be referenced by a uniform resource identifier (URI). The following example specifies an "ATTACH" property that references an attachment external to the iCalendar object with a URI reference: ATTACH:http://example.com/public/quarterly-report.doc The following example specifies an "ATTACH" property with inline binary encoded content information: ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/basic;ENCODING=BASE64;VALUE=BINARY: MIICajCCAdOgAwIBAgICBEUwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEEBQAwdzELMAkGA1U EBhMCVVMxLDAqBgNVBAoTI05ldHNjYXBlIENvbW11bmljYXRpb25zIE <...remainder of "BASE64" encoded binary data...> Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 12] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 3.1.4. Character Set There is not a property parameter to declare the charset used in a property value. The default charset for an iCalendar stream is UTF-8 as defined in [RFC3629]. The "charset" Content-Type parameter MUST be used in MIME transports to specify the charset being used. 3.2. Property Parameters A property can have attributes associated with it. These "property parameters" contain meta-information about the property or the property value. Property parameters are provided to specify such information as the location of an alternate text representation for a property value, the language of a text property value, the value type of the property value and other attributes. Property parameter values that contain the COLON (US-ASCII decimal 58), SEMICOLON (US-ASCII decimal 59) or COMMA (US-ASCII decimal 44) character separators MUST be specified as quoted-string text values. Property parameter values MUST NOT contain the DQUOTE (US-ASCII decimal 22) character. The DQUOTE (US-ASCII decimal 22) character is used as a delimiter for parameter values that contain restricted characters or URI text. For example: DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://www.example.org":The Fall'98 Wild Wizards Conference - - Las Vegas\, NV\, USA Property parameter values that are not in quoted strings are case insensitive. The general property parameters defined by this memo are defined by the following notation: Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 13] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 icalparameter = altrepparam ; Alternate text representation / cnparam ; Common name / cutypeparam ; Calendar user type / delfromparam ; Delegator / deltoparam ; Delegatee / dirparam ; Directory entry / encodingparam ; Inline encoding / fmttypeparam ; Format type / fbtypeparam ; Free/busy time type / languageparam ; Language for text / memberparam ; Group or list membership / partstatparam ; Participation status / trigrelparam ; Alarm trigger relationship / reltypeparam ; Relationship type / roleparam ; Participation role / rsvpparam ; RSVP expectation / sentbyparam ; Sent by / tzidparam ; Reference to time zone object / valuetypeparam ; Property value data type / other-param other-param = (iana-param / x-param) iana-param = iana-token "=" param-value *("," param-value) ; Some other IANA registered iCalendar parameter. x-param = x-name "=" param-value *("," param-value) ; A non-standard, experimental parameter. 3.2.1. Alternate Text Representation Parameter Name: ALTREP Purpose: To specify an alternate text representation for the property value. Format Definition: This property parameter is defined by the following notation: altrepparam = "ALTREP" "=" DQUOTE uri DQUOTE Description: This parameter specifies a URI that points to an alternate representation for a textual property value. A property specifying this parameter MUST also include a value that reflects the default representation of the text value. The individual URI parameter values MUST each be specified in a quoted-string. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 14] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Example: DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="CID:part3.msg.970415T083000@example.com": Project XYZ Review Meeting will include the following agenda items: (a) Market Overview\, (b) Finances\, (c) Project Man agement The "ALTREP" property parameter value might point to a "text/html" content portion. Content-Type:text/html Content-Id:

Project XYZ Review Meeting will include the following agenda items:

  1. Market Overview
  2. Finances
  3. Project Management

3.2.2. Common Name Parameter Name: CN Purpose: To specify the common name to be associated with the calendar user specified by the property. Format Definition: This property parameter is defined by the following notation: cnparam = "CN" "=" param-value Description: This parameter can be specified on properties with a CAL-ADDRESS value type. The parameter specifies the common name to be associated with the calendar user specified by the property. The parameter value is text. The parameter value can be used for display text to be associated with the calendar address specified by the property. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 15] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Example: ORGANIZER;CN="John Smith":mailto:jsmith@example.com 3.2.3. Calendar User Type Parameter Name: CUTYPE Purpose: To specify the type of calendar user specified by the property. Format Definition: This property parameter is defined by the following notation: cutypeparam = "CUTYPE" "=" ("INDIVIDUAL" ; An individual / "GROUP" ; A group of individuals / "RESOURCE" ; A physical resource / "ROOM" ; A room resource / "UNKNOWN" ; Otherwise not known / x-name ; Experimental type / iana-token) ; Other IANA registered ; type ; Default is INDIVIDUAL Description: This parameter can be specified on properties with a CAL-ADDRESS value type. The parameter identifies the type of calendar user specified by the property. If not specified on a property that allows this parameter, the default is INDIVIDUAL. Example: ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=GROUP:mailto:ietf-calsch@example.org 3.2.4. Delegators Parameter Name: DELEGATED-FROM Purpose: To specify the calendar users that have delegated their participation to the calendar user specified by the property. Format Definition: This property parameter is defined by the following notation: delfromparam = "DELEGATED-FROM" "=" DQUOTE cal-address DQUOTE *("," DQUOTE cal-address DQUOTE) Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 16] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Description: This parameter can be specified on properties with a CAL-ADDRESS value type. This parameter specifies those calendar users that have delegated their participation in a group scheduled event or to-do to the calendar user specified by the property. The value MUST be a mailto URI as defined in [RFC2368]. The individual calendar address parameter values MUST each be specified in a quoted-string. Example: ATTENDEE;DELEGATED-FROM="mailto:jsmith@example.com":mailto: jdoe@example.com 3.2.5. Delegatees Parameter Name: DELEGATED-TO Purpose: To specify the calendar users to whom the calendar user specified by the property has delegated participation. Format Definition: This property parameter is defined by the following notation: deltoparam = "DELEGATED-TO" "=" DQUOTE cal-address DQUOTE *("," DQUOTE cal-address DQUOTE) Description: This parameter can be specified on properties with a CAL-ADDRESS value type. This parameter specifies those calendar users whom have been delegated participation in a group scheduled event or to-do by the calendar user specified by the property. The value MUST be a mailto URI as defined in [RFC2368]. The individual calendar address parameter values MUST each be specified in a quoted-string. Example: ATTENDEE;DELEGATED-TO="mailto:jdoe@example.com","mailto:jqpublic @example.com":mailto:jsmith@example.com 3.2.6. Directory Entry Reference Parameter Name: DIR Purpose: To specify reference to a directory entry associated with the calendar user specified by the property. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 17] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Format Definition: This property parameter is defined by the following notation: dirparam = "DIR" "=" DQUOTE uri DQUOTE Description: This parameter can be specified on properties with a CAL-ADDRESS value type. The parameter specifies a reference to the directory entry associated with the calendar user specified by the property. The parameter value is a URI. The URI parameter value MUST be specified in a quoted-string. Example: ORGANIZER;DIR="ldap://example.com:6666/o=ABC%20Industries, c=US???(cn=Jim%20Dolittle)":mailto:jimdo@example.com 3.2.7. Inline Encoding Parameter Name: ENCODING Purpose: To specify an alternate inline encoding for the property value. Format Definition: This property parameter is defined by the following notation: encodingparam = "ENCODING" "=" ( "8BIT" ; "8bit" text encoding is defined in [RFC2045] / "BASE64" ; "BASE64" binary encoding format is defined in [RFC4648] ) Description: This property parameter identifies the inline encoding used in a property value. The default encoding is "8BIT", corresponding to a property value consisting of text. The "BASE64" encoding type corresponds to a property value encoded using the "BASE64" encoding defined in [RFC2045]. If the value type parameter is ";VALUE=BINARY", then the inline encoding parameter MUST be specified with the value ";ENCODING=BASE64". Example: ATTACH;FMTYPE=IMAGE/JPEG;ENCODING=BASE64;VALUE=BINARY:MIICajC CAdOgAwIBAgICBEUwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEEBQAwdzELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxLDA qBgNVBAoTI05ldHNjYXBlIENvbW11bmljYXRpb25zIENvcnBvcmF0aW9uMRw Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 18] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 <...remainder of "BASE64" encoded binary data...> 3.2.8. Format Type Parameter Name: FMTTYPE Purpose: To specify the content type of a referenced object. Format Definition: This property parameter is defined by the following notation: fmttypeparam = "FMTTYPE" "=" type "/" subtype *(";" parameter) ; Where "type", "subtype", and "parameter" ; are defined in section 5.1 of [RFC2045] Description: This parameter can be specified on properties that are used to reference an object. The parameter specifies the content type of the referenced object. For example, on the "ATTACH" property, a FTP type URI value does not, by itself, necessarily convey the type of content associated with the resource. The parameter value MUST be the text for either an IANA registered media type or a non-standard media type. Example: ATTACH;FMTTYPE=application/msword:ftp://example.com/pub/docs/ agenda.doc 3.2.9. Free/Busy Time Type Parameter Name: FBTYPE Purpose: To specify the free or busy time type. Format Definition: This property parameter is defined by the following notation: fbtypeparam = "FBTYPE" "=" ("FREE" / "BUSY" / "BUSY-UNAVAILABLE" / "BUSY-TENTATIVE" / x-name ; Some experimental iCalendar free busy type. / iana-token) ; Some other IANA registered iCalendar free busy type. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 19] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Description: This parameter specifies the free or busy time type. The value FREE indicates that the time interval is free for scheduling. The value BUSY indicates that the time interval is busy because one or more events have been scheduled for that interval. The value BUSY-UNAVAILABLE indicates that the time interval is busy and that the interval can not be scheduled. The value BUSY-TENTATIVE indicates that the time interval is busy because one or more events have been tentatively scheduled for that interval. If not specified on a property that allows this parameter, the default is BUSY. Example: The following is an example of this parameter on a "FREEBUSY" property. FREEBUSY;FBTYPE=BUSY:19980415T133000Z/19980415T170000Z 3.2.10. Language Parameter Name: LANGUAGE Purpose: To specify the language for text values in a property or property parameter. Format Definition: This property parameter is defined by the following notation: languageparam = "LANGUAGE" "=" language language = Language-Tag ; As defined in [RFC4646] Description: This parameter identifies the language of the text in the property value and of all property parameter values of the property. The value of the "LANGUAGE" property parameter is that defined in [RFC4646]. For transport in a MIME entity, the Content-Language header field can be used to set the default language for the entire body part. Otherwise, no default language is assumed. Example: The following are examples of this parameter on the "SUMMARY" and "LOCATION" properties: SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=us-EN:Company Holiday Party LOCATION;LANGUAGE=en:Germany LOCATION;LANGUAGE=no:Tyskland Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 20] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 3.2.11. Group or List Membership Parameter Name: MEMBER Purpose: To specify the group or list membership of the calendar user specified by the property. Format Definition: This property parameter is defined by the following notation: memberparam = "MEMBER" "=" DQUOTE cal-address DQUOTE *("," DQUOTE cal-address DQUOTE) Description: This parameter can be specified on properties with a CAL-ADDRESS value type. The parameter identifies the groups or list membership for the calendar user specified by the property. The parameter value is either a single calendar address in a quoted-string or a COMMA character (US-ASCII decimal 44) separated list of calendar addresses, each in a quoted-string. The individual calendar address parameter values MUST each be specified in a quoted-string. Example: ATTENDEE;MEMBER="mailto:ietf-calsch@example.org":mailto: jsmith@example.com ATTENDEE;MEMBER="mailto:projectA@example.com","mailto:pr ojectB@example.com":mailto:janedoe@example.com 3.2.12. Participation Status Parameter Name: PARTSTAT Purpose: To specify the participation status for the calendar user specified by the property. Format Definition: This property parameter is defined by the following notation: Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 21] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 partstatparam = "PARTSTAT" "=" (partstat-event / partstat-todo / partstat-jour) partstat-event = ("NEEDS-ACTION" ; Event needs action / "ACCEPTED" ; Event accepted / "DECLINED" ; Event declined / "TENTATIVE" ; Event tentatively ; accepted / "DELEGATED" ; Event delegated / x-name ; Experimental status / iana-token) ; Other IANA registered ; status ; These are the participation statuses for a "VEVENT". ; Default is NEEDS-ACTION. partstat-todo = ("NEEDS-ACTION" ; To-do needs action / "ACCEPTED" ; To-do accepted / "DECLINED" ; To-do declined / "TENTATIVE" ; To-do tentatively ; accepted / "DELEGATED" ; To-do delegated / "COMPLETED" ; To-do completed. ; COMPLETED property has ; date/time completed. / "IN-PROCESS" ; To-do in process of ; being completed / x-name ; Experimental status / iana-token) ; Other IANA registered ; status ; These are the participation statuses for a "VTODO". ; Default is NEEDS-ACTION. partstat-jour = ("NEEDS-ACTION" ; Journal needs action / "ACCEPTED" ; Journal accepted / "DECLINED" ; Journal declined / x-name ; Experimental status / iana-token) ; Other IANA registered ; status ; These are the participation statuses for a "VJOURNAL". ; Default is NEEDS-ACTION. Description: This parameter can be specified on properties with a CAL-ADDRESS value type. The parameter identifies the participation status for the calendar user specified by the property value. The parameter values differ depending on whether they are associated with a group scheduled "VEVENT", "VTODO" or Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 22] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 "VJOURNAL". The values MUST match one of the values allowed for the given calendar component. If not specified on a property that allows this parameter, the default value is NEEDS-ACTION. Example: ATTENDEE;PARTSTAT=DECLINED:mailto:jsmith@example.com 3.2.13. Alarm Trigger Relationship Parameter Name: RELATED Purpose: To specify the relationship of the alarm trigger with respect to the start or end of the calendar component. Format Definition: This property parameter is defined by the following notation: trigrelparam = "RELATED" "=" ("START" ; Trigger off of start / "END") ; Trigger off of end Description: This parameter can be specified on properties that specify an alarm trigger with a "DURATION" value type. The parameter specifies whether the alarm will trigger relative to the start or end of the calendar component. The parameter value START will set the alarm to trigger off the start of the calendar component; the parameter value END will set the alarm to trigger off the end of the calendar component. If the parameter is not specified on an allowable property, then the default is START. Example: TRIGGER;RELATED=END:PT5M 3.2.14. Relationship Type Parameter Name: RELTYPE Purpose: To specify the type of hierarchical relationship associated with the calendar component specified by the property. Format Definition: This property parameter is defined by the following notation: Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 23] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 reltypeparam = "RELTYPE" "=" ("PARENT" ; Parent relationship. Default. / "CHILD" ; Child relationship / "SIBLING" ; Sibling relationship / iana-token ; Some other IANA registered ; iCalendar relationship type / x-name) ; A non-standard, experimental ; relationship type Description: This parameter can be specified on a property that references another related calendar. The parameter specifies the hierarchical relationship type of the calendar component referenced by the property. The parameter value can be PARENT, to indicate that the referenced calendar component is a superior of calendar component; CHILD to indicate that the referenced calendar component is a subordinate of the calendar component; SIBLING to indicate that the referenced calendar component is a peer of the calendar component. If this parameter is not specified on an allowable property, the default relationship type is PARENT. Example: RELATED-TO;RELTYPE=SIBLING:19960401-080045-4000F192713@ example.com 3.2.15. Participation Role Parameter Name: ROLE Purpose: To specify the participation role for the calendar user specified by the property. Format Definition: This property parameter is defined by the following notation: roleparam = "ROLE" "=" ("CHAIR" ; Indicates chair of the ; calendar entity / "REQ-PARTICIPANT" ; Indicates a participant whose ; participation is required / "OPT-PARTICIPANT" ; Indicates a participant whose ; participation is optional / "NON-PARTICIPANT" ; Indicates a participant who ; is copied for information ; purposes only / x-name ; Experimental role / iana-token) ; Other IANA role ; Default is REQ-PARTICIPANT Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 24] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Description: This parameter can be specified on properties with a CAL-ADDRESS value type. The parameter specifies the participation role for the calendar user specified by the property in the group schedule calendar component. If not specified on a property that allows this parameter, the default value is REQ-PARTICIPANT. Example: ATTENDEE;ROLE=CHAIR:mailto:mrbig@example.com 3.2.16. RSVP Expectation Parameter Name: RSVP Purpose: To specify whether there is an expectation of a favor of a reply from the calendar user specified by the property value. Format Definition: This property parameter is defined by the following notation: rsvpparam = "RSVP" "=" ("TRUE" / "FALSE") ; Default is FALSE Description: This parameter can be specified on properties with a CAL-ADDRESS value type. The parameter identifies the expectation of a reply from the calendar user specified by the property value. This parameter is used by the "Organizer" to request a participation status reply from an "Attendee" of a group scheduled event or to-do. If not specified on a property that allows this parameter, the default value is FALSE. Example: ATTENDEE;RSVP=TRUE:mailto:jsmith@example.com 3.2.17. Sent By Parameter Name: SENT-BY Purpose: To specify the calendar user that is acting on behalf of the calendar user specified by the property. Format Definition: This property parameter is defined by the following notation: sentbyparam = "SENT-BY" "=" DQUOTE cal-address DQUOTE Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 25] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Description: This parameter can be specified on properties with a CAL-ADDRESS value type. The parameter specifies the calendar user that is acting on behalf of the calendar user specified by the property. The parameter value MUST be a mailto URI as defined in [RFC2368]. The individual calendar address parameter values MUST each be specified in a quoted-string. Example: ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="mailto:sray@example.com":mailto: jsmith@example.com 3.2.18. Time Zone Identifier Parameter Name: TZID Purpose: To specify the identifier for the time zone definition for a time component in the property value. Format Definition: This property parameter is defined by the following notation: tzidparam = "TZID" "=" [tzidprefix] paramtext tzidprefix = "/" Description: This parameter MUST be specified on the "DTSTART", "DTEND", "DUE", "EXDATE" and "RDATE" properties when either a DATE-TIME or TIME value type is specified and when the value is not either a UTC or a "floating" time. Refer to the DATE-TIME or TIME value type definition for a description of UTC and "floating time" formats. This property parameter specifies a text value which uniquely identifies the "VTIMEZONE" calendar component to be used when evaluating the time portion of the property. The value of the "TZID" property parameter will be equal to the value of the "TZID" property for the matching time zone definition. An individual "VTIMEZONE" calendar component MUST be specified for each unique "TZID" parameter value specified in the iCalendar object. The parameter MUST be specified on properties with a DATE-TIME value if the DATE-TIME is not either a UTC or a "floating" time. The presence of the SOLIDUS character (US-ASCII decimal 47) as a prefix, indicates that this "TZID" represents a unique ID in a globally defined time zone registry (when such registry is defined). Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 26] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Note: This document does not define a naming convention for time zone identifiers. Implementers may want to use the naming conventions defined in existing time zone specifications such as the public-domain TZ database [TZDB]. The specification of globally unique time zone identifiers is not addressed by this document and is left for future study. The following are examples of this property parameter: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19980119T020000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:19980119T030000 The "TZID" property parameter MUST NOT be applied to DATE-TIME or TIME properties whose time values are specified in UTC. The use of local time in a DATE-TIME or TIME value without the "TZID" property parameter is to be interpreted as a local time value, regardless of the existence of "VTIMEZONE" calendar components in the iCalendar object. For more information see the sections on the value types DATE-TIME and TIME. 3.2.19. Value Data Types Parameter Name: VALUE Purpose: To explicitly specify the value type format for a property value. Format Definition: This property parameter is defined by the following notation: Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 27] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 valuetypeparam = "VALUE" "=" valuetype valuetype = ("BINARY" / "BOOLEAN" / "CAL-ADDRESS" / "DATE" / "DATE-TIME" / "DURATION" / "FLOAT" / "INTEGER" / "PERIOD" / "RECUR" / "TEXT" / "TIME" / "URI" / "UTC-OFFSET" / x-name ; Some experimental iCalendar value type. / iana-token) ; Some other IANA registered iCalendar value type. Description: This parameter specifies the value type and format of the property value. The property values MUST be of a single value type. For example, a "RDATE" property cannot have a combination of DATE-TIME and TIME value types. If the property's value is the default value type, then this parameter need not be specified. However, if the property's default value type is overridden by some other allowable value type, then this parameter MUST be specified. 3.3. Property Value Data Types The properties in an iCalendar object are strongly typed. The definition of each property restricts the value to be one of the value data types, or simply value types, defined in this section. The value type for a property will either be specified implicitly as the default value type or will be explicitly specified with the "VALUE" parameter. If the value type of a property is one of the alternate valid types, then it MUST be explicitly specified with the "VALUE" parameter. 3.3.1. Binary Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 28] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Value Name: BINARY Purpose: This value type is used to identify properties that contain a character encoding of inline binary data. For example, an inline attachment of a document might be included in an iCalendar object. Format Definition: This value type is defined by the following notation: binary = *(4b-char) [b-end] ; A "BASE64" encoded character string, as defined by [RFC4648]. b-end = (2b-char "==") / (3b-char "=") b-char = ALPHA / DIGIT / "+" / "/" Description: Property values with this value type MUST also include the inline encoding parameter sequence of ";ENCODING=BASE64". That is, all inline binary data MUST first be character encoded using the "BASE64" encoding method defined in [RFC2045]. No additional content value encoding (i.e., BACKSLASH character encoding) is defined for this value type. Example: The following is an abridged example of a "BASE64" encoded binary value data. JKoZIhvcNAQEEBQAwdzELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxLDAqBgNVBAoTI05ldHNjYXBlI ENvbW11bmljYXRpb25zIENvcnBvcmF0aW9uMRwwGgYDVQQLExNJbmZv <...remainder of "BASE64" encoded binary data...> 3.3.2. Boolean Value Name: BOOLEAN Purpose: This value type is used to identify properties that contain either a "TRUE" or "FALSE" Boolean value. Format Definition: This value type is defined by the following notation: boolean = "TRUE" / "FALSE" Description: These values are case insensitive text. No additional content value encoding (i.e., BACKSLASH character encoding) is defined for this value type. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 29] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Example: The following is an example of a hypothetical property that has a BOOLEAN value type: TRUE 3.3.3. Calendar User Address Value Name: CAL-ADDRESS Purpose: This value type is used to identify properties that contain a calendar user address. Format Definition: This value type is defined by the following notation: cal-address = uri Description: The value is a URI as defined by [RFC3986] or any other IANA registered form for a URI. When used to address an Internet email transport address for a calendar user, the value MUST be a mailto URI, as defined by [RFC2368]. No additional content value encoding (i.e., BACKSLASH character encoding) is defined for this value type. Example: mailto:jane_doe@example.com 3.3.4. Date Value Name: DATE Purpose: This value type is used to identify values that contain a calendar date. Format Definition: This value type is defined by the following notation: date = date-value date-value = date-fullyear date-month date-mday date-fullyear = 4DIGIT date-month = 2DIGIT ;01-12 date-mday = 2DIGIT ;01-28, 01-29, 01-30, 01-31 ;based on month/year Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 30] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Description: If the property permits, multiple "date" values are specified as a COMMA character (US-ASCII decimal 44) separated list of values. The format for the value type is expressed as the [ISO.8601.1988] complete representation, basic format for a calendar date. The textual format specifies a four-digit year, two-digit month, and two-digit day of the month. There are no separator characters between the year, month and day component text. No additional content value encoding (i.e., BACKSLASH character encoding) is defined for this value type. Example: The following represents July 14, 1997: 19970714 3.3.5. Date-Time Value Name: DATE-TIME Purpose: This value type is used to identify values that specify a precise calendar date and time of day. Format Definition: This value type is defined by the following notation: date-time = date "T" time ;As specified in the date and time ;value definitions Description: If the property permits, multiple "date-time" values are specified as a COMMA character (US-ASCII decimal 44) separated list of values. No additional content value encoding (i.e., BACKSLASH character encoding) is defined for this value type. The "DATE-TIME" value type is used to identify values that contain a precise calendar date and time of day. The format is based on the [ISO.8601.1988] complete representation, basic format for a calendar date and time of day. The text format is a concatenation of the "date", followed by the LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T character (US-ASCII decimal 84) time designator, followed by the "time" format. The "DATE-TIME" value type expresses time values in three forms: The form of date and time with UTC offset MUST NOT be used. For example, the following is not valid for a date-time value: 19980119T230000-0800 ;Invalid time format Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 31] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 FORM #1: DATE WITH LOCAL TIME The date with local time form is simply a date-time value that does not contain the UTC designator nor does it reference a time zone. For example, the following represents January 18, 1998, at 11 PM: 19980118T230000 Date-time values of this type are said to be "floating" and are not bound to any time zone in particular. They are used to represent the same hour, minute, and second value regardless of which time zone is currently being observed. For example, an event can be defined that indicates that an individual will be busy from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM every day, no matter which time zone the person is in. In these cases, a local time can be specified. The recipient of an iCalendar object with a property value consisting of a local time, without any relative time zone information, SHOULD interpret the value as being fixed to whatever time zone the "ATTENDEE" is in at any given moment. This means that two "Attendees", in different time zones, receiving the same event definition as a floating time, may be participating in the event at different actual times. Floating time SHOULD only be used where that is the reasonable behavior. In most cases, a fixed time is desired. To properly communicate a fixed time in a property value, either UTC time or local time with time zone reference MUST be specified. The use of local time in a DATE-TIME value without the "TZID" property parameter is to be interpreted as floating time, regardless of the existence of "VTIMEZONE" calendar components in the iCalendar object. FORM #2: DATE WITH UTC TIME The date with UTC time, or absolute time, is identified by a LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z suffix character (US-ASCII decimal 90), the UTC designator, appended to the time value. For example, the following represents January 19, 1998, at 0700 UTC: 19980119T070000Z The "TZID" property parameter MUST NOT be applied to DATE-TIME properties whose time values are specified in UTC. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 32] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 FORM #3: DATE WITH LOCAL TIME AND TIME ZONE REFERENCE The date and local time with reference to time zone information is identified by the use the "TZID" property parameter to reference the appropriate time zone definition. "TZID" is discussed in detail in Section 3.2.18. For example, the following represents 2:00 A.M. in New York on Janurary 19, 1998: TZID=America/New_York:19980119T020000 Example: The following represents July 14, 1997, at 1:30 PM in New York City in each of the three time formats, using the "DTSTART" property. DTSTART:19970714T133000 ; Local time DTSTART:19970714T173000Z ; UTC time DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970714T133000 ; Local time and time ; zone reference A time value MUST only specify the second 60 when specifying a positive "leap second" . For example: 19970630T235960Z 3.3.6. Duration Value Name: DURATION Purpose: This value type is used to identify properties that contain a duration of time. Format Definition: This value type is defined by the following notation: dur-value = (["+"] / "-") "P" (dur-date / dur-time / dur-week) dur-date = dur-day [dur-time] dur-time = "T" (dur-hour / dur-minute / dur-second) dur-week = 1*DIGIT "W" dur-hour = 1*DIGIT "H" [dur-minute] dur-minute = 1*DIGIT "M" [dur-second] dur-second = 1*DIGIT "S" dur-day = 1*DIGIT "D" Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 33] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Description: If the property permits, multiple "duration" values are specified by a COMMA character (US-ASCII decimal 44) separated list of values. The format is expressed as the [ISO.8601.1988] basic format for the duration of time. The format can represent durations in terms of weeks, days, hours, minutes, and seconds. Negative durations are typically used to schedule an alarm to trigger before an associated time (see Section 3.8.6.3). No additional content value encoding (i.e., BACKSLASH character encoding) are defined for this value type. Example: A duration of 15 days, 5 hours and 20 seconds would be: P15DT5H0M20S A duration of 7 weeks would be: P7W 3.3.7. Float Value Name: FLOAT Purpose: This value type is used to identify properties that contain a real number value. Format Definition: This value type is defined by the following notation: float = (["+"] / "-") 1*DIGIT ["." 1*DIGIT] Description: If the property permits, multiple "float" values are specified by a COMMA character (US-ASCII decimal 44) separated list of values. No additional content value encoding (i.e., BACKSLASH character encoding) is defined for this value type. Example: 1000000.0000001 1.333 -3.14 Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 34] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 3.3.8. Integer Value Name: INTEGER Purpose: This value type is used to identify properties that contain a signed integer value. Format Definition: This value type is defined by the following notation: integer = (["+"] / "-") 1*DIGIT Description: If the property permits, multiple "integer" values are specified by a COMMA character (US-ASCII decimal 44) separated list of values. The valid range for "integer" is -2147483648 to 2147483647. If the sign is not specified, then the value is assumed to be positive. No additional content value encoding (i.e., BACKSLASH character encoding) is defined for this value type. Example: 1234567890 -1234567890 +1234567890 432109876 3.3.9. Period of Time Value Name: PERIOD Purpose: This value type is used to identify values that contain a precise period of time. Format Definition: This value type is defined by the following notation: period = period-explicit / period-start period-explicit = date-time "/" date-time ; [ISO.8601.1988] complete representation basic format for a ; period of time consisting of a start and end. The start MUST ; be before the end. period-start = date-time "/" dur-value ; [ISO.8601.1988] complete representation basic format for a ; period of time consisting of a start and positive duration Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 35] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 ; of time. Description: If the property permits, multiple "period" values are specified by a COMMA character (US-ASCII decimal 44) separated list of values. There are two forms of a period of time. First, a period of time is identified by its start and its end. This format is expressed as the [ISO.8601.1988] complete representation, basic format for "DATE-TIME" start of the period, followed by a SOLIDUS character (US-ASCII decimal 47), followed by the "DATE-TIME" of the end of the period. The start of the period MUST be before the end of the period. Second, a period of time can also be defined by a start and a positive duration of time. The format is expressed as the [ISO.8601.1988] complete representation, basic format for the "DATE-TIME" start of the period, followed by a SOLIDUS character (US-ASCII decimal 47), followed by the [ISO.8601.1988] basic format for "DURATION" of the period. Example: The period starting at 18:00:00 UTC, on January 1, 1997 and ending at 07:00:00 UTC on January 2, 1997 would be: 19970101T180000Z/19970102T070000Z The period start at 18:00:00 on January 1, 1997 and lasting 5 hours and 30 minutes would be: 19970101T180000Z/PT5H30M No additional content value encoding (i.e., BACKSLASH character encoding) is defined for this value type. 3.3.10. Recurrence Rule Value Name: RECUR Purpose: This value type is used to identify properties that contain a recurrence rule specification. Format Definition: This value type is defined by the following notation: recur = recur-rule-part *( ";" recur-rule-part ) ; ; The rule parts are not ordered in any ; particular sequence ; ; The FREQ rule part is REQUIRED, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 36] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 ; ; The UNTIL or COUNT rule parts are OPTIONAL, ; but they MUST NOT occur in the same 'recur' ; ; The other rule parts are OPTIONAL, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once recur-rule-part = ( "FREQ" "=" freq ) / ( "UNTIL" "=" enddate ) / ( "COUNT" "=" 1*DIGIT ) / ( "INTERVAL" "=" 1*DIGIT ) / ( "BYSECOND" "=" byseclist ) / ( "BYMINUTE" "=" byminlist ) / ( "BYHOUR" "=" byhrlist ) / ( "BYDAY" "=" bywdaylist ) / ( "BYMONTHDAY" "=" bymodaylist ) / ( "BYYEARDAY" "=" byyrdaylist ) / ( "BYWEEKNO" "=" bywknolist ) / ( "BYMONTH" "=" bymolist ) / ( "BYSETPOS" "=" bysplist ) / ( "WKST" "=" weekday ) freq = "SECONDLY" / "MINUTELY" / "HOURLY" / "DAILY" / "WEEKLY" / "MONTHLY" / "YEARLY" enddate = date / date-time ;A UTC value byseclist = ( seconds *("," seconds) ) seconds = 1*2DIGIT ;0 to 60 byminlist = ( minutes *("," minutes) ) minutes = 1*2DIGIT ;0 to 59 byhrlist = ( hour *("," hour) ) hour = 1*2DIGIT ;0 to 23 bywdaylist = ( weekdaynum *("," weekdaynum) ) weekdaynum = [[plus / minus] ordwk] weekday plus = "+" minus = "-" ordwk = 1*2DIGIT ;1 to 53 Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 37] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 weekday = "SU" / "MO" / "TU" / "WE" / "TH" / "FR" / "SA" ;Corresponding to SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, ;FRIDAY, and SATURDAY days of the week. bymodaylist = ( monthdaynum *("," monthdaynum) ) monthdaynum = [plus / minus] ordmoday ordmoday = 1*2DIGIT ;1 to 31 byyrdaylist = ( yeardaynum *("," yeardaynum) ) yeardaynum = [plus / minus] ordyrday ordyrday = 1*3DIGIT ;1 to 366 bywknolist = ( weeknum *("," weeknum) ) weeknum = [plus / minus] ordwk bymolist = ( monthnum *("," monthnum) ) monthnum = 1*2DIGIT ;1 to 12 bysplist = ( setposday *("," setposday) ) setposday = yeardaynum Description: This value type is a structured value consisting of a list of one or more recurrence grammar parts. Each rule part is defined by a NAME=VALUE pair. The rule parts are separated from each other by the SEMICOLON character (US-ASCII decimal 59). The rule parts are not ordered in any particular sequence. Individual rule parts MUST only be specified once. Note: Compliant applications MUST accept rule parts ordered in any sequence, but to ensure backward compatibility with applications that pre-date this revision of iCalendar the FREQ rule part MUST be the first rule part specified in a RECUR value. The FREQ rule part identifies the type of recurrence rule. This rule part MUST be specified in the recurrence rule. Valid values include SECONDLY, to specify repeating events based on an interval of a second or more; MINUTELY, to specify repeating events based on an interval of a minute or more; HOURLY, to specify repeating events based on an interval of an hour or more; DAILY, to specify repeating events based on an interval of a day or more; WEEKLY, to Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 38] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 specify repeating events based on an interval of a week or more; MONTHLY, to specify repeating events based on an interval of a month or more; and YEARLY, to specify repeating events based on an interval of a year or more. The INTERVAL rule part contains a positive integer representing how often the recurrence rule repeats. The default value is "1", meaning every second for a SECONDLY rule, or every minute for a MINUTELY rule, every hour for an HOURLY rule, every day for a DAILY rule, every week for a WEEKLY rule, every month for a MONTHLY rule and every year for a YEARLY rule. The UNTIL rule part defines a DATE or DATE-TIME value which bounds the recurrence rule in an inclusive manner. If the value specified by UNTIL is synchronized with the specified recurrence, this DATE or DATE-TIME becomes the last instance of the recurrence. The value of the UNTIL rule part MUST have the same value type as the "DTSTART" property. If specified as a DATE-TIME value, then it MUST be specified in a UTC time format. If not present, and the COUNT rule part is also not present, the "RRULE" is considered to repeat forever. The COUNT rule part defines the number of occurrences at which to range-bound the recurrence. The "DTSTART" property value always counts as the first occurrence. The BYSECOND rule part specifies a COMMA character (US-ASCII decimal 44) separated list of seconds within a minute. Valid values are 0 to 60. The BYMINUTE rule part specifies a COMMA character (US-ASCII decimal 44) separated list of minutes within an hour. Valid values are 0 to 59. The BYHOUR rule part specifies a COMMA character (US-ASCII decimal 44) separated list of hours of the day. Valid values are 0 to 23. The BYSECOND, BYMINUTE and BYHOUR rule parts MUST NOT be specified when the associated "DTSTART" property has a DATE value type. These rule parts MUST be ignored in RECUR value that violate the above requirement (e.g., generated by applications that pre-date this revision of iCalendar). The BYDAY rule part specifies a COMMA character (US-ASCII decimal 44) separated list of days of the week; SU indicates Sunday; MO indicates Monday; TU indicates Tuesday; WE indicates Wednesday; TH indicates Thursday; FR indicates Friday; SA indicates Saturday. Each BYDAY value can also be preceded by a positive (+n) or negative (-n) integer. If present, this indicates the nth occurrence of the specific day within the MONTHLY or YEARLY "RRULE". For example, within a MONTHLY rule, +1MO (or simply 1MO) Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 39] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 represents the first Monday within the month, whereas -1MO represents the last Monday of the month. If an integer modifier is not present, it means all days of this type within the specified frequency. For example, within a MONTHLY rule, MO represents all Mondays within the month. The BYMONTHDAY rule part specifies a COMMA character (US-ASCII decimal 44) separated list of days of the month. Valid values are 1 to 31 or -31 to -1. For example, -10 represents the tenth to the last day of the month. The BYYEARDAY rule part specifies a COMMA character (US-ASCII decimal 44) separated list of days of the year. Valid values are 1 to 366 or -366 to -1. For example, -1 represents the last day of the year (December 31st) and -306 represents the 306th to the last day of the year (March 1st). The BYWEEKNO rule part specifies a COMMA character (US-ASCII decimal 44) separated list of ordinals specifying weeks of the year. Valid values are 1 to 53 or -53 to -1. This corresponds to weeks according to week numbering as defined in [ISO.8601.1988]. A week is defined as a seven day period, starting on the day of the week defined to be the week start (see WKST). Week number one of the calendar year is the first week which contains at least four (4) days in that calendar year. This rule part is only valid for YEARLY rules. For example, 3 represents the third week of the year. Note: Assuming a Monday week start, week 53 can only occur when Thursday is January 1 or if it is a leap year and Wednesday is January 1. The BYMONTH rule part specifies a COMMA character (US-ASCII decimal 44) separated list of months of the year. Valid values are 1 to 12. The WKST rule part specifies the day on which the workweek starts. Valid values are MO, TU, WE, TH, FR, SA and SU. This is significant when a WEEKLY "RRULE" has an interval greater than 1, and a BYDAY rule part is specified. This is also significant when in a YEARLY "RRULE" when a BYWEEKNO rule part is specified. The default value is MO. The BYSETPOS rule part specifies a COMMA character (US-ASCII decimal 44) separated list of values which corresponds to the nth occurrence within the set of events specified by the rule. Valid values are 1 to 366 or -366 to -1. It MUST only be used in conjunction with another BYxxx rule part. For example "the last Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 40] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 work day of the month" could be represented as: FREQ=MONTHLY;BYDAY=MO,TU,WE,TH,FR;BYSETPOS=-1 Each BYSETPOS value can include a positive (+n) or negative (-n) integer. If present, this indicates the nth occurrence of the specific occurrence within the set of occurences specified by the rule. Recurrence rules may generate recurrence instances with invalid date (e.g., February 30) or nonexistent local time (e.g., 1:30 AM on a day where the local time is moved forward by an hour at 1:00 AM). Such recurrence instances MUST be ignored and MUST NOT be counted as part of the recurrence set. Information, not contained in the rule, necessary to determine the various recurrence instance start time and dates are derived from the Start Time ("DTSTART") component attribute. For example, "FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=1" doesn't specify a specific day within the month or a time. This information would be the same as what is specified for "DTSTART". BYxxx rule parts modify the recurrence in some manner. BYxxx rule parts for a period of time which is the same or greater than the frequency generally reduce or limit the number of occurrences of the recurrence generated. For example, "FREQ=DAILY;BYMONTH=1" reduces the number of recurrence instances from all days (if BYMONTH rule part is not present) to all days in January. BYxxx rule parts for a period of time less than the frequency generally increase or expand the number of occurrences of the recurrence. For example, "FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=1,2" increases the number of days within the yearly recurrence set from 1 (if BYMONTH rule part is not present) to 2. If multiple BYxxx rule parts are specified, then after evaluating the specified FREQ and INTERVAL rule parts, the BYxxx rule parts are applied to the current set of evaluated occurrences in the following order: BYMONTH, BYWEEKNO, BYYEARDAY, BYMONTHDAY, BYDAY, BYHOUR, BYMINUTE, BYSECOND and BYSETPOS; then COUNT and UNTIL are evaluated. Here is an example of evaluating multiple BYxxx rule parts. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970105T083000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=2;BYMONTH=1;BYDAY=SU;BYHOUR=8,9; BYMINUTE=30 First, the "INTERVAL=2" would be applied to "FREQ=YEARLY" to Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 41] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 arrive at "every other year". Then, "BYMONTH=1" would be applied to arrive at "every January, every other year". Then, "BYDAY=SU" would be applied to arrive at "every Sunday in January, every other year". Then, "BYHOUR=8,9" would be applied to arrive at "every Sunday in January at 8 AM and 9 AM, every other year". Then, "BYMINUTE=30" would be applied to arrive at "every Sunday in January at 8:30 AM and 9:30 AM, every other year". Then, lacking information from "RRULE", the second is derived from "DTSTART", to end up in "every Sunday in January at 8:30:00 AM and 9:30:00 AM, every other year". Similarly, if the BYMINUTE, BYHOUR, BYDAY, BYMONTHDAY or BYMONTH rule part were missing, the appropriate minute, hour, day or month would have been retrieved from the "DTSTART" property. No additional content value encoding (i.e., BACKSLASH character encoding) is defined for this value type. Example: The following is a rule which specifies 10 occurences which occur every other day: FREQ=DAILY;COUNT=10;INTERVAL=2 There are other examples specified in Section 3.8.5.3. 3.3.11. Text Value Name: TEXT Purpose: This value type is used to identify values that contain human readable text. Format Definition: This value type is defined by the following notation. text = *(TSAFE-CHAR / ":" / DQUOTE / ESCAPED-CHAR) ; Folded according to description above ESCAPED-CHAR = ("\\" / "\;" / "\," / "\N" / "\n") ; \\ encodes \, \N or \n encodes newline ; \; encodes ;, \, encodes , TSAFE-CHAR = %x20-21 / %x23-2B / %x2D-39 / %x3C-5B / %x5D-7E / NON-US-ASCII ; Any character except CTLs not needed by the current ; character set, DQUOTE, ";", ":", "\", "," Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 42] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Description: If the property permits, multiple TEXT values are specified by a COMMA character (US-ASCII decimal 44) separated list of values. The language in which the text is represented can be controlled by the "LANGUAGE" property parameter. An intentional formatted text line break MUST only be included in a "TEXT" property value by representing the line break with the character sequence of BACKSLASH (US-ASCII decimal 92), followed by a LATIN SMALL LETTER N (US-ASCII decimal 110) or a LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N (US-ASCII decimal 78), that is "\n" or "\N". The "TEXT" property values may also contain special characters that are used to signify delimiters, such as a COMMA character for lists of values or a SEMICOLON character for structured values. In order to support the inclusion of these special characters in "TEXT" property values, they MUST be escaped with a BACKSLASH character. A BACKSLASH character (US-ASCII decimal 92) in a "TEXT" property value MUST be escaped with another BACKSLASH character. A COMMA character in a "TEXT" property value MUST be escaped with a BACKSLASH character (US-ASCII decimal 92). A SEMICOLON character in a "TEXT" property value MUST be escaped with a BACKSLASH character (US-ASCII decimal 92). However, a COLON character in a "TEXT" property value SHALL NOT be escaped with a BACKSLASH character. Example: A multiple line value of: Project XYZ Final Review Conference Room - 3B Come Prepared. would be represented as: Project XYZ Final Review\nConference Room - 3B\nCome Prepared. 3.3.12. Time Value Name: TIME Purpose: This value type is used to identify values that contain a time of day. Format Definition: This value type is defined by the following notation: Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 43] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 time = time-hour time-minute time-second [time-utc] time-hour = 2DIGIT ;00-23 time-minute = 2DIGIT ;00-59 time-second = 2DIGIT ;00-60 ;The "60" value is used to account for positive "leap" seconds. time-utc = "Z" Description: If the property permits, multiple "time" values are specified by a COMMA character (US-ASCII decimal 44) separated list of values. No additional content value encoding (i.e., BACKSLASH character encoding) is defined for this value type. The "TIME" value type is used to identify values that contain a time of day. The format is based on the [ISO.8601.1988] complete representation, basic format for a time of day. The text format consists of a two-digit 24-hour of the day (i.e., values 00-23), two-digit minute in the hour (i.e., values 00-59), and two-digit seconds in the minute (i.e., values 00-60). The seconds value of 60 MUST only be used to account for positive "leap" seconds. Fractions of a second are not supported by this format. In parallel to the "DATE-TIME" definition above, the "TIME" value type expresses time values in three forms: The form of time with UTC offset MUST NOT be used. For example, the following is not valid for a time value: 230000-0800 ;Invalid time format FORM #1 LOCAL TIME The local time form is simply a time value that does not contain the UTC designator nor does it reference a time zone. For example, 11:00 PM: 230000 Time values of this type are said to be "floating" and are not bound to any time zone in particular. They are used to represent the same hour, minute, and second value regardless of which time zone is currently being observed. For example, an event can be defined that indicates that an individual will be busy from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM every day, no matter which time zone the person is in. In these cases, a local time can be specified. The recipient of an iCalendar object with a property value consisting of a local time, without any relative time zone information, SHOULD interpret Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 44] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 the value as being fixed to whatever time zone the "ATTENDEE" is in at any given moment. This means that two "Attendees", may participate in the same event at different UTC times; floating time SHOULD only be used where that is reasonable behavior. In most cases, a fixed time is desired. To properly communicate a fixed time in a property value, either UTC time or local time with time zone reference MUST be specified. The use of local time in a TIME value without the "TZID" property parameter is to be interpreted as a local time value, regardless of the existence of "VTIMEZONE" calendar components in the iCalendar object. FORM #2: UTC TIME UTC time, or absolute time, is identified by a LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z suffix character (US-ASCII decimal 90), the UTC designator, appended to the time value. For example, the following represents 07:00 AM UTC: 070000Z The "TZID" property parameter MUST NOT be applied to TIME properties whose time values are specified in UTC. FORM #3: LOCAL TIME AND TIME ZONE REFERENCE The local time with reference to time zone information form is identified by the use the "TZID" property parameter to reference the appropriate time zone definition. "TZID" is discussed in detail in Section 3.2.18. Example: The following represents 8:30 AM in New York in Winter, five hours behind UTC, in each of the three formats : 083000 133000Z TZID=America/New_York:083000 3.3.13. URI Value Name: URI Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 45] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Purpose: This value type is used to identify values that contain a uniform resource identifier (URI) type of reference to the property value. Format Definition: This value type is defined by the following notation: uri = Description: This value type might be used to reference binary information, for values that are large, or otherwise undesirable to include directly in the iCalendar object. Property values with this value type MUST follow the generic URI syntax defined in [RFC3986]. When a property parameter value is a URI value type, the URI MUST be specified as a quoted-string value. No additional content value encoding (i.e., BACKSLASH character encoding) is defined for this value type. Example: The following is a URI for a network file: http://example.com/my-report.txt 3.3.14. UTC Offset Value Name: UTC-OFFSET Purpose: This value type is used to identify properties that contain an offset from UTC to local time. Format Definition: This value type is defined by the following notation: utc-offset = time-numzone time-numzone = ("+" / "-") time-hour time-minute [time-second] Description: The PLUS SIGN (US-ASCII decimal 43) character MUST be specified for positive UTC offsets (i.e., ahead of UTC). The HYPHEN-MINUS character (US-ASCII decimal 45) MUST be specified for negative UTC offsets (i.e., behind of UTC). The value of "-0000" and "-000000" are not allowed. The time-second, if present, MUST NOT be 60; if absent, it defaults to zero. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 46] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 No additional content value encoding (i.e., BACKSLASH character encoding) is defined for this value type. Example: The following UTC offsets are given for standard time for New York (five hours behind UTC) and Geneva (one hour ahead of UTC): -0500 +0100 3.4. iCalendar Object The Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object is a collection of calendaring and scheduling information. Typically, this information will consist of an iCalendar stream with a single iCalendar object. However, multiple iCalendar objects can be sequentially grouped together in an iCalendar stream. The first line and last line of the iCalendar object MUST contain a pair of iCalendar object delimiter strings. The syntax for an iCalendar stream is as follows: icalstream = 1*icalobject icalobject = "BEGIN" ":" "VCALENDAR" CRLF icalbody "END" ":" "VCALENDAR" CRLF The following is a simple example of an iCalendar object: BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:19970610T172345Z-AF23B2@example.com DTSTAMP:19970610T172345Z DTSTART:19970714T170000Z DTEND:19970715T035959Z SUMMARY:Bastille Day Party END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR 3.5. Property A property is the definition of an individual attribute describing a calendar object or a calendar component. A property takes the form defined by the "contentline" notation defined in Section 3.1. The following is an example of a property: Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 47] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 DTSTART:19960415T133000Z This memo imposes no ordering of properties within an iCalendar object. Property names, parameter names and enumerated parameter values are case insensitive. For example, the property name "DUE" is the same as "due" and "Due", DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19980714T120000 is the same as DtStart;TzID=America/New_York:19980714T120000. 3.6. Calendar Components The body of the iCalendar object consists of a sequence of calendar properties and one or more calendar components. The calendar properties are attributes that apply to the calendar object as a whole. The calendar components are collections of properties that express a particular calendar semantic. For example, the calendar component can specify an event, a to-do, a journal entry, time zone information, free/busy time information, or an alarm. The body of the iCalendar object is defined by the following notation: Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 48] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 icalbody = calprops component calprops = *( ; the following are REQUIRED, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once prodid / version / ; the following are OPTIONAL, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once calscale / method / ; the following are OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once x-prop / iana-prop ) component = 1*(eventc / todoc / journalc / freebusyc / timezonec / iana-comp / x-comp) iana-comp = "BEGIN" ":" iana-token CRLF 1*contentline "END" ":" iana-token CRLF x-comp = "BEGIN" ":" x-name CRLF 1*contentline "END" ":" x-name CRLF An iCalendar object MUST include the "PRODID" and "VERSION" calendar properties. In addition, it MUST include at least one calendar component. Special forms of iCalendar objects are possible to publish just busy time (i.e., only a "VFREEBUSY" calendar component) or time zone (i.e., only a "VTIMEZONE" calendar component) information. In addition, a complex iCalendar object that is used to capture a complete snapshot of the contents of a calendar is possible (e.g., composite of many different calendar components). More commonly, an iCalendar object will consist of just a single "VEVENT", "VTODO" or "VJOURNAL" calendar component. 3.6.1. Event Component Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 49] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Component Name: VEVENT Purpose: Provide a grouping of component properties that describe an event. Format Definition: A "VEVENT" calendar component is defined by the following notation: eventc = "BEGIN" ":" "VEVENT" CRLF eventprop *alarmc "END" ":" "VEVENT" CRLF eventprop = *( ; the following are REQUIRED, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once dtstamp / dtstart / uid / ; the following are OPTIONAL, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once class / created / description / geo / last-mod / location / organizer / priority / seq / status / summary / transp / url / recurid / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; but SHOULD NOT occur more than once rrule / ; either 'dtend' or 'duration' MAY appear in ; a 'eventprop', but 'dtend' and 'duration' ; MUST NOT occur in the same 'eventprop' dtend / duration / ; the following are OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once attach / attendee / categories / comment / contact / exdate / rstatus / related / resources / rdate / x-prop / iana-prop ) Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 50] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Description: A "VEVENT" calendar component is a grouping of component properties, and possibly including "VALARM" calendar components, that represents a scheduled amount of time on a calendar. For example, it can be an activity; such as a one-hour long, department meeting from 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM, tomorrow. Generally, an event will take up time on an individual calendar. Hence, the event will appear as an opaque interval in a search for busy time. Alternately, the event can have its Time Transparency set to "TRANSPARENT" in order to prevent blocking of the event in searches for busy time. The "VEVENT" is also the calendar component used to specify an anniversary or daily reminder within a calendar. These events have a DATE value type for the "DTSTART" property instead of the default value type of DATE-TIME. If such a "VEVENT" has a "DTEND" property, it MUST be specified as a DATE value also. The anniversary type of "VEVENT" can span more than one date (i.e., "DTEND" property value is set to a calendar date after the "DTSTART" property value). If such a "VEVENT" has a "DURATION" property, it MUST be specified as a "dur-day" or "dur-week" value. The "DTSTART" property for a "VEVENT" specifies the inclusive start of the event. For recurring events, it also specifies the very first instance in the recurrence set. The "DTEND" property for a "VEVENT" calendar component specifies the non-inclusive end of the event. For cases where a "VEVENT" calendar component specifies a "DTSTART" property with a DATE value type but no "DTEND" nor DURATION property, the event's duration is taken to be one day. For cases where a "VEVENT" calendar component specifies a "DTSTART" property with a DATE-TIME value type but no "DTEND" property, the event ends on the same calendar date and time of day specified by the "DTSTART" property. The "VEVENT" calendar component cannot be nested within another calendar component. However, "VEVENT" calendar components can be related to each other or to a "VTODO" or to a "VJOURNAL" calendar component with the "RELATED-TO" property. Example: The following is an example of the "VEVENT" calendar component used to represent a meeting that will also be opaque to searches for busy time: Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 51] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 BEGIN:VEVENT UID:19970901T130000Z-123401@example.com DTSTAMP:19970901T130000Z DTSTART:19970903T163000Z DTEND:19970903T190000Z SUMMARY:Annual Employee Review CLASS:PRIVATE CATEGORIES:BUSINESS,HUMAN RESOURCES END:VEVENT The following is an example of the "VEVENT" calendar component used to represent a reminder that will not be opaque, but rather transparent, to searches for busy time: BEGIN:VEVENT UID:19970901T130000Z-123402@example.com DTSTAMP:19970901T130000Z DTSTART:19970401T163000Z DTEND:19970402T010000Z SUMMARY:Laurel is in sensitivity awareness class. CLASS:PUBLIC CATEGORIES:BUSINESS,HUMAN RESOURCES TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT The following is an example of the "VEVENT" calendar component used to represent an anniversary that will occur annually. BEGIN:VEVENT UID:19970901T130000Z-123403@example.com DTSTAMP:19970901T130000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19971102 SUMMARY:Our Blissful Anniversary TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CLASS:CONFIDENTIAL CATEGORIES:ANNIVERSARY,PERSONAL,SPECIAL OCCASION RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY END:VEVENT 3.6.2. To-do Component Component Name: VTODO Purpose: Provide a grouping of calendar properties that describe a to-do. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 52] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Format Definition: A "VTODO" calendar component is defined by the following notation: todoc = "BEGIN" ":" "VTODO" CRLF todoprop *alarmc "END" ":" "VTODO" CRLF todoprop = *( ; the following are REQUIRED, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once dtstamp / uid / ; the following are OPTIONAL, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once class / completed / created / description / dtstart / geo / last-mod / location / organizer / percent / priority / recurid / seq / status / summary / url / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; but SHOULD NOT occur more than once rrule / ; either 'due' or 'duration' MAY appear in ; a 'todoprop', but 'due' and 'duration' ; MUST NOT occur in the same 'todoprop'. ; If 'duration' appear in a 'todoprop', ; then 'dtstart' MUST also appear in ' the same 'todoprop'. due / duration / ; the following are OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once attach / attendee / categories / comment / contact / exdate / rstatus / related / resources / rdate / x-prop / iana-prop ) Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 53] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Description: A "VTODO" calendar component is a grouping of component properties and possibly "VALARM" calendar components that represent an action-item or assignment. For example, it can be used to represent an item of work assigned to an individual; such as "turn in travel expense today". The "VTODO" calendar component cannot be nested within another calendar component. However, "VTODO" calendar components can be related to each other or to a "VEVENT" or to a "VJOURNAL" calendar component with the "RELATED-TO" property. A "VTODO" calendar component without the "DTSTART" and "DUE" (or "DURATION") properties specifies a to-do that will be associated with each successive calendar date, until it is completed. Example: The following is an example of a "VTODO" calendar component: BEGIN:VTODO UID:19970901T130000Z-123404@example.com DTSTAMP:19970901T130000Z DTSTART:19970415T133000Z DUE:19970416T045959Z SUMMARY:1996 Income Tax Preparation CLASS:CONFIDENTIAL CATEGORIES:FAMILY,FINANCE PRIORITY:1 STATUS:NEEDS-ACTION END:VTODO 3.6.3. Journal Component Component Name: VJOURNAL Purpose: Provide a grouping of component properties that describe a journal entry. Format Definition: A "VJOURNAL" calendar component is defined by the following notation: Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 54] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 journalc = "BEGIN" ":" "VJOURNAL" CRLF jourprop "END" ":" "VJOURNAL" CRLF jourprop = *( ; the following are REQUIRED, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once dtstamp / uid / ; the following are OPTIONAL, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once class / created / dtstart / last-mod / organizer / recurid / seq / status / summary / url / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; but SHOULD NOT occur more than once rrule / ; the following are OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once attach / attendee / categories / comment / contact / description / exdate / related / rdate / rstatus / x-prop / iana-prop ) Description: A "VJOURNAL" calendar component is a grouping of component properties that represent one or more descriptive text notes associated with a particular calendar date. The "DTSTART" property is used to specify the calendar date that the journal entry is associated with. Generally, it will have a DATE value data type, but it can also be used to specify a DATE-TIME value data type. Examples of a journal entry include a daily record of a legislative body or a journal entry of individual telephone contacts for the day or an ordered list of accomplishments for the day. The "VJOURNAL" calendar component can also be used to associate a document with a calendar date. The "VJOURNAL" calendar component does not take up time on a calendar. Hence, it does not play a role in free or busy time searches -- it is as though it has a time transparency value of TRANSPARENT. It is transparent to any such searches. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 55] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 The "VJOURNAL" calendar component cannot be nested within another calendar component. However, "VJOURNAL" calendar components can be related to each other or to a "VEVENT" or to a "VTODO" calendar component, with the "RELATED-TO" property. Example: The following is an example of the "VJOURNAL" calendar component: BEGIN:VJOURNAL UID:19970901T130000Z-123405@example.com DTSTAMP:19970901T130000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19970317 SUMMARY:Staff meeting minutes DESCRIPTION:1. Staff meeting: Participants include Joe\, Lisa and Bob. Aurora project plans were reviewed. There is currentl y no budget reserves for this project. Lisa will escalate to management. Next meeting on Tuesday.\n 2. Telephone Conference: ABC Corp. sales representative called to discuss new printer. Promised to get us a demo by Friday.\n 3. Henry Miller (Handsoff Insurance): Car was totaled by tree. Is looking into a loaner car. 555-2323 (tel). END:VJOURNAL 3.6.4. Free/Busy Component Component Name: VFREEBUSY Purpose: Provide a grouping of component properties that describe either a request for free/busy time, describe a response to a request for free/busy time or describe a published set of busy time. Format Definition: A "VFREEBUSY" calendar component is defined by the following notation: Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 56] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 freebusyc = "BEGIN" ":" "VFREEBUSY" CRLF fbprop "END" ":" "VFREEBUSY" CRLF fbprop = *( ; the following are REQUIRED, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once dtstamp / uid / ; the following are OPTIONAL, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once contact / dtstart / dtend / duration / dtstamp / organizer / uid / url / ; the following are OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once attendee / comment / freebusy / rstatus / x-prop / iana-prop ) Description: A "VFREEBUSY" calendar component is a grouping of component properties that represents either a request for, a reply to a request for free or busy time information or a published set of busy time information. When used to request free/busy time information, the "ATTENDEE" property specifies the calendar users whose free/busy time is being requested; the "ORGANIZER" property specifies the calendar user who is requesting the free/busy time; the "DTSTART" and "DTEND" properties specify the window of time for which the free/ busy time is being requested; the "UID" and "DTSTAMP" properties are specified to assist in proper sequencing of multiple free/busy time requests. When used to reply to a request for free/busy time, the "ATTENDEE" property specifies the calendar user responding to the free/busy time request; the "ORGANIZER" property specifies the calendar user that originally requested the free/busy time; the "FREEBUSY" property specifies the free/busy time information (if it exists); and the "UID" and "DTSTAMP" properties are specified to assist in proper sequencing of multiple free/busy time replies. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 57] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 When used to publish busy time, the "ORGANIZER" property specifies the calendar user associated with the published busy time; the "DTSTART" and "DTEND" properties specify an inclusive time window that surrounds the busy time information; the "FREEBUSY" property specifies the published busy time information; and the "DTSTAMP" property specifies the date/time that iCalendar object was created. The "VFREEBUSY" calendar component cannot be nested within another calendar component. Multiple "VFREEBUSY" calendar components can be specified within an iCalendar object. This permits the grouping of Free/Busy information into logical collections, such as monthly groups of busy time information. The "VFREEBUSY" calendar component is intended for use in iCalendar object methods involving requests for free time, requests for busy time, requests for both free and busy, and the associated replies. Free/Busy information is represented with the "FREEBUSY" property. This property provides a terse representation of time periods. One or more "FREEBUSY" properties can be specified in the "VFREEBUSY" calendar component. When present in a "VFREEBUSY" calendar component, the "DTSTART" and "DTEND" properties SHOULD be specified prior to any "FREEBUSY" properties. In a free time request, these properties can be used in combination with the "DURATION" property to represent a request for a duration of free time within a specified window of time. The recurrence properties ("RRULE", "RDATE", "EXDATE") are not permitted within a "VFREEBUSY" calendar component. Any recurring events are resolved into their individual busy time periods using the "FREEBUSY" property. Example: The following is an example of a "VFREEBUSY" calendar component used to request free or busy time information: BEGIN:VFREEBUSY UID:19970901T082949Z-FA43EF@example.com ORGANIZER:mailto:jane_doe@example.com ATTENDEE:mailto:john_public@example.com DTSTART:19971015T050000Z DTEND:19971016T050000Z DTSTAMP:19970901T083000Z END:VFREEBUSY Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 58] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 The following is an example of a "VFREEBUSY" calendar component used to reply to the request with busy time information: BEGIN:VFREEBUSY UID:19970901T095957Z-76A912@example.com ORGANIZER:mailto:jane_doe@example.com ATTENDEE:mailto:john_public@example.com DTSTAMP:19970901T100000Z FREEBUSY:19971015T050000Z/PT8H30M, 19971015T160000Z/PT5H30M,19971015T223000Z/PT6H30M URL:http://example.com/pub/busy/jpublic-01.ifb COMMENT:This iCalendar file contains busy time information for the next three months. END:VFREEBUSY The following is an example of a "VFREEBUSY" calendar component used to publish busy time information. BEGIN:VFREEBUSY UID:19970901T115957Z-76A912@example.com DTSTAMP:19970901T120000Z ORGANIZER:jsmith@example.com DTSTART:19980313T141711Z DTEND:19980410T141711Z FREEBUSY:19980314T233000Z/19980315T003000Z FREEBUSY:19980316T153000Z/19980316T163000Z FREEBUSY:19980318T030000Z/19980318T040000Z URL:http://www.example.com/calendar/busytime/jsmith.ifb END:VFREEBUSY 3.6.5. Time Zone Component Component Name: VTIMEZONE Purpose: Provide a grouping of component properties that defines a time zone. Format Definition: A "VTIMEZONE" calendar component is defined by the following notation: timezonec = "BEGIN" ":" "VTIMEZONE" CRLF *( ; 'tzid' is REQUIRED, but MUST NOT occur more ; than once tzid / Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 59] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 ; 'last-mod' and 'tzurl' are OPTIONAL, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once last-mod / tzurl / ; one of 'standardc' or 'daylightc' MUST occur ; and each MAY occur more than once. standardc / daylightc / ; the following are OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once x-prop / iana-prop ) "END" ":" "VTIMEZONE" CRLF standardc = "BEGIN" ":" "STANDARD" CRLF tzprop "END" ":" "STANDARD" CRLF daylightc = "BEGIN" ":" "DAYLIGHT" CRLF tzprop "END" ":" "DAYLIGHT" CRLF tzprop = *( ; the following are REQUIRED, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once dtstart / tzoffsetto / tzoffsetfrom / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; but SHOULD NOT occur more than once rrule / ; the following are OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once comment / rdate / tzname / x-prop / iana-prop ) Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 60] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Description: A time zone is unambiguously defined by the set of time measurement rules determined by the governing body for a given geographic area. These rules describe at a minimum the base offset from UTC for the time zone, often referred to as the Standard Time offset. Many locations adjust their Standard Time forward or backward by one hour, in order to accommodate seasonal changes in number of daylight hours, often referred to as Daylight Saving Time. Some locations adjust their time by a fraction of an hour. Standard Time is also known as Winter Time. Daylight Saving Time is also known as Advanced Time, Summer Time, or Legal Time in certain countries. The following table shows the changes in time zone rules in effect for New York City starting from 1967. Each line represents a description or rule for a particular observance. Effective Observance Rule +-----------+--------------------------+--------+--------------+ | Date | (Date/Time) | Offset | Abbreviation | +-----------+--------------------------+--------+--------------+ | 1967-2006 | last Sun in Oct, 02:00 | -0500 | EST | | 1967-1973 | last Sun in Apr, 02:00 | -0400 | EDT | | 1974-1974 | Jan 6, 02:00 | -0400 | EDT | | 1975-1975 | Feb 23, 02:00 | -0400 | EDT | | 1976-1986 | last Sun in Apr, 02:00 | -0400 | EDT | | 1987-2006 | first Sun in Apr, 02:00 | -0400 | EDT | | 2007-* | first Sun in Nov, 02:00 | -0500 | EST | | 2007-* | second Sun in Mar, 02:00 | -0400 | EDT | +-----------+--------------------------+--------+--------------+ Note: The specification of a global time zone registry is not addressed by this document and is left for future study. However, implementers may find the TZ database [TZDB] a useful reference. It is an informal, public-domain collection of time zone information, which is currently being maintained by volunteer Internet participants, and is used in several operating systems. This database contains current and historical time zone information for a wide variety of locations around the globe; it provides a time zone identifier for every unique time zone rule set in actual use since 1970, with historical data going back to the introduction of standard time. Interoperability between two calendaring and scheduling applications, especially for recurring events, to-dos or journal entries, is dependent on the ability to capture and convey date and time information in an unambiguous format. The specification of current time zone information is integral to this behavior. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 61] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 If present, the "VTIMEZONE" calendar component defines the set of Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time observances (or rules) for a particular time zone for a given interval of time. The "VTIMEZONE" calendar component cannot be nested within other calendar components. Multiple "VTIMEZONE" calendar components can exist in an iCalendar object. In this situation, each "VTIMEZONE" MUST represent a unique time zone definition. This is necessary for some classes of events, such as airline flights, that start in one time zone and end in another. The "VTIMEZONE" calendar component MUST include the "TZID" property and at least one definition of a "STANDARD" or "DAYLIGHT" sub-component. The "STANDARD" or "DAYLIGHT" subcomponent MUST include the "DTSTART", "TZOFFSETFROM" and "TZOFFSETTO" properties. An individual "VTIMEZONE" calendar component MUST be specified for each unique "TZID" parameter value specified in the iCalendar object. In addition, a "VTIMEZONE" calendar component, referred to by a recurring calendar component, MUST provide valid time zone information for all recurrence instances. Each "VTIMEZONE" calendar component consists of a collection of one or more sub-components that describe the rule for a particular observance (either a Standard Time or a Daylight Saving Time observance). The "STANDARD" sub-component consists of a collection of properties that describe Standard Time. The "DAYLIGHT" sub-component consists of a collection of properties that describe Daylight Saving Time. In general this collection of properties consists of: * the first onset date-time for the observance; * the last onset date-time for the observance, if a last onset is known; * the offset to be applied for the observance; * a rule that describes the day and time when the observance takes effect; * an optional name for the observance. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 62] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 For a given time zone, there may be multiple unique definitions of the observances over a period of time. Each observance is described using either a "STANDARD" or "DAYLIGHT" sub-component. The collection of these sub-components is used to describe the time zone for a given period of time. The offset to apply at any given time is found by locating the observance that has the last onset date and time before the time in question, and using the offset value from that observance. The top-level properties in a "VTIMEZONE" calendar component are: The mandatory "TZID" property is a text value that uniquely identifies the "VTIMEZONE" calendar component within the scope of an iCalendar object. The optional "LAST-MODIFIED" property is a UTC value that specifies the date and time that this time zone definition was last updated. The optional "TZURL" property is a url value that points to a published "VTIMEZONE" definition. "TZURL" SHOULD refer to a resource that is accessible by anyone who might need to interpret the object. This SHOULD NOT normally be a "file" URL or other URL that is not widely-accessible. The collection of properties that are used to define the "STANDARD" and "DAYLIGHT" sub-components include: The mandatory "DTSTART" property gives the effective onset date and local time for the time zone sub-component definition. "DTSTART" in this usage MUST be specified as a local DATE-TIME value. The mandatory "TZOFFSETFROM" property gives the UTC offset which is in use when the onset of this time zone observance begins. "TZOFFSETFROM" is combined with "DTSTART" to define the effective onset for the time zone sub-component definition. For example, the following represents the time at which the observance of Standard Time took effect in Fall 1967 for New York City: DTSTART:19671029T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 The mandatory "TZOFFSETTO" property gives the UTC offset for the time zone sub-component (Standard Time or Daylight Saving Time) when this observance is in use. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 63] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 The optional "TZNAME" property is the customary name for the time zone. It may be specified multiple times, to allow for specifying multiple language variants of the time zone names. This could be used for displaying dates. If specified, the onset for the observance defined by the time zone sub-component is defined by either the "RRULE" or "RDATE" property. If neither is specified, only one sub-component can be specified in the "VTIMEZONE" calendar component and it is assumed that the single observance specified is always in effect. The "RRULE" property defines the recurrence rule for the onset of the observance defined by this time zone sub-component. Some specific requirements for the usage of "RRULE" for this purpose include: * If observance is known to have an effective end date, the "UNTIL" recurrence rule parameter MUST be used to specify the last valid onset of this observance (i.e., the UNTIL date-time will be equal to the last instance generated by the recurrence pattern). It MUST be specified in UTC time. * The "DTSTART" and the "TZOFFSETFROM" properties MUST be used when generating the onset date-time values (instances) from the "RRULE". Alternatively, the "RDATE" property can be used to define the onset of the observance by giving the individual onset date and times. "RDATE" in this usage MUST be specified as a local DATE- TIME value . The optional "COMMENT" property is also allowed for descriptive explanatory text. Example: The following are examples of the "VTIMEZONE" calendar component: This is an example showing all the time zone rules for New York City since April 30, 1967 at 03:00:00 EDT. BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York LAST-MODIFIED:20050809T050000Z BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19671029T020000 Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 64] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU;UNTIL=20061029T060000Z END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19670430T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=4;BYDAY=-1SU;UNTIL=19730429T070000Z END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19740106T020000 RDATE:19750223T020000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19760425T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=4;BYDAY=-1SU;UNTIL=19860427T070000Z END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19870405T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=4;BYDAY=1SU;UNTIL=20060402T070000Z END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 65] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 This is an example showing time zone information for New York City using "RDATE" property. Note that this is only suitable for a recurring event that starts on or later than March 11, 2007 at 03: 00:00 EDT (i.e., the earliest effective transition date and time) and ends no later than April 7, 1998 02:00:00 EST (i.e., latest valid date and time for EST in this scenario). For example, this can be used for a recurring event that occurs every Friday, 8:00 A.M.-9:00 A.M., starting June 1, 1997, ending December 31, 1997. BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York LAST-MODIFIED:19870101T000000Z BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19971026T020000 RDATE:19971026T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:19970406T020000 RDATE:19970406T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE This is a simple example showing the current time zone rules for the Eastern United States using a "RRULE" recurrence pattern. Note that there is no effective end date to either of the Standard Time or Daylight Time rules. This information would be valid for a recurring event starting today and continuing indefinitely. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 66] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York LAST-MODIFIED:19870101T000000Z TZURL:http://zones.example.com/tz/America-New_York.ics BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19671029T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:19870405T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=4 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE This is an example showing a fictitious set of rules for the Eastern United States, where the Daylight Time rule has an effective end date (i.e., after that date, Daylight Time is no longer observed). BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Fictitious--America/New_York LAST-MODIFIED:19870101T000000Z BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19671029T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:19870405T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=4;UNTIL=19980404T070000Z TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 67] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 This is an example showing a fictitious set of rules for the Eastern United States, where the first Daylight Time rule has an effective end date. There is a second Daylight Time rule that picks up where the other left off. BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Fictitious--America/New_York LAST-MODIFIED:19870101T000000Z BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19671029T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:19870405T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=4;UNTIL=19980404T070000Z TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:19990424T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=4 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE 3.6.6. Alarm Component Component Name: VALARM Purpose: Provide a grouping of component properties that define an alarm. Format Definition: A "VALARM" calendar component is defined by the following notation: alarmc = "BEGIN" ":" "VALARM" CRLF (audioprop / dispprop / emailprop / procprop) "END" ":" "VALARM" CRLF audioprop = *( ; 'action' and 'trigger' are both REQUIRED, Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 68] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 ; but MUST NOT occur more than once action / trigger / ; 'duration' and 'repeat' are both OPTIONAL, ; and MUST NOT occur more than once each, ; but if one occurs, so MUST the other duration / repeat / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once attach / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once x-prop / iana-prop ) dispprop = *( ; the following are REQUIRED, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once action / description / trigger / ; 'duration' and 'repeat' are both OPTIONAL, ; and MUST NOT occur more than once each, ; but if one occurs, so MUST the other duration / repeat / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once x-prop / iana-prop ) emailprop = *( ; the following are all REQUIRED, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once action / description / trigger / summary / Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 69] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 ; the following is REQUIRED, ; and MAY occur more than once attendee / ; 'duration' and 'repeat' are both OPTIONAL, ; and MUST NOT occur more than once each, ; but if one occurs, so MUST the other duration / repeat / ; the following are OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once attach / x-prop / iana-prop ) procprop = *( ; the following are all REQUIRED, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once action / attach / trigger / ; 'duration' and 'repeat' are both OPTIONAL, ; and MUST NOT occur more than once each, ; but if one occurs, so MUST the other duration / repeat / ; 'description' is OPTIONAL, ; and MUST NOT occur more than once description / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once x-prop / iana-prop ) Description: A "VALARM" calendar component is a grouping of component properties that is a reminder or alarm for an event or a to-do. For example, it may be used to define a reminder for a pending event or an overdue to-do. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 70] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 The "VALARM" calendar component MUST include the "ACTION" and "TRIGGER" properties. The "ACTION" property further constrains the "VALARM" calendar component in the following ways: When the action is "AUDIO", the alarm can also include one and only one "ATTACH" property, which MUST point to a sound resource, which is rendered when the alarm is triggered. When the action is "DISPLAY", the alarm MUST also include a "DESCRIPTION" property, which contains the text to be displayed when the alarm is triggered. When the action is "EMAIL", the alarm MUST include a "DESCRIPTION" property, which contains the text to be used as the message body, a "SUMMARY" property, which contains the text to be used as the message subject, and one or more "ATTENDEE" properties, which contain the email address of attendees to receive the message. It can also include one or more "ATTACH" properties, which are intended to be sent as message attachments. When the alarm is triggered, the email message is sent. The "VALARM" calendar component MUST only appear within either a "VEVENT" or "VTODO" calendar component. "VALARM" calendar components cannot be nested. Multiple mutually independent "VALARM" calendar components can be specified for a single "VEVENT" or "VTODO" calendar component. The "TRIGGER" property specifies when the alarm will be triggered. The "TRIGGER" property specifies a duration prior to the start of an event or a to-do. The "TRIGGER" edge may be explicitly set to be relative to the "START" or "END" of the event or to-do with the "RELATED" parameter of the "TRIGGER" property. The "TRIGGER" property value type can alternatively be set to an absolute calendar date with UTC time. In an alarm set to trigger on the "START" of an event or to-do, the "DTSTART" property MUST be present in the associated event or to-do. In an alarm in a "VEVENT" calendar component set to trigger on the "END" of the event, either the "DTEND" property MUST be present, or the "DTSTART" and "DURATION" properties MUST both be present. In an alarm in a "VTODO" calendar component set to trigger on the "END" of the to-do, either the "DUE" property MUST be present, or the "DTSTART" and "DURATION" properties MUST both be present. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 71] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 The alarm can be defined such that it triggers repeatedly. A definition of an alarm with a repeating trigger MUST include both the "DURATION" and "REPEAT" properties. The "DURATION" property specifies the delay period, after which the alarm will repeat. The "REPEAT" property specifies the number of additional repetitions that the alarm will be triggered. This repetition count is in addition to the initial triggering of the alarm. Both of these properties MUST be present in order to specify a repeating alarm. If one of these two properties is absent, then the alarm will not repeat beyond the initial trigger. The "ACTION" property is used within the "VALARM" calendar component to specify the type of action invoked when the alarm is triggered. The "VALARM" properties provide enough information for a specific action to be invoked. It is typically the responsibility of a "Calendar User Agent" (CUA) to deliver the alarm in the specified fashion. An "ACTION" property value of AUDIO specifies an alarm that causes a sound to be played to alert the user; DISPLAY specifies an alarm that causes a text message to be displayed to the user; and EMAIL specifies an alarm that causes an electronic email message to be delivered to one or more email addresses. In an AUDIO alarm, if the optional "ATTACH" property is included, it MUST specify an audio sound resource. The intention is that the sound will be played as the alarm effect. If an "ATTACH" property is specified that does not refer to a sound resource, or if the specified sound resource cannot be rendered (because its format is unsupported, or because it cannot be retrieved), then the CUA or other entity responsible for playing the sound may choose a fallback action, such as playing a built-in default sound, or playing no sound at all. In a DISPLAY alarm, the intended alarm effect is for the text value of the "DESCRIPTION" property to be displayed to the user. In an EMAIL alarm, the intended alarm effect is for an email message to be composed and delivered to all the addresses specified by the "ATTENDEE" properties in the "VALARM" calendar component. The "DESCRIPTION" property of the "VALARM" calendar component MUST be used as the body text of the message, and the "SUMMARY" property MUST be used as the subject text. Any "ATTACH" properties in the "VALARM" calendar component SHOULD be sent as attachments to the message. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 72] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Example: The following example is for a "VALARM" calendar component that specifies an audio alarm that will sound at a precise time and repeat 4 more times at 15 minute intervals: BEGIN:VALARM TRIGGER;VALUE=DATE-TIME:19970317T133000Z REPEAT:4 DURATION:PT15M ACTION:AUDIO ATTACH;FMTTYPE=audio/basic:ftp://example.com/pub/ sounds/bell-01.aud END:VALARM The following example is for a "VALARM" calendar component that specifies a display alarm that will trigger 30 minutes before the scheduled start of the event or of the to-do it is associated with and will repeat 2 more times at 15 minute intervals: BEGIN:VALARM TRIGGER:-PT30M REPEAT:2 DURATION:PT15M ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:Breakfast meeting with executive\n team at 8:30 AM EST. END:VALARM The following example is for a "VALARM" calendar component that specifies an email alarm that will trigger 2 days before the scheduled due date/time of a to-do it is associated with. It does not repeat. The email has a subject, body and attachment link. BEGIN:VALARM TRIGGER;RELATED=END:-P2D ACTION:EMAIL ATTENDEE:mailto:john_doe@example.com SUMMARY:*** REMINDER: SEND AGENDA FOR WEEKLY STAFF MEETING *** DESCRIPTION:A draft agenda needs to be sent out to the attendees to the weekly managers meeting (MGR-LIST). Attached is a pointer the document template for the agenda file. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=application/msword:http://example.com/ templates/agenda.doc END:VALARM Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 73] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 3.7. Calendar Properties The Calendar Properties are attributes that apply to the iCalendar object, as a whole. These properties do not appear within a calendar component. They SHOULD be specified after the "BEGIN:VCALENDAR" delimiter string and prior to any calendar component. 3.7.1. Calendar Scale Property Name: CALSCALE Purpose: This property defines the calendar scale used for the calendar information specified in the iCalendar object. Value Type: TEXT Property Parameters: IANA and non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: This property can be specified once in an iCalendar object. The default value is "GREGORIAN". Description: This memo is based on the Gregorian calendar scale. The Gregorian calendar scale is assumed if this property is not specified in the iCalendar object. It is expected that other calendar scales will be defined in other specifications or by future versions of this memo. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: calscale = "CALSCALE" calparam ":" calvalue CRLF calparam = *(";" other-param) calvalue = "GREGORIAN" Example: The following is an example of this property: CALSCALE:GREGORIAN 3.7.2. Method Property Name: METHOD Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 74] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Purpose: This property defines the iCalendar object method associated with the calendar object. Value Type: TEXT Property Parameters: IANA and non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: This property can be specified once in an iCalendar object. Description: When used in a MIME message entity, the value of this property MUST be the same as the Content-Type "method" parameter value. If either the "METHOD" property or the Content-Type "method" parameter is specified, then the other MUST also be specified. No methods are defined by this specification. This is the subject of other specifications, such as the iCalendar Transport- independent Interoperability Protocol (iTIP) defined by [I-D.ietf-calsify-2446bis]. If this property is not present in the iCalendar object, then a scheduling transaction MUST NOT be assumed. In such cases, the iCalendar object is merely being used to transport a snapshot of some calendar information; without the intention of conveying a scheduling semantic. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: method = "METHOD" metparam ":" metvalue CRLF metparam = *(";" other-param) metvalue = iana-token Example: The following is a hypothetical example of this property to convey that the iCalendar object is a scheduling request : METHOD:REQUEST 3.7.3. Product Identifier Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 75] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Property Name: PRODID Purpose: This property specifies the identifier for the product that created the iCalendar object. Value Type: TEXT Property Parameters: IANA and non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: The property MUST be specified once in an iCalendar object. Description: The vendor of the implementation SHOULD assure that this is a globally unique identifier; using some technique such as an FPI value, as defined in [ISO.9070.1991]. This property SHOULD not be used to alter the interpretation of an iCalendar object beyond the semantics specified in this memo. For example, it is not to be used to further the understanding of non- standard properties. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: prodid = "PRODID" pidparam ":" pidvalue CRLF pidparam = *(";" other-param) pidvalue = text ;Any text that describes the product and version ;and that is generally assured of being unique. Example: The following is an example of this property. It does not imply that English is the default language. PRODID:-//ABC Corporation//NONSGML My Product//EN 3.7.4. Version Property Name: VERSION Purpose: This property specifies the identifier corresponding to the highest version number or the minimum and maximum range of the iCalendar specification that is required in order to interpret the iCalendar object. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 76] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Value Type: TEXT Property Parameters: IANA and non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: This property MUST be specified once in an iCalendar object. Description: A value of "2.0" corresponds to this memo. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: version = "VERSION" verparam ":" vervalue CRLF verparam = *(";" other-param) vervalue = "2.0" ;This memo / maxver / (minver ";" maxver) minver = ;Minimum iCalendar version needed to parse the iCalendar object maxver = ;Maximum iCalendar version needed to parse the iCalendar object Example: The following is an example of this property: VERSION:2.0 3.8. Component Properties The following properties can appear within calendar components, as specified by each component property definition. 3.8.1. Descriptive Component Properties The following properties specify descriptive information about calendar components. 3.8.1.1. Attachment Property Name: ATTACH Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 77] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Purpose: This property provides the capability to associate a document object with a calendar component. Value Type: The default value type for this property is URI. The value type can also be set to BINARY to indicate inline binary encoded content information. Property Parameters: IANA, non-standard, inline encoding, format type and value data type property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: The property can be specified in a "VEVENT", "VTODO", "VJOURNAL" or "VALARM" calendar components. Description: This property can be specified within "VEVENT", "VTODO", "VJOURNAL", or "VALARM" calendar components. This property can be specified multiple times within an iCalendar object. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: attach = "ATTACH" attachparam ":" uri CRLF / "ATTACH" attachparam ";" "ENCODING" "=" "BASE64" ";" "VALUE" "=" "BINARY" ":" binary attachparam = *( ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once (";" fmttypeparam) / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once (";" other-param) ) Example: The following are examples of this property: ATTACH:CID:jsmith.part3.960817T083000.xyzMail@example.com ATTACH;FMTTYPE=application/postscript:ftp://example.com/pub/ reports/r-960812.ps Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 78] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 3.8.1.2. Categories Property Name: CATEGORIES Purpose: This property defines the categories for a calendar component. Value Type: TEXT Property Parameters: IANA, non-standard, and language property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: The property can be specified within "VEVENT", "VTODO" or "VJOURNAL" calendar components. Description: This property is used to specify categories or subtypes of the calendar component. The categories are useful in searching for a calendar component of a particular type and category. Within the "VEVENT", "VTODO" or "VJOURNAL" calendar components, more than one category can be specified as a list of categories separated by the COMMA character (US-ASCII decimal 44). Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: categories = "CATEGORIES" catparam ":" text *("," text) CRLF catparam = *( ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once (";" languageparam ) / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once (";" other-param) ) Example: The following are examples of this property: CATEGORIES:APPOINTMENT,EDUCATION CATEGORIES:MEETING Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 79] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 3.8.1.3. Classification Property Name: CLASS Purpose: This property defines the access classification for a calendar component. Value Type: TEXT Property Parameters: IANA and non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: The property can be specified once in a "VEVENT", "VTODO" or "VJOURNAL" calendar components. Description: An access classification is only one component of the general security system within a calendar application. It provides a method of capturing the scope of the access the calendar owner intends for information within an individual calendar entry. The access classification of an individual iCalendar component is useful when measured along with the other security components of a calendar system (e.g., calendar user authentication, authorization, access rights, access role, etc.). Hence, the semantics of the individual access classifications cannot be completely defined by this memo alone. Additionally, due to the "blind" nature of most exchange processes using this memo, these access classifications cannot serve as an enforcement statement for a system receiving an iCalendar object. Rather, they provide a method for capturing the intention of the calendar owner for the access to the calendar component. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: class = "CLASS" classparam ":" classvalue CRLF classparam = *(";" other-param) classvalue = "PUBLIC" / "PRIVATE" / "CONFIDENTIAL" / iana-token / x-name ;Default is PUBLIC Example: The following is an example of this property: CLASS:PUBLIC Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 80] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 3.8.1.4. Comment Property Name: COMMENT Purpose: This property specifies non-processing information intended to provide a comment to the calendar user. Value Type: TEXT Property Parameters: IANA, non-standard, alternate text representation and language property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: This property can be specified one or more times in "VEVENT", "VTODO", "VJOURNAL", and "VFREEBUSY" calendar components as well as in the "STANDARD" and "DAYLIGHT" sub-components. Description: The property can be specified multiple times. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: comment = "COMMENT" commparam ":" text CRLF commparam = *( ; the following are OPTIONAL, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once (";" altrepparam) / (";" languageparam) / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once (";" other-param) ) Example: The following is an example of this property: COMMENT:The meeting really needs to include both ourselves and the customer. We can't hold this meeting without them. As a matter of fact\, the venue for the meeting ought to be at their site. - - John Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 81] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 3.8.1.5. Description Property Name: DESCRIPTION Purpose: This property provides a more complete description of the calendar component, than that provided by the "SUMMARY" property. Value Type: TEXT Property Parameters: IANA, non-standard, alternate text representation and language property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: The property can be specified in the "VEVENT", "VTODO", "VJOURNAL" or "VALARM" calendar components. The property can be specified multiple times only within a "VJOURNAL" calendar component. Description: This property is used in the "VEVENT" and "VTODO" to capture lengthy textual decriptions associated with the activity. This property is used in the "VJOURNAL" calendar component to capture one or more textual journal entries. This property is used in the "VALARM" calendar component to capture the display text for a DISPLAY category of alarm, and to capture the body text for an EMAIL category of alarm . Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: description = "DESCRIPTION" descparam ":" text CRLF descparam = *( ; the following are OPTIONAL, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once (";" altrepparam) / (";" languageparam) / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once (";" other-param) ) Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 82] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Example: The following is an example of this property with formatted line breaks in the property value: DESCRIPTION:Meeting to provide technical review for "Phoenix" design.\nHappy Face Conference Room. Phoenix design team MUST attend this meeting.\nRSVP to team leader. 3.8.1.6. Geographic Position Property Name: GEO Purpose: This property specifies information related to the global position for the activity specified by a calendar component. Value Type: FLOAT. The value MUST be two SEMICOLON separated FLOAT values. Property Parameters: IANA and non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: This property can be specified in "VEVENT" or "VTODO" calendar components. Description: This property value specifies latitude and longitude, in that order (i.e., "LAT LON" ordering). The longitude represents the location East or West of the prime meridian as a positive or negative real number, respectively. The longitude and latitude values MAY be specified up to six decimal places, which will allow for accuracy to within one meter of geographical position. Receiving applications MUST accept values of this precision and MAY truncate values of greater precision. Values for latitude and longitude shall be expressed as decimal fractions of degrees. Whole degrees of latitude shall be represented by a two-digit decimal number ranging from 0 through 90. Whole degrees of longitude shall be represented by a decimal number ranging from 0 through 180. When a decimal fraction of a degree is specified, it shall be separated from the whole number of degrees by a decimal point. Latitudes North of the equator shall be specified by a plus sign (+), or by the absence of a minus sign (-), preceding the digits designating degrees. Latitudes South of the Equator shall be designated by a minus sign (-) preceding the digits designating degrees. A point on the Equator shall be assigned to the Northern Hemisphere. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 83] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Longitudes east of the prime meridian shall be specified by a plus sign (+), or by the absence of a minus sign (-), preceding the digits designating degrees. Longitudes west of the meridian shall be designated by minus sign (-) preceding the digits designating degrees. A point on the prime meridian shall be assigned to the Eastern Hemisphere. A point on the 180th meridian shall be assigned to the Western Hemisphere. One exception to this last convention is permitted. For the special condition of describing a band of latitude around the earth, the East Bounding Coordinate data element shall be assigned the value +180 (180) degrees. Any spatial address with a latitude of +90 (90) or -90 degrees will specify the position at the North or South Pole, respectively. The component for longitude may have any legal value. With the exception of the special condition described above, this form is specified in Department of Commerce, 1986, Representation of geographic point locations for information interchange (Federal Information Processing Standard 70-1): Washington, Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology. The simple formula for converting degrees-minutes-seconds into decimal degrees is: decimal = degrees + minutes/60 + seconds/3600. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: geo = "GEO" geoparam ":" geovalue CRLF geoparam = *(";" other-param) geovalue = float ";" float ;Latitude and Longitude components Example: The following is an example of this property: GEO:37.386013;-122.082932 3.8.1.7. Location Property Name: LOCATION Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 84] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Purpose: This property defines the intended venue for the activity defined by a calendar component. Value Type: TEXT Property Parameters: IANA, non-standard, alternate text representation and language property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: This property can be specified in "VEVENT" or "VTODO" calendar component. Description: Specific venues such as conference or meeting rooms may be explicitly specified using this property. An alternate representation may be specified that is a URI that points to directory information with more structured specification of the location. For example, the alternate representation may specify either an LDAP URL [RFC4516] pointing to an LDAP server entry or a CID URL [RFC2392] pointing to a MIME body part containing a vCard [RFC2426] for the location. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: location = "LOCATION" locparam ":" text CRLF locparam = *( ; the following are OPTIONAL, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once (";" altrepparam) / (";" languageparam) / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once (";" other-param) ) Example: The following are some examples of this property: LOCATION:Conference Room - F123\, Bldg. 002 LOCATION;ALTREP="http://xyzcorp.com/conf-rooms/f123.vcf": Conference Room - F123\, Bldg. 002 Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 85] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 3.8.1.8. Percent Complete Property Name: PERCENT-COMPLETE Purpose: This property is used by an assignee or delegatee of a to-do to convey the percent completion of a to-do to the "Organizer". Value Type: INTEGER Property Parameters: IANA and non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: This property can be specified once in a "VTODO" calendar component. Description: The property value is a positive integer between zero and one hundred. A value of "0" indicates the to-do has not yet been started. A value of "100" indicates that the to-do has been completed. Integer values in between indicate the percent partially complete. When a to-do is assigned to multiple individuals, the property value indicates the percent complete for that portion of the to-do assigned to the assignee or delegatee. For example, if a to-do is assigned to both individuals "A" and "B". A reply from "A" with a percent complete of "70" indicates that "A" has completed 70% of the to-do assigned to them. A reply from "B" with a percent complete of "50" indicates "B" has completed 50% of the to-do assigned to them. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: percent = "PERCENT-COMPLETE" pctparam ":" integer CRLF pctparam = *(";" other-param) Example: The following is an example of this property to show 39% completion: PERCENT-COMPLETE:39 3.8.1.9. Priority Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 86] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Property Name: PRIORITY Purpose: This property defines the relative priority for a calendar component. Value Type: INTEGER Property Parameters: IANA and non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: This property can be specified in "VEVENT" and "VTODO" calendar components. Description: This priority is specified as an integer in the range zero to nine. A value of zero (US-ASCII decimal 48) specifies an undefined priority. A value of one (US-ASCII decimal 49) is the highest priority. A value of two (US-ASCII decimal 50) is the second highest priority. Subsequent numbers specify a decreasing ordinal priority. A value of nine (US-ASCII decimal 57 ) is the lowest priority. A CUA with a three-level priority scheme of "HIGH", "MEDIUM" and "LOW" is mapped into this property such that a property value in the range of one (US-ASCII decimal 49) to four (US-ASCII decimal 52) specifies "HIGH" priority. A value of five (US-ASCII decimal 53) is the normal or "MEDIUM" priority. A value in the range of six (US-ASCII decimal 54) to nine (US-ASCII decimal 57 ) is "LOW" priority. A CUA with a priority schema of "A1", "A2", "A3", "B1", "B2", ..., "C3" is mapped into this property such that a property value of one (US-ASCII decimal 49) specifies "A1", a property value of two (US-ASCII decimal 50) specifies "A2", a property value of three (US-ASCII decimal 51) specifies "A3", and so forth up to a property value of 9 (US-ASCII decimal 57 ) specifies "C3". Other integer values are reserved for future use. Within a "VEVENT" calendar component, this property specifies a priority for the event. This property may be useful when more than one event is scheduled for a given time period. Within a "VTODO" calendar component, this property specified a priority for the to-do. This property is useful in prioritizing multiple action items for a given time period. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 87] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: priority = "PRIORITY" prioparam ":" priovalue CRLF ;Default is zero (i.e., undefined) prioparam = *(";" other-param) priovalue = integer ;Must be in the range [0..9] ; All other values are reserved for future use Example: The following is an example of a property with the highest priority: PRIORITY:1 The following is an example of a property with a next highest priority: PRIORITY:2 The following is an example of a property with no priority. This is equivalent to not specifying the "PRIORITY" property: PRIORITY:0 3.8.1.10. Resources Property Name: RESOURCES Purpose: This property defines the equipment or resources anticipated for an activity specified by a calendar component. Value Type: TEXT Property Parameters: IANA, non-standard, alternate text representation and language property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: This property can be specified once in "VEVENT" or "VTODO" calendar component. Description: The property value is an arbitrary text. More than one resource can be specified as a list of resources separated by the COMMA character (US-ASCII decimal 44). Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 88] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: resources = "RESOURCES" resrcparam ":" text *("," text) CRLF resrcparam = *( ; the following are OPTIONAL, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once (";" altrepparam) / (";" languageparam) / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once (";" other-param) ) Example: The following is an example of this property: RESOURCES:EASEL,PROJECTOR,VCR RESOURCES;LANGUAGE=fr:1 raton-laveur 3.8.1.11. Status Property Name: STATUS Purpose: This property defines the overall status or confirmation for the calendar component. Value Type: TEXT Property Parameters: IANA and non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: This property can be specified once in "VEVENT", "VTODO" or "VJOURNAL" calendar components. Description: In a group scheduled calendar component, the property is used by the "Organizer" to provide a confirmation of the event to the "Attendees". For example in a "VEVENT" calendar component, the "Organizer" can indicate that a meeting is tentative, confirmed or cancelled. In a "VTODO" calendar component, the "Organizer" can indicate that an action item needs action, is completed, is in process or being worked on, or has been cancelled. In a "VJOURNAL" calendar component, the "Organizer" Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 89] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 can indicate that a journal entry is draft, final or has been cancelled or removed. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: status = "STATUS" statparam ":" statvalue CRLF statparam = *(";" other-param) statvalue = (statvalue-event / statvalue-todo / statvalue-jour) statvalue-event = "TENTATIVE" ;Indicates event is tentative. / "CONFIRMED" ;Indicates event is definite. / "CANCELLED" ;Indicates event was cancelled. ;Status values for a "VEVENT" statvalue-todo = "NEEDS-ACTION" ;Indicates to-do needs action. / "COMPLETED" ;Indicates to-do completed. / "IN-PROCESS" ;Indicates to-do in process of. / "CANCELLED" ;Indicates to-do was cancelled. ;Status values for "VTODO". statvalue-jour = "DRAFT" ;Indicates journal is draft. / "FINAL" ;Indicates journal is final. / "CANCELLED" ;Indicates journal is removed. ;Status values for "VJOURNAL". Example: The following is an example of this property for a "VEVENT" calendar component: STATUS:TENTATIVE The following is an example of this property for a "VTODO" calendar component: STATUS:NEEDS-ACTION The following is an example of this property for a "VJOURNAL" calendar component: STATUS:DRAFT Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 90] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 3.8.1.12. Summary Property Name: SUMMARY Purpose: This property defines a short summary or subject for the calendar component. Value Type: TEXT Property Parameters: IANA, non-standard, alternate text representation and language property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: The property can be specified in "VEVENT", "VTODO", "VJOURNAL" or "VALARM" calendar components. Description: This property is used in the "VEVENT", "VTODO" and "VJOURNAL" calendar components to capture a short, one line summary about the activity or journal entry. This property is used in the "VALARM" calendar component to capture the subject of an EMAIL category of alarm. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: summary = "SUMMARY" summparam ":" text CRLF summparam = *( ; the following are OPTIONAL, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once (";" altrepparam) / (";" languageparam) / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once (";" other-param) ) Example: The following is an example of this property: SUMMARY:Department Party Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 91] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 3.8.2. Date and Time Component Properties The following properties specify date and time related information in calendar components. 3.8.2.1. Date/Time Completed Property Name: COMPLETED Purpose: This property defines the date and time that a to-do was actually completed. Value Type: DATE-TIME Property Parameters: IANA and non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: The property can be specified in a "VTODO" calendar component. Description: The date and time MUST be in a UTC format. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: completed = "COMPLETED" compparam ":" date-time CRLF compparam = *(";" other-param) Example: The following is an example of this property: COMPLETED:19960401T150000Z 3.8.2.2. Date/Time End Property Name: DTEND Purpose: This property specifies the date and time that a calendar component ends. Value Type: The default value type is DATE-TIME. The value type can be set to a DATE value type. Property Parameters: IANA, non-standard, value data type, and time zone identifier property parameters can be specified on this property. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 92] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Conformance: This property can be specified in "VEVENT" or "VFREEBUSY" calendar components. Description: Within the "VEVENT" calendar component, this property defines the date and time by which the event ends. The value MUST be later in time than the value of the "DTSTART" property. Within the "VFREEBUSY" calendar component, this property defines the end date and time for the free or busy time information. The time MUST be specified in the UTC time format. The value MUST be later in time than the value of the "DTSTART" property. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: dtend = "DTEND" dtendparam ":" dtendval CRLF dtendparam = *( ; the following are OPTIONAL, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once (";" "VALUE" "=" ("DATE-TIME" / "DATE")) / (";" tzidparam) / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once (";" other-param) ) dtendval = date-time / date ;Value MUST match value type Example: The following is an example of this property: DTEND:19960401T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19980704 3.8.2.3. Date/Time Due Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 93] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Property Name: DUE Purpose: This property defines the date and time that a to-do is expected to be completed. Value Type: The default value type is DATE-TIME. The value type can be set to a DATE value type. Property Parameters: IANA, non-standard, value data type, and time zone identifier property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: The property can be specified once in a "VTODO" calendar component. Description: The value MUST be a date/time equal to or after the "DTSTART" value, if specified. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: due = "DUE" dueparam ":" dueval CRLF dueparam = *( ; the following are OPTIONAL, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once (";" "VALUE" "=" ("DATE-TIME" / "DATE")) / (";" tzidparam) / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once (";" other-param) ) dueval = date-time / date ;Value MUST match value type Example: The following is an example of this property: DUE:19980430T000000Z Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 94] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 3.8.2.4. Date/Time Start Property Name: DTSTART Purpose: This property specifies when the calendar component begins. Value Type: The default value type is DATE-TIME. The time value MUST be one of the forms defined for the DATE-TIME value type. The value type can be set to a DATE value type. Property Parameters: IANA, non-standard, value data type, and time zone identifier property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: This property can be specified once in the "VEVENT", "VTODO", or "VFREEBUSY" calendar components as well as in the "STANDARD" and "DAYLIGHT" sub-components. This property is REQUIRED in "VEVENT" calendar components and in all types of recurring calendar components. Description: Within the "VEVENT" calendar component, this property defines the start date and time for the event. Within the "VFREEBUSY" calendar component, this property defines the start date and time for the free or busy time information. The time MUST be specified in UTC time. Within the "STANDARD" and "DAYLIGHT" sub-components, this property defines the effective start date and time for a time zone specification. This property is REQUIRED within each "STANDARD" and "DAYLIGHT" sub-components included in "VTIMEZONE" calendar components and MUST be specified as a local DATE-TIME without the "TZID" property parameter. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 95] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 dtstart = "DTSTART" dtstparam ":" dtstval CRLF dtstparam = *( ; the following are OPTIONAL, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once (";" "VALUE" "=" ("DATE-TIME" / "DATE")) / (";" tzidparam) / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once (";" other-param) ) dtstval = date-time / date ;Value MUST match value type Example: The following is an example of this property: DTSTART:19980118T073000Z 3.8.2.5. Duration Property Name: DURATION Purpose: This property specifies a positive duration of time. Value Type: DURATION Property Parameters: IANA and non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: This property can be specified in "VEVENT", "VTODO", "VFREEBUSY" or "VALARM" calendar components. Description: In a "VEVENT" calendar component the property may be used to specify a duration of the event, instead of an explicit end date/time. In a "VTODO" calendar component the property may be used to specify a duration for the to-do, instead of an explicit due date/time. In a "VFREEBUSY" calendar component the property may be used to specify the interval of free time being requested. In a "VALARM" calendar component the property may be used to specify the delay period prior to repeating an alarm. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 96] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: duration = "DURATION" durparam ":" dur-value CRLF ;consisting of a positive duration of time. durparam = *(";" other-param) Example: The following is an example of this property that specifies an interval of time of 1 hour and zero minutes and zero seconds: DURATION:PT1H0M0S The following is an example of this property that specifies an interval of time of 15 minutes. DURATION:PT15M 3.8.2.6. Free/Busy Time Property Name: FREEBUSY Purpose: This property defines one or more free or busy time intervals. Value Type: PERIOD Property Parameters: IANA, non-standard, and free/busy time type property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: The property can be specified in a "VFREEBUSY" calendar component. Description: These time periods can be specified as either a start and end date-time or a start date-time and duration. The date and time MUST be a UTC time format. "FREEBUSY" properties within the "VFREEBUSY" calendar component SHOULD be sorted in ascending order, based on start time and then end time, with the earliest periods first. The "FREEBUSY" property can specify more than one value, separated by the COMMA character (US-ASCII decimal 44). In such cases, the "FREEBUSY" property values MUST all be of the same "FBTYPE" property parameter type (e.g., all values of a particular "FBTYPE" listed together in a single property). Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 97] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: freebusy = "FREEBUSY" fbparam ":" fbvalue CRLF fbparam = *( ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once (";" fbtypeparam) / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once (";" other-param) ) fbvalue = period *("," period) ;Time value MUST be in the UTC time format. Example: The following are some examples of this property: FREEBUSY;FBTYPE=BUSY-UNAVAILABLE:19970308T160000Z/PT8H30M FREEBUSY;FBTYPE=FREE:19970308T160000Z/PT3H,19970308T200000Z/PT1H FREEBUSY;FBTYPE=FREE:19970308T160000Z/PT3H,19970308T200000Z/PT1H ,19970308T230000Z/19970309T000000Z 3.8.2.7. Time Transparency Property Name: TRANSP Purpose: This property defines whether an event is transparent or not to busy time searches. Value Type: TEXT Property Parameters: IANA and non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: This property can be specified once in a "VEVENT" calendar component. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 98] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Description: Time Transparency is the characteristic of an event that determines whether it appears to consume time on a calendar. Events that consume actual time for the individual or resource associated with the calendar SHOULD be recorded as OPAQUE, allowing them to be detected by free-busy time searches. Other events, which do not take up the individual's (or resource's) time SHOULD be recorded as TRANSPARENT, making them invisible to free- busy time searches. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: transp = "TRANSP" transparam ":" transvalue CRLF transparam = *(";" other-param) transvalue = "OPAQUE" ;Blocks or opaque on busy time searches. / "TRANSPARENT" ;Transparent on busy time searches. ;Default value is OPAQUE Example: The following is an example of this property for an event that is transparent or does not block on free/busy time searches: TRANSP:TRANSPARENT The following is an example of this property for an event that is opaque or blocks on free/busy time searches: TRANSP:OPAQUE 3.8.3. Time Zone Component Properties The following properties specify time zone information in calendar components. 3.8.3.1. Time Zone Identifier Property Name: TZID Purpose: This property specifies the text value that uniquely identifies the "VTIMEZONE" calendar component in the scope of an iCalendar object. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 99] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Value Type: TEXT Property Parameters: IANA and non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: This property MUST be specified in a "VTIMEZONE" calendar component. Description: This is the label by which a time zone calendar component is referenced by any iCalendar properties whose value type is either DATE-TIME or TIME and not intended to specify a UTC or a "floating" time. The presence of the SOLIDUS character (US- ASCII decimal 47) as a prefix, indicates that this "TZID" represents an unique ID in a globally defined time zone registry (when such registry is defined). Note: This document does not define a naming convention for time zone identifiers. Implementers may want to use the naming conventions defined in existing time zone specifications such as the public-domain TZ database [TZDB]. The specification of globally unique time zone identifiers is not addressed by this document and is left for future study. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: tzid = "TZID" tzidpropparam ":" [tzidprefix] text CRLF tzidpropparam = *(";" other-param) ;tzidprefix = "/" ; Defined previously. Just listed here for reader convenience. Example: The following are examples of non-globally unique time zone identifiers: TZID:America/New_York TZID:America/Los_Angeles The following is an example of a fictitious globally unique time zone identifier: TZID:/example.org/America/New_York Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 100] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 3.8.3.2. Time Zone Name Property Name: TZNAME Purpose: This property specifies the customary designation for a time zone description. Value Type: TEXT Property Parameters: IANA, non-standard, and language property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: This property can be specified in "STANDARD" and "DAYLIGHT" sub-components. Description: This property may be specified in multiple languages; in order to provide for different language requirements. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: tzname = "TZNAME" tznparam ":" text CRLF tznparam = *( ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once (";" languageparam) / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once (";" other-param) ) Example: The following are example of this property: TZNAME:EST The following is an example of this property when two different languages for the time zone name are specified: TZNAME;LANGUAGE=en:EST TZNAME;LANGUAGE=fr-CA:HNE Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 101] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 3.8.3.3. Time Zone Offset From Property Name: TZOFFSETFROM Purpose: This property specifies the offset which is in use prior to this time zone observance. Value Type: UTC-OFFSET Property Parameters: IANA and non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: This property MUST be specified in "STANDARD" and "DAYLIGHT" sub-components. Description: This property specifies the offset which is in use prior to this time observance. It is used to calculate the absolute time at which the transition to a given observance takes place. This property MUST only be specified in a "VTIMEZONE" calendar component. A "VTIMEZONE" calendar component MUST include this property. The property value is a signed numeric indicating the number of hours and possibly minutes from UTC. Positive numbers represent time zones east of the prime meridian, or ahead of UTC. Negative numbers represent time zones west of the prime meridian, or behind UTC. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: tzoffsetfrom = "TZOFFSETFROM" frmparam ":" utc-offset CRLF frmparam = *(";" other-param) Example: The following are examples of this property: TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETFROM:+1345 3.8.3.4. Time Zone Offset To Property Name: TZOFFSETTO Purpose: This property specifies the offset which is in use in this time zone observance. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 102] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Value Type: UTC-OFFSET Property Parameters: IANA and non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: This property MUST be specified in "STANDARD" and "DAYLIGHT" sub-components. Description: This property specifies the offset which is in use in this time zone observance. It is used to calculate the absolute time for the new observance. The property value is a signed numeric indicating the number of hours and possibly minutes from UTC. Positive numbers represent time zones east of the prime meridian, or ahead of UTC. Negative numbers represent time zones west of the prime meridian, or behind UTC. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: tzoffsetto = "TZOFFSETTO" toparam ":" utc-offset CRLF toparam = *(";" other-param) Example: The following are examples of this property: TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:+1245 3.8.3.5. Time Zone URL Property Name: TZURL Purpose: This property provides a means for a "VTIMEZONE" component to point to a network location that can be used to retrieve an up- to-date version of itself. Value Type: URI Property Parameters: IANA and non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: This property can be specified in a "VTIMEZONE" calendar component. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 103] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Description: This property provides a means for a "VTIMEZONE" component to point to a network location that can be used to retrieve an up-to-date version of itself. This provides a hook to handle changes government bodies impose upon time zone definitions. Retrieval of this resource results in an iCalendar object containing a single "VTIMEZONE" component and a "METHOD" property set to PUBLISH. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: tzurl = "TZURL" tzurlparam ":" uri CRLF tzurlparam = *(";" other-param) Example: The following is an example of this property: TZURL:http://timezones.example.org/tz/America-Los_Angeles.ics 3.8.4. Relationship Component Properties The following properties specify relationship information in calendar components. 3.8.4.1. Attendee Property Name: ATTENDEE Purpose: This property defines an "Attendee" within a calendar component. Value Type: CAL-ADDRESS Property Parameters: IANA, non-standard, language, calendar user type, group or list membership, participation role, participation status, RSVP expectation, delegatee, delegator, sent by, common name or directory entry reference property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: This property MUST be specified in an iCalendar object that specifies a group scheduled calendar entity. This property MUST NOT be specified in an iCalendar object when publishing the calendar information (e.g., NOT in an iCalendar object that specifies the publication of a calendar user's busy time, event, to-do or journal). This property is not specified in an iCalendar object that specifies only a time zone definition or that defines calendar components that are not group scheduled components, but are components only on a single user's calendar. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 104] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Description: This property MUST only be specified within calendar components to specify participants, non-participants and the chair of a group scheduled calendar entity. The property is specified within an "EMAIL" category of the "VALARM" calendar component to specify an email address that is to receive the email type of iCalendar alarm. The property parameter "CN" is for the common or displayable name associated with the calendar address; "ROLE", for the intended role that the attendee will have in the calendar component; "PARTSTAT", for the status of the attendee's participation; "RSVP", for indicating whether the favor of a reply is requested; "CUTYPE", to indicate the type of calendar user; "MEMBER", to indicate the groups that the attendee belongs to; "DELEGATED-TO", to indicate the calendar users that the original request was delegated to; and "DELEGATED-FROM", to indicate whom the request was delegated from; "SENT-BY", to indicate whom is acting on behalf of the "ATTENDEE"; and "DIR", to indicate the URI that points to the directory information corresponding to the attendee. These property parameters can be specified on an "ATTENDEE" property in either a "VEVENT", "VTODO" or "VJOURNAL" calendar component. They MUST NOT be specified in an "ATTENDEE" property in a "VFREEBUSY" or "VALARM" calendar component. If the "LANGUAGE" property parameter is specified, the identified language applies to the "CN" parameter. A recipient delegated a request MUST inherit the "RSVP" and "ROLE" values from the attendee that delegated the request to them. Multiple attendees can be specified by including multiple "ATTENDEE" properties within the calendar component. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 105] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 attendee = "ATTENDEE" attparam ":" cal-address CRLF attparam = *( ; the following are OPTIONAL, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once (";" cutypeparam) / (";" memberparam) / (";" roleparam) / (";" partstatparam) / (";" rsvpparam) / (";" deltoparam) / (";" delfromparam) / (";" sentbyparam) / (";" cnparam) / (";" dirparam) / (";" languageparam) / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once (";" other-param) ) Example: The following are examples of this property's use for a to-do: ATTENDEE;MEMBER="mailto:DEV-GROUP@example.com": mailto:joecool@example.com ATTENDEE;DELEGATED-FROM="mailto:immud@example.com": mailto:ildoit@example.com The following is an example of this property used for specifying multiple attendees to an event: ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;CN=Henry Cabot:mailto:hcabot@example.com ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;DELEGATED-FROM="mailto:bob@ example.com";PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;CN=Jane Doe:mailto:jdoe@ example.com The following is an example of this property with a URI to the directory information associated with the attendee: ATTENDEE;CN=John Smith;DIR="ldap://example.com:6666/o=ABC% 20Industries,c=US???(cn=Jim%20Dolittle)":mailto:jimdo@ example.com Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 106] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 The following is an example of this property with "delegatee" and "delegator" information for an event: ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;DELEGATED-FROM= "mailto:iamboss@example.com";CN=Henry Cabot:mailto:hcabot@ example.com ATTENDEE;ROLE=NON-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=DELEGATED;DELEGATED-TO= "mailto:hcabot@example.com";CN=The Big Cheese:mailto:iamboss @example.com ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;CN=Jane Doe :mailto:jdoe@example.com Example: The following is an example of this property's use when another calendar user is acting on behalf of the "Attendee": ATTENDEE;SENT-BY=mailto:jan_doe@example.com;CN=John Smith: mailto:jsmith@example.com 3.8.4.2. Contact Property Name: CONTACT Purpose: This property is used to represent contact information or alternately a reference to contact information associated with the calendar component. Value Type: TEXT Property Parameters: IANA, non-standard, alternate text representation and language property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: This property can be specified in a "VEVENT", "VTODO", "VJOURNAL" or "VFREEBUSY" calendar component. Description: The property value consists of textual contact information. An alternative representation for the property value can also be specified that refers to a URI pointing to an alternate form, such as a vCard [RFC2426], for the contact information. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 107] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 contact = "CONTACT" contparam ":" text CRLF contparam = *( ; the following are OPTIONAL, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once (";" altrepparam) / (";" languageparam) / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once (";" other-param) ) Example: The following is an example of this property referencing textual contact information: CONTACT:Jim Dolittle\, ABC Industries\, +1-919-555-1234 The following is an example of this property with an alternate representation of a LDAP URI to a directory entry containing the contact information: CONTACT;ALTREP="ldap://example.com:6666/o=ABC%20Industries\, c=US???(cn=Jim%20Dolittle)":Jim Dolittle\, ABC Industries\, +1-919-555-1234 The following is an example of this property with an alternate representation of a MIME body part containing the contact information, such as a vCard [RFC2426] embedded in a text/ directory media type [RFC2425]: CONTACT;ALTREP="CID:part3.msg970930T083000SILVER@example.com": Jim Dolittle\, ABC Industries\, +1-919-555-1234 The following is an example of this property referencing a network resource, such as a vCard [RFC2426] object containing the contact information: CONTACT;ALTREP="http://example.com/pdi/jdoe.vcf":Jim Dolittle\, ABC Industries\, +1-919-555-1234 3.8.4.3. Organizer Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 108] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Property Name: ORGANIZER Purpose: This property defines the organizer for a calendar component. Value Type: CAL-ADDRESS Property Parameters: IANA, non-standard, language, common name, directory entry reference, sent by property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: This property MUST be specified in an iCalendar object that specifies a group scheduled calendar entity. This property MUST be specified in an iCalendar object that specifies the publication of a calendar user's busy time. This property MUST NOT be specified in an iCalendar object that specifies only a time zone definition or that defines calendar components that are not group scheduled components, but are components only on a single user's calendar. Description: This property is specified within the "VEVENT", "VTODO", "VJOURNAL" calendar components to specify the organizer of a group scheduled calendar entity. The property is specified within the "VFREEBUSY" calendar component to specify the calendar user requesting the free or busy time. When publishing a "VFREEBUSY" calendar component, the property is used to specify the calendar that the published busy time came from. The property has the property parameters "CN", for specifying the common or display name associated with the "Organizer", "DIR", for specifying a pointer to the directory information associated with the "Organizer", "SENT-BY", for specifying another calendar user that is acting on behalf of the "Organizer". The non-standard parameters may also be specified on this property. If the "LANGUAGE" property parameter is specified, the identified language applies to the "CN" parameter value. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 109] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 organizer = "ORGANIZER" orgparam ":" cal-address CRLF orgparam = *( ; the following are OPTIONAL, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once (";" cnparam) / (";" dirparam) / (";" sentbyparam) / (";" languageparam) / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once (";" other-param) ) Example: The following is an example of this property: ORGANIZER;CN=John Smith:mailto:jsmith@example.com The following is an example of this property with a pointer to the directory information associated with the organizer: ORGANIZER;CN=JohnSmith;DIR="ldap://example.com:6666/o=DC%20Ass ociates,c=US???(cn=John%20Smith)":mailto:jsmith@example.com The following is an example of this property used by another calendar user who is acting on behalf of the organizer, with responses intended to be sent back to the organizer, not the other calendar user: ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="mailto:jane_doe@example.com": mailto:jsmith@example.com 3.8.4.4. Recurrence ID Property Name: RECURRENCE-ID Purpose: This property is used in conjunction with the "UID" and "SEQUENCE" property to identify a specific instance of a recurring "VEVENT", "VTODO" or "VJOURNAL" calendar component. The property value is the original value of the "DTSTART" property of the recurrence instance. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 110] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Value Type: The default value type for this property is DATE-TIME. The time format can be any of the valid forms defined for a DATE- TIME value type. See DATE-TIME value type definition for specific interpretations of the various forms. The value type can be set to DATE. Property Parameters: IANA, non-standard, value data type, and time zone identifier parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: This property can be specified in an iCalendar object containing a recurring calendar component. Description: The full range of calendar components specified by a recurrence set is referenced by referring to just the "UID" property value corresponding to the calendar component. The "RECURRENCE-ID" property allows the reference to an individual instance within the recurrence set. If the value of the "DTSTART" property is a DATE type value, then the value MUST be the calendar date for the recurrence instance. The date/time value is set to the time when the original recurrence instance would occur; meaning that if the intent is to change a Friday meeting to Thursday, the date/time is still set to the original Friday meeting. The "RECURRENCE-ID" property is used in conjunction with the "UID" and "SEQUENCE" property to identify a particular instance of a recurring event, to-do or journal. For a given pair of "UID" and "SEQUENCE" property values, the "RECURRENCE-ID" value for a recurrence instance is fixed. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 111] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 recurid = "RECURRENCE-ID" ridparam ":" ridval CRLF ridparam = *( ; the following are OPTIONAL, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once (";" "VALUE" "=" ("DATE-TIME" / "DATE")) / (";" tzidparam) / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once (";" other-param) ) ridval = date-time / date ;Value MUST match value type Example: The following are examples of this property: RECURRENCE-ID;VALUE=DATE:19960401 RECURRENCE-ID:19960120T120000Z 3.8.4.5. Related To Property Name: RELATED-TO Purpose: This property is used to represent a relationship or reference between one calendar component and another. Value Type: TEXT Property Parameters: IANA, non-standard, and relationship type property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: This property can be specified in the "VEVENT", "VTODO" and "VJOURNAL" calendar components. Description: The property value consists of the persistent, globally unique identifier of another calendar component. This value would be represented in a calendar component by the "UID" property. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 112] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 By default, the property value points to another calendar component that has a PARENT relationship to the referencing object. The "RELTYPE" property parameter is used to either explicitly state the default PARENT relationship type to the referenced calendar component or to override the default PARENT relationship type and specify either a CHILD or SIBLING relationship. The PARENT relationship indicates that the calendar component is a subordinate of the referenced calendar component. The CHILD relationship indicates that the calendar component is a superior of the referenced calendar component. The SIBLING relationship indicates that the calendar component is a peer of the referenced calendar component. Changes to a calendar component referenced by this property can have an implicit impact on the related calendar component. For example, if a group event changes its start or end date or time, then the related, dependent events will need to have their start and end dates changed in a corresponding way. Similarly, if a PARENT calendar component is cancelled or deleted, then there is an implied impact to the related CHILD calendar components. This property is intended only to provide information on the relationship of calendar components. It is up to the target calendar system to maintain any property implications of this relationship. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: related = "RELATED-TO" relparam ":" text CRLF relparam = *( ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once (";" reltypeparam) / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once (";" other-param) ) Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 113] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 The following is an example of this property: RELATED-TO:jsmith.part7.19960817T083000.xyzMail@example.com RELATED-TO:19960401-080045-4000F192713-0052@example.com 3.8.4.6. Uniform Resource Locator Property Name: URL Purpose: This property defines a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) associated with the iCalendar object. Value Type: URI Property Parameters: IANA and non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: This property can be specified once in the "VEVENT", "VTODO", "VJOURNAL" or "VFREEBUSY" calendar components. Description: This property may be used in a calendar component to convey a location where a more dynamic rendition of the calendar information associated with the calendar component can be found. This memo does not attempt to standardize the form of the URI, nor the format of the resource pointed to by the property value. If the URL property and Content-Location MIME header are both specified, they MUST point to the same resource. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: url = "URL" urlparam ":" uri CRLF urlparam = *(";" other-param) Example: The following is an example of this property: URL:http://example.com/pub/calendars/jsmith/mytime.ics 3.8.4.7. Unique Identifier Property Name: UID Purpose: This property defines the persistent, globally unique identifier for the calendar component. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 114] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Value Type: TEXT Property Parameters: IANA and non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: The property MUST be specified in the "VEVENT", "VTODO", "VJOURNAL" or "VFREEBUSY" calendar components. Description: The "UID" itself MUST be a globally unique identifier. The generator of the identifier MUST guarantee that the identifier is unique. There are several algorithms that can be used to accomplish this. The identifier is RECOMMENDED to be the identical syntax to the [RFC2822] addr-spec. A good method to assure uniqueness is to put the domain name or a domain literal IP address of the host on which the identifier was created on the right hand side of the "@", and on the left hand side, put a combination of the current calendar date and time of day (i.e., formatted in as a DATE-TIME value) along with some other currently unique (perhaps sequential) identifier available on the system (for example, a process id number). Using a date/time value on the left hand side and a domain name or domain literal on the right hand side makes it possible to guarantee uniqueness since no two hosts should be using the same domain name or IP address at the same time. Though other algorithms will work, it is RECOMMENDED that the right hand side contain some domain identifier (either of the host itself or otherwise) such that the generator of the message identifier can guarantee the uniqueness of the left hand side within the scope of that domain. This is the method for correlating scheduling messages with the referenced "VEVENT", "VTODO", or "VJOURNAL" calendar component. The full range of calendar components specified by a recurrence set is referenced by referring to just the "UID" property value corresponding to the calendar component. The "RECURRENCE-ID" property allows the reference to an individual instance within the recurrence set. This property is an important method for group scheduling applications to match requests with later replies, modifications or deletion requests. Calendaring and scheduling applications MUST generate this property in "VEVENT", "VTODO" and "VJOURNAL" calendar components to assure interoperability with other group scheduling applications. This identifier is created by the calendar system that generates an iCalendar object. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 115] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Implementations MUST be able to receive and persist values of at least 255 octets for this property but MUST NOT truncate values in the middle of a UTF-8 multi-octet sequence. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: uid = "UID" uidparam ":" text CRLF uidparam = *(";" other-param) Example: The following is an example of this property: UID:19960401T080045Z-4000F192713-0052@example.com 3.8.5. Recurrence Component Properties The following properties specify recurrence information in calendar components. 3.8.5.1. Exception Date/Times Property Name: EXDATE Purpose: This property defines the list of date/time exceptions for recurring events, to-dos, journal entries or time zone definitions. Value Type: The default value type for this property is DATE-TIME. The value type can be set to DATE. Property Parameters: IANA, non-standard, value data type and time zone identifier property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: This property can be specified in recurring "VEVENT", "VTODO", and "VJOURNAL" calendar components as well as in the "STANDARD" and "DAYLIGHT" sub-components of the "VTIMEZONE" calendar component. Description: The exception dates, if specified, are used in computing the recurrence set. The recurrence set is the complete set of recurrence instances for a calendar component. The recurrence set is generated by considering the initial "DTSTART" property along with the "RRULE", "RDATE", and "EXDATE" properties contained within the recurring component. The "DTSTART" property defines the first instance in the recurrence set. The "DTSTART" property value SHOULD match the pattern of the recurrence rule, if Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 116] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 specified. The recurrence set generated with a "DTSTART" property value that doesn't match the pattern of the rule is undefined. The final recurrence set is generated by gathering all of the start date-times generated by any of the specified "RRULE" and "RDATE" properties, and then excluding any start date and times specified by "EXDATE" properties. This implies that start date and times specified by "EXDATE" properties take precedence over those specified by inclusion properties (i.e., "RDATE" and "RRULE"). When duplicate instances are generated by the "RRULE" and "RDATE" properties, only one recurrence is considered. Duplicate instances are ignored. The "EXDATE" property can be used to exclude the value specified in "DTSTART". However, in such cases the original "DTSTART" date MUST still be maintained by the calendaring and scheduling system because the original "DTSTART" value has inherent usage dependencies by other properties such as the "RECURRENCE-ID". Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: exdate = "EXDATE" exdtparam ":" exdtval *("," exdtval) CRLF exdtparam = *( ; the following are OPTIONAL, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once (";" "VALUE" "=" ("DATE-TIME" / "DATE")) / (";" tzidparam) / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once (";" other-param) ) exdtval = date-time / date ;Value MUST match value type Example: The following is an example of this property: EXDATE:19960402T010000Z,19960403T010000Z,19960404T010000Z Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 117] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 3.8.5.2. Recurrence Date/Times Property Name: RDATE Purpose: This property defines the list of date/times for recurring events, to-dos, journal entries or time zone definitions. Value Type: The default value type for this property is DATE-TIME. The value type can be set to DATE or PERIOD. Property Parameters: IANA, non-standard, value data type and time zone identifier property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: This property can be specified in recurring "VEVENT", "VTODO", and "VJOURNAL" calendar components as well as in the "STANDARD" and "DAYLIGHT" sub-components of the "VTIMEZONE" calendar component. Description: This property can appear along with the "RRULE" property to define an aggregate set of repeating occurrences. When they both appear in a recurring component, the recurrence instances are defined by the union of occurrences defined by both the "RDATE" and "RRULE". The recurrence dates, if specified, are used in computing the recurrence set. The recurrence set is the complete set of recurrence instances for a calendar component. The recurrence set is generated by considering the initial "DTSTART" property along with the "RRULE", "RDATE", and "EXDATE" properties contained within the recurring component. The "DTSTART" property defines the first instance in the recurrence set. The "DTSTART" property value SHOULD match the pattern of the recurrence rule, if specified. The recurrence set generated with a "DTSTART" property value that doesn't match the pattern of the rule is undefined. The final recurrence set is generated by gathering all of the start date-times generated by any of the specified "RRULE" and "RDATE" properties, and then excluding any start date and times specified by "EXDATE" properties. This implies that start date/ times specified by "EXDATE" properties take precedence over those specified by inclusion properties (i.e., "RDATE" and "RRULE"). Where duplicate instances are generated by the "RRULE" and "RDATE" properties, only one recurrence is considered. Duplicate instances are ignored. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 118] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: rdate = "RDATE" rdtparam ":" rdtval *("," rdtval) CRLF rdtparam = *( ; the following are OPTIONAL, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once (";" "VALUE" "=" ("DATE-TIME" / "DATE" / "PERIOD")) / (";" tzidparam) / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once (";" other-param) ) rdtval = date-time / date / period ;Value MUST match value type Example: The following are examples of this property: RDATE:19970714T123000Z RDATE;TZID=America/New_York:19970714T083000 RDATE;VALUE=PERIOD:19960403T020000Z/19960403T040000Z, 19960404T010000Z/PT3H RDATE;VALUE=DATE:19970101,19970120,19970217,19970421 19970526,19970704,19970901,19971014,19971128,19971129,19971225 3.8.5.3. Recurrence Rule Property Name: RRULE Purpose: This property defines a rule or repeating pattern for recurring events, to-dos, journal entries or time zone definitions. Value Type: RECUR Property Parameters: IANA and non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 119] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Conformance: This property can be specified in recurring "VEVENT", "VTODO" and "VJOURNAL" calendar components as well as in the "STANDARD" and "DAYLIGHT" sub-components of the "VTIMEZONE" calendar component, but it SHOULD NOT be specified more than once. The recurrence set generated with multiple "RRULE" properties is undefined. Description: The recurrence rule, if specified, is used in computing the recurrence set. The recurrence set is the complete set of recurrence instances for a calendar component. The recurrence set is generated by considering the initial "DTSTART" property along with the "RRULE", "RDATE", and "EXDATE" properties contained within the recurring component. The "DTSTART" property defines the first instance in the recurrence set. The "DTSTART" property value SHOULD be synchronized with the recurrence rule, if specified. The recurrence set generated with a "DTSTART" property value not synchronized with the recurrence rule is undefined. The final recurrence set is generated by gathering all of the start date/times generated by any of the specified "RRULE" and "RDATE" properties, and then excluding any start date/times specified by "EXDATE" properties. This implies that start date/times specified by "EXDATE" properties take precedence over those specified by inclusion properties (i.e., "RDATE" and "RRULE"). Where duplicate instances are generated by the "RRULE" and "RDATE" properties, only one recurrence is considered. Duplicate instances are ignored. The "DTSTART" property specified within the iCalendar object defines the first instance of the recurrence. In most cases, a "DTSTART" property of DATE-TIME value type used with a recurrence rule, should be specified as a date with local time and time zone reference to make sure all the recurrence instances start at the same local time regardless of time zone changes. If the duration of the recurring component is specified with the "DTEND" or "DUE" property, then the same exact duration will apply to all the members of the generated recurrence set. Else, if the duration of the recurring component is specified with the "DURATION" property, then the same nominal duration will apply to all the members of the generated recurrence set and the exact duration of each recurrence instance will depend on its specific start time. For example, recurrence instances of a nominal duration of one day will have an exact duration of more or less than 24 hours on a day where a time zone shift occurs. The duration of a specific recurrence may be modified in an exception component or simply by using an "RDATE" property of PERIOD value type. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 120] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: rrule = "RRULE" rrulparam ":" recur CRLF rrulparam = *(";" other-param) Example: All examples assume the Eastern United States time zone. Daily for 10 occurrences: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;COUNT=10 ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT) September 2-11 Daily until December 24, 1997: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=19971224T000000Z ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT) September 2-30;October 1-25 (1997 9:00 AM EST) October 26-31;November 1-30;December 1-23 Every other day - forever: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=2 ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT) September 2,4,6,8...24,26,28,30; October 2,4,6...20,22,24 (1997 9:00 AM EST) October 26,28,30; November 1,3,5,7...25,27,29; December 1,3,... Every 10 days, 5 occurrences: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=10;COUNT=5 ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT) September 2,12,22; October 2,12 Everyday in January, for 3 years: Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 121] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19980101T090000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=20000131T140000Z; BYMONTH=1;BYDAY=SU,MO,TU,WE,TH,FR,SA or RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20000131T140000Z;BYMONTH=1 ==> (1998 9:00 AM EST)January 1-31 (1999 9:00 AM EST)January 1-31 (2000 9:00 AM EST)January 1-31 Weekly for 10 occurrences DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;COUNT=10 ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT) September 2,9,16,23,30;October 7,14,21 (1997 9:00 AM EST) October 28;November 4 Weekly until December 24, 1997 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=19971224T000000Z ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT) September 2,9,16,23,30; October 7,14,21 (1997 9:00 AM EST) October 28; November 4,11,18,25; December 2,9,16,23 Every other week - forever: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=2;WKST=SU ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT) September 2,16,30; October 14 (1997 9:00 AM EST) October 28; November 11,25; December 9,23 (1998 9:00 AM EST) January 6,20; February 3, 17 ... Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 122] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Weekly on Tuesday and Thursday for 5 weeks: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=19971007T000000Z;WKST=SU;BYDAY=TU,TH or RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;COUNT=10;WKST=SU;BYDAY=TU,TH ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT) September 2,4,9,11,16,18,23,25,30; October 2 Every other week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday until December 24, 1997, starting on Monday, September 1, 1997: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970901T090000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=2;UNTIL=19971224T000000Z;WKST=SU; BYDAY=MO,WE,FR ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT) September 1,3,5,15,17,19,29; October 1,3,13,15,17 (1997 9:00 AM EST) October 27,29,31; November 10,12,14,24,26,28; December 8,10,12,22 Every other week on Tuesday and Thursday, for 8 occurrences: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=2;COUNT=8;WKST=SU;BYDAY=TU,TH ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT) September 2,4,16,18,30; October 2,14,16 Monthly on the 1st Friday for ten occurrences: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970905T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;COUNT=10;BYDAY=1FR ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT) September 5;October 3 (1997 9:00 AM EST) November 7;December 5 (1998 9:00 AM EST) January 2;February 6;March 6;April 3 (1998 9:00 AM EDT) May 1;June 5 Monthly on the 1st Friday until December 24, 1997: Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 123] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970905T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;UNTIL=19971224T000000Z;BYDAY=1FR ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT) September 5; October 3 (1997 9:00 AM EST) November 7; December 5 Every other month on the 1st and last Sunday of the month for 10 occurrences: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970907T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;INTERVAL=2;COUNT=10;BYDAY=1SU,-1SU ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT) September 7,28 (1997 9:00 AM EST) November 2,30 (1998 9:00 AM EST) January 4,25;March 1,29 (1998 9:00 AM EDT) May 3,31 Monthly on the second to last Monday of the month for 6 months: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970922T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;COUNT=6;BYDAY=-2MO ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT) September 22;October 20 (1997 9:00 AM EST) November 17;December 22 (1998 9:00 AM EST) January 19;February 16 Monthly on the third to the last day of the month, forever: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970928T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;BYMONTHDAY=-3 ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT) September 28 (1997 9:00 AM EST) October 29;November 28;December 29 (1998 9:00 AM EST) January 29;February 26 ... Monthly on the 2nd and 15th of the month for 10 occurrences: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;COUNT=10;BYMONTHDAY=2,15 ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT) September 2,15;October 2,15 (1997 9:00 AM EST) November 2,15;December 2,15 (1998 9:00 AM EST) January 2,15 Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 124] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Monthly on the first and last day of the month for 10 occurrences: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970930T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;COUNT=10;BYMONTHDAY=1,-1 ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT) September 30;October 1 (1997 9:00 AM EST) October 31;November 1,30;December 1,31 (1998 9:00 AM EST) January 1,31;February 1 Every 18 months on the 10th thru 15th of the month for 10 occurrences: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970910T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;INTERVAL=18;COUNT=10;BYMONTHDAY=10,11,12, 13,14,15 ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT) September 10,11,12,13,14,15 (1999 9:00 AM EST) March 10,11,12,13 Every Tuesday, every other month: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;INTERVAL=2;BYDAY=TU ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT) September 2,9,16,23,30 (1997 9:00 AM EST) November 4,11,18,25 (1998 9:00 AM EST) January 6,13,20,27;March 3,10,17,24,31 ... Yearly in June and July for 10 occurrences: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970610T090000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;COUNT=10;BYMONTH=6,7 ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT) June 10;July 10 (1998 9:00 AM EDT) June 10;July 10 (1999 9:00 AM EDT) June 10;July 10 (2000 9:00 AM EDT) June 10;July 10 (2001 9:00 AM EDT) June 10;July 10 Note: Since none of the BYDAY, BYMONTHDAY or BYYEARDAY components are specified, the day is gotten from "DTSTART" Every other year on January, February, and March for 10 occurrences: Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 125] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970310T090000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=2;COUNT=10;BYMONTH=1,2,3 ==> (1997 9:00 AM EST) March 10 (1999 9:00 AM EST) January 10;February 10;March 10 (2001 9:00 AM EST) January 10;February 10;March 10 (2003 9:00 AM EST) January 10;February 10;March 10 Every 3rd year on the 1st, 100th and 200th day for 10 occurrences: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970101T090000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=3;COUNT=10;BYYEARDAY=1,100,200 ==> (1997 9:00 AM EST) January 1 (1997 9:00 AM EDT) April 10;July 19 (2000 9:00 AM EST) January 1 (2000 9:00 AM EDT) April 9;July 18 (2003 9:00 AM EST) January 1 (2003 9:00 AM EDT) April 10;July 19 (2006 9:00 AM EST) January 1 Every 20th Monday of the year, forever: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970519T090000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=20MO ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT) May 19 (1998 9:00 AM EDT) May 18 (1999 9:00 AM EDT) May 17 ... Monday of week number 20 (where the default start of the week is Monday), forever: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970512T090000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYWEEKNO=20;BYDAY=MO ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT) May 12 (1998 9:00 AM EDT) May 11 (1999 9:00 AM EDT) May 17 ... Every Thursday in March, forever: Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 126] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970313T090000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=TH ==> (1997 9:00 AM EST) March 13,20,27 (1998 9:00 AM EST) March 5,12,19,26 (1999 9:00 AM EST) March 4,11,18,25 ... Every Thursday, but only during June, July, and August, forever: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970605T090000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=TH;BYMONTH=6,7,8 ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT) June 5,12,19,26;July 3,10,17,24,31; August 7,14,21,28 (1998 9:00 AM EDT) June 4,11,18,25;July 2,9,16,23,30; August 6,13,20,27 (1999 9:00 AM EDT) June 3,10,17,24;July 1,8,15,22,29; August 5,12,19,26 ... Every Friday the 13th, forever: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;BYDAY=FR;BYMONTHDAY=13 ==> (1998 9:00 AM EST) February 13;March 13;November 13 (1999 9:00 AM EDT) August 13 (2000 9:00 AM EDT) October 13 ... The first Saturday that follows the first Sunday of the month, forever: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970913T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;BYDAY=SA;BYMONTHDAY=7,8,9,10,11,12,13 ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT) September 13;October 11 (1997 9:00 AM EST) November 8;December 13 (1998 9:00 AM EST) January 10;February 7;March 7 (1998 9:00 AM EDT) April 11;May 9;June 13... ... Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 127] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Every four years, the first Tuesday after a Monday in November, forever (U.S. Presidential Election day): DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19961105T090000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=4;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=TU; BYMONTHDAY=2,3,4,5,6,7,8 ==> (1996 9:00 AM EST) November 5 (2000 9:00 AM EST) November 7 (2004 9:00 AM EST) November 2 ... The 3rd instance into the month of one of Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, for the next 3 months: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970904T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;COUNT=3;BYDAY=TU,WE,TH;BYSETPOS=3 ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT) September 4;October 7 (1997 9:00 AM EST) November 6 The 2nd to last weekday of the month: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970929T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;BYDAY=MO,TU,WE,TH,FR;BYSETPOS=-2 ==> (1997 9:00 AM EDT) September 29 (1997 9:00 AM EST) October 30;November 27;December 30 (1998 9:00 AM EST) January 29;February 26;March 30 ... Every 3 hours from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM on a specific day: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=HOURLY;INTERVAL=3;UNTIL=19970902T170000Z ==> (September 2, 1997 EDT) 09:00,12:00,15:00 Every 15 minutes for 6 occurrences: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MINUTELY;INTERVAL=15;COUNT=6 ==> (September 2, 1997 EDT) 09:00,09:15,09:30,09:45,10:00,10:15 Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 128] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Every hour and a half for 4 occurrences: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MINUTELY;INTERVAL=90;COUNT=4 ==> (September 2, 1997 EDT) 09:00,10:30;12:00;13:30 Every 20 minutes from 9:00 AM to 4:40 PM every day: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970902T090000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;BYHOUR=9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16;BYMINUTE=0,20,40 or RRULE:FREQ=MINUTELY;INTERVAL=20;BYHOUR=9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16 ==> (September 2, 1997 EDT) 9:00,9:20,9:40,10:00,10:20, ... 16:00,16:20,16:40 (September 3, 1997 EDT) 9:00,9:20,9:40,10:00,10:20, ...16:00,16:20,16:40 ... An example where the days generated makes a difference because of WKST: DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970805T090000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=2;COUNT=4;BYDAY=TU,SU;WKST=MO ==> (1997 EDT) August 5,10,19,24 changing only WKST from MO to SU, yields different results... DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19970805T090000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=2;COUNT=4;BYDAY=TU,SU;WKST=SU ==> (1997 EDT) August 5,17,19,31 An example where an invalid date (i.e., February 30) is ignored. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20070115T090000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;BYMONTHDAY=15,30;COUNT=5 ==> (2007 EST) January 15,30 (2007 EST) February 15 (2007 EDT) March 15,30 Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 129] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 3.8.6. Alarm Component Properties The following properties specify alarm information in calendar components. 3.8.6.1. Action Property Name: ACTION Purpose: This property defines the action to be invoked when an alarm is triggered. Value Type: TEXT Property Parameters: IANA and non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: This property MUST be specified once in a "VALARM" calendar component. Description: Each "VALARM" calendar component has a particular type of action associated with it. This property specifies the type of action. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: action = "ACTION" actionparam ":" actionvalue CRLF actionparam = *(";" other-param) actionvalue = "AUDIO" / "DISPLAY" / "EMAIL" / iana-token / x-name Example: The following are examples of this property in a "VALARM" calendar component: ACTION:AUDIO ACTION:DISPLAY 3.8.6.2. Repeat Count Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 130] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Property Name: REPEAT Purpose: This property defines the number of time the alarm should be repeated, after the initial trigger. Value Type: INTEGER Property Parameters: IANA and non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: This property can be specified in a "VALARM" calendar component. Description: If the alarm triggers more than once, then this property MUST be specified along with the "DURATION" property. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: repeat = "REPEAT" repparam ":" integer CRLF ;Default is "0", zero. repparam = *(";" other-param) Example: The following is an example of this property for an alarm that repeats 4 additional times with a 5 minute delay after the initial triggering of the alarm: REPEAT:4 DURATION:PT5M 3.8.6.3. Trigger Property Name: TRIGGER Purpose: This property specifies when an alarm will trigger. Value Type: The default value type is DURATION. The value type can be set to a DATE-TIME value type, in which case the value MUST specify a UTC formatted DATE-TIME value. Property Parameters: IANA, non-standard, value data type, time zone identifier or trigger relationship property parameters can be specified on this property. The trigger relationship property parameter MUST only be specified when the value type is "DURATION". Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 131] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Conformance: This property MUST be specified in the "VALARM" calendar component. Description: This property defines when an alarm will trigger. The default value type is DURATION, specifying a relative time for the trigger of the alarm. The default duration is relative to the start of an event or to-do that the alarm is associated with. The duration can be explicitly set to trigger from either the end or the start of the associated event or to-do with the "RELATED" parameter. A value of START will set the alarm to trigger off the start of the associated event or to-do. A value of END will set the alarm to trigger off the end of the associated event or to-do. Either a positive or negative duration may be specified for the "TRIGGER" property. An alarm with a positive duration is triggered after the associated start or end of the event or to-do. An alarm with a negative duration is triggered before the associated start or end of the event or to-do. The "RELATED" property parameter is not valid if the value type of the property is set to DATE-TIME (i.e., for an absolute date and time alarm trigger). If a value type of DATE-TIME is specified, then the property value MUST be specified in the UTC time format. If an absolute trigger is specified on an alarm for a recurring event or to-do, then the alarm will only trigger for the specified absolute date/time, along with any specified repeating instances. If the trigger is set relative to START, then the "DTSTART" property MUST be present in the associated "VEVENT" or "VTODO" calendar component. If an alarm is specified for an event with the trigger set relative to the END, then the "DTEND" property or the "DTSTART" and "DURATION " properties MUST be present in the associated "VEVENT" calendar component. If the alarm is specified for a to-do with a trigger set relative to the END, then either the "DUE" property or the "DTSTART" and "DURATION " properties MUST be present in the associated "VTODO" calendar component. Alarms specified in an event or to-do which is defined in terms of a DATE value type will be triggered relative to 00:00:00 of the user's configured time zone on the specified date, or relative to 00:00:00 UTC on the specified date if no configured time zone can be found for the user. For example, if "DTSTART" is a DATE value set to 19980205 then the duration trigger will be relative to 19980205T000000 America/New_York for a user configured with the America/New_York time zone. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 132] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: trigger = "TRIGGER" (trigrel / trigabs) CRLF trigrel = *( ; the following are OPTIONAL, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once (";" "VALUE" "=" "DURATION") / (";" trigrelparam) / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once (";" other-param) ) ":" dur-value trigabs = *( ; the following is REQUIRED, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once (";" "VALUE" "=" "DATE-TIME") / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once (";" other-param) ) ":" date-time Example: A trigger set 15 minutes prior to the start of the event or to-do. TRIGGER:-PT15M A trigger set 5 minutes after the end of an event or the due date of a to-do. TRIGGER;RELATED=END:PT5M A trigger set to an absolute date/time. TRIGGER;VALUE=DATE-TIME:19980101T050000Z Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 133] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 3.8.7. Change Management Component Properties The following properties specify change management information in calendar components. 3.8.7.1. Date/Time Created Property Name: CREATED Purpose: This property specifies the date and time that the calendar information was created by the calendar user agent in the calendar store. Note: This is analogous to the creation date and time for a file in the file system. Value Type: DATE-TIME Property Parameters: IANA and non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: The property can be specified once in "VEVENT", "VTODO" or "VJOURNAL" calendar components. Description: The date and time is a UTC value. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: created = "CREATED" creaparam ":" date-time CRLF creaparam = *(";" other-param) Example: The following is an example of this property: CREATED:19960329T133000Z 3.8.7.2. Date/Time Stamp Property Name: DTSTAMP Purpose: This property indicates the date/time that the instance of the iCalendar object was created. Value Type: DATE-TIME Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 134] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Property Parameters: IANA and non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: This property MUST be included in the "VEVENT", "VTODO", "VJOURNAL" or "VFREEBUSY" calendar components. Description: The value MUST be specified in the UTC time format. This property is also useful to protocols such as [I-D.ietf-calsify-rfc2447bis] that have inherent latency issues with the delivery of content. This property will assist in the proper sequencing of messages containing iCalendar objects. This property is different than the "CREATED" and "LAST-MODIFIED" properties. These two properties are used to specify when the particular calendar data in the calendar store was created and last modified. This is different than when the iCalendar object representation of the calendar service information was created or last modified. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: dtstamp = "DTSTAMP" stmparam ":" date-time CRLF stmparam = *(";" other-param) Example: DTSTAMP:19971210T080000Z 3.8.7.3. Last Modified Property Name: LAST-MODIFIED Purpose: This property specifies the date and time that the information associated with the calendar component was last revised in the calendar store. Note: This is analogous to the modification date and time for a file in the file system. Value Type: DATE-TIME Property Parameters: IANA and non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 135] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Conformance: This property can be specified in the "VEVENT", "VTODO", "VJOURNAL" or "VTIMEZONE" calendar components. Description: The property value MUST be specified in the UTC time format. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: last-mod = "LAST-MODIFIED" lstparam ":" date-time CRLF lstparam = *(";" other-param) Example: The following is an example of this property: LAST-MODIFIED:19960817T133000Z 3.8.7.4. Sequence Number Property Name: SEQUENCE Purpose: This property defines the revision sequence number of the calendar component within a sequence of revisions. Value Type: INTEGER Property Parameters: IANA and non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property. Conformance: The property can be specified in "VEVENT", "VTODO" or "VJOURNAL" calendar component. Description: When a calendar component is created, its sequence number is zero (US-ASCII decimal 48). It is monotonically incremented by the "Organizer's" CUA each time the "Organizer" makes a significant revision to the calendar component. When the "Organizer" makes changes to one of the following properties, the sequence number MUST be incremented: * "DTSTART" * "DTEND" * "DURATION" * "DUE" Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 136] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 * "RDATE" * "RRULE" * "EXDATE" * "STATUS" In addition, changes made by the "Organizer" to other properties can also force the sequence number to be incremented. The "Organizer" CUA MUST increment the sequence number whenever it makes changes to properties in the calendar component that the "Organizer" deems will jeopardize the validity of the participation status of the "Attendees". For example, changing the location of a meeting from one locale to another distant locale could effectively impact the participation status of the "Attendees". The "Organizer" includes this property in an iCalendar object that it sends to an "Attendee" to specify the current version of the calendar component. The "Attendee" includes this property in an iCalendar object that it sends to the "Organizer" to specify the version of the calendar component that the "Attendee" is referring to. A change to the sequence number is not the mechanism that an "Organizer" uses to request a response from the "Attendees". The "RSVP" parameter on the "ATTENDEE" property is used by the "Organizer" to indicate that a response from the "Attendees" is requested. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: seq = "SEQUENCE" seqparam ":" integer CRLF ; Default is "0" seqparam = *(";" other-param) Example: The following is an example of this property for a calendar component that was just created by the "Organizer": SEQUENCE:0 The following is an example of this property for a calendar component that has been revised two different times by the "Organizer": Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 137] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 SEQUENCE:2 3.8.8. Miscellaneous Component Properties The following properties specify information about a number of miscellaneous features of calendar components. 3.8.8.1. IANA Properties Property Name: An IANA registered property name Value Type: The default value type is TEXT. The value type can be set to any value type. Property Parameters: Any parameter can be specified on this property. Description: This specification allows other properties registered with IANA to be specified in any calendar components. Compliant applications are expected to be able to parse these other IANA registered properties but can ignore them. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: iana-prop = iana-token *(";" icalparameter) ":" value CRLF Example: The following are examples of properties that might be registered to IANA: DRESSCODE:CASUAL NON-SMOKING;VALUE=BOOLEAN:TRUE 3.8.8.2. Non-standard Properties Property Name: Any property name with a "X-" prefix Purpose: This class of property provides a framework for defining non-standard properties. Value Type: The default value type is TEXT. The value type can be set to any value type. Property Parameters: IANA, non-standard and language property parameters can be specified on this property. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 138] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Conformance: This property can be specified in any calendar component. Description: The MIME Calendaring and Scheduling Content Type provides a "standard mechanism for doing non-standard things". This extension support is provided for implementers to "push the envelope" on the existing version of the memo. Extension properties are specified by property and/or property parameter names that have the prefix text of "X-" (the two character sequence: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER X character followed by the HYPHEN- MINUS character). It is recommended that vendors concatenate onto this sentinel another short prefix text to identify the vendor. This will facilitate readability of the extensions and minimize possible collision of names between different vendors. User agents that support this content type are expected to be able to parse the extension properties and property parameters but can ignore them. At present, there is no registration authority for names of extension properties and property parameters. The value type for this property is TEXT. Optionally, the value type can be any of the other valid value types. Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: x-prop = x-name *(";" icalparameter) ":" value CRLF Example: The following might be the ABC vendor's extension for an audio-clip form of subject property: X-ABC-MMSUBJ;VALUE=URI;FMTTYPE=audio/basic:http://www.example. org/mysubj.au 3.8.8.3. Request Status Property Name: REQUEST-STATUS Purpose: This property defines the status code returned for a scheduling request. Value Type: TEXT Property Parameters: IANA, non-standard and language property parameters can be specified on this property. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 139] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Conformance: The property can be specified in "VEVENT", "VTODO", "VJOURNAL" or "VFREEBUSY" calendar component. Description: This property is used to return status code information related to the processing of an associated iCalendar object. The value type for this property is TEXT. The value consists of a short return status component, a longer return status description component, and optionally a status- specific data component. The components of the value are separated by the SEMICOLON character (US-ASCII decimal 59). The short return status is a PERIOD character (US-ASCII decimal 46) separated pair or 3-tuple of integers. For example, "3.1" or "3.1.1". The successive levels of integers provide for a successive level of status code granularity. The following are initial classes for the return status code. Individual iCalendar object methods will define specific return status codes for these classes. In addition, other classes for the return status code may be defined using the registration process defined later in this memo. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 140] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 |==============+===============================================| | Short Return | Longer Return Status Description | | Status Code | | |==============+===============================================| | 1.xx | Preliminary success. This class of status | | | of status code indicates that the request has | | | request has been initially processed but that | | | completion is pending. | |==============+===============================================| | 2.xx | Successful. This class of status code | | | indicates that the request was completed | | | successfuly. However, the exact status code | | | can indicate that a fallback has been taken. | |==============+===============================================| | 3.xx | Client Error. This class of status code | | | indicates that the request was not successful.| | | The error is the result of either a syntax or | | | a semantic error in the client formatted | | | request. Request should not be retried until | | | the condition in the request is corrected. | |==============+===============================================| | 4.xx | Scheduling Error. This class of status code | | | indicates that the request was not successful.| | | Some sort of error occurred within the | | | calendaring and scheduling service, not | | | directly related to the request itself. | |==============+===============================================| Format Definition: This property is defined by the following notation: Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 141] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 rstatus = "REQUEST-STATUS" rstatparam ":" statcode ";" statdesc [";" extdata] rstatparam = *( ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; but MUST NOT occur more than once (";" languageparam) / ; the following is OPTIONAL, ; and MAY occur more than once (";" other-param) ) statcode = 1*DIGIT 1*2("." 1*DIGIT) ;Hierarchical, numeric return status code statdesc = text ;Textual status description extdata = text ;Textual exception data. For example, the offending property ;name and value or complete property line. Example: The following are some possible examples of this property. The COMMA and SEMICOLON separator characters in the property value are BACKSLASH character escaped because they appear in a text value. REQUEST-STATUS:2.0;Success REQUEST-STATUS:3.1;Invalid property value;DTSTART:96-Apr-01 REQUEST-STATUS:2.8; Success\, repeating event ignored. Scheduled as a single event.;RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY\;INTERVAL=2 REQUEST-STATUS:4.1;Event conflict. Date/time is busy. REQUEST-STATUS:3.7;Invalid calendar user;ATTENDEE: mailto:jsmith@example.com Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 142] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 4. iCalendar Object Examples The following examples are provided as an informational source of illustrative iCalendar objects consistent with this content type. The following example specifies a three-day conference that begins at 2:30 P.M. UTC, September 18, 1996 and end at 10:00 P.M. UTC, September 20, 1996. BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//xyz Corp//NONSGML PDA Calendar Version 1.0//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:19960704T120000Z UID:uid1@example.com ORGANIZER:mailto:jsmith@example.com DTSTART:19960918T143000Z DTEND:19960920T220000Z STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:CONFERENCE SUMMARY:Networld+Interop Conference DESCRIPTION:Networld+Interop Conference and Exhibit\nAtlanta World Congress Center\n Atlanta\, Georgia END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR The following example specifies a group scheduled meeting that begin at 8:30 AM EST on March 12, 1998 and end at 9:30 AM EST on March 12, 1998. The "Organizer" has scheduled the meeting with one or more calendar users in a group. A time zone specification for Eastern United States has been specified. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 143] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//RDU Software//NONSGML HandCal//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19981025T020000 RDATE:19981025T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:19990404T020000 RDATE:19990404T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:19980309T231000Z UID:guid-1.example.com ORGANIZER;ROLE=CHAIR:mailto:mrbig@example.com ATTENDEE;RSVP=TRUE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;CUTYPE=GROUP: mailto:employee-A@example.com DESCRIPTION:Project XYZ Review Meeting CATEGORIES:MEETING CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:19980309T130000Z SUMMARY:XYZ Project Review DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:19980312T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:19980312T093000 LOCATION:1CP Conference Room 4350 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR The following is an example of an iCalendar object passed in a MIME message with a single body part consisting of a "text/calendar" Content Type. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 144] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 TO:jsmith@example.com FROM:jdoe@example.com MIME-VERSION:1.0 MESSAGE-ID: CONTENT-TYPE:text/calendar; method="xyz"; component="VEVENT" BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:xyz VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ABC Corporation//NONSGML My Product//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:19970324T120000Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:uid3@example.com ORGANIZER:mailto:jdoe@example.com ATTENDEE;RSVP=TRUE:mailto:jsmith@example.com DTSTART:19970324T123000Z DTEND:19970324T210000Z CATEGORIES:MEETING,PROJECT CLASS:PUBLIC SUMMARY:Calendaring Interoperability Planning Meeting DESCRIPTION:Discuss how we can test c&s interoperability\n using iCalendar and other IETF standards. LOCATION:LDB Lobby ATTACH;FMTTYPE=application/postscript:ftp://example.com/pub/ conf/bkgrnd.ps END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR The following is an example of a to-do due on April 15, 1998. An audio alarm has been specified to remind the calendar user at noon, the day before the to-do is expected to be completed and repeat hourly, four additional times. The to-do definition has been modified twice since it was initially created. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 145] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ABC Corporation//NONSGML My Product//EN BEGIN:VTODO DTSTAMP:19980130T134500Z SEQUENCE:2 UID:uid4@example.com ORGANIZER:mailto:unclesam@example.com ATTENDEE;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED:mailto:jqpublic@example.com DUE:19980415T000000 STATUS:NEEDS-ACTION SUMMARY:Submit Income Taxes BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:AUDIO TRIGGER:19980403T120000Z ATTACH;FMTTYPE=audio/basic:http://example.com/pub/audio- files/ssbanner.aud REPEAT:4 DURATION:PT1H END:VALARM END:VTODO END:VCALENDAR The following is an example of a journal entry. BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ABC Corporation//NONSGML My Product//EN BEGIN:VJOURNAL DTSTAMP:19970324T120000Z UID:uid5@example.com ORGANIZER:mailto:jsmith@example.com STATUS:DRAFT CLASS:PUBLIC CATEGORIES:Project Report,XYZ,Weekly Meeting DESCRIPTION:Project xyz Review Meeting Minutes\n Agenda\n1. Review of project version 1.0 requirements.\n2. Definition of project processes.\n3. Review of project schedule.\n Participants: John Smith\, Jane Doe\, Jim Dandy\n-It was decided that the requirements need to be signed off by product marketing.\n-Project processes were accepted.\n -Project schedule needs to account for scheduled holidays and employee vacation time. Check with HR for specific dates.\n-New schedule will be distributed by Friday.\n- Next weeks meeting is cancelled. No meeting until 3/23. END:VJOURNAL END:VCALENDAR Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 146] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 The following is an example of published busy time information. The iCalendar object might be placed in the network resource http://www.example.com/calendar/busytime/jsmith.ifb. BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//RDU Software//NONSGML HandCal//EN BEGIN:VFREEBUSY ORGANIZER:mailto:jsmith@example.com DTSTART:19980313T141711Z DTEND:19980410T141711Z FREEBUSY:19980314T233000Z/19980315T003000Z FREEBUSY:19980316T153000Z/19980316T163000Z FREEBUSY:19980318T030000Z/19980318T040000Z URL:http://www.example.com/calendar/busytime/jsmith.ifb END:VFREEBUSY END:VCALENDAR 5. Recommended Practices These recommended practices should be followed in order to assure consistent handling of the following cases for an iCalendar object. 1. Content lines longer than 75 octets SHOULD be folded. 2. When the "DTSTART" and "DTEND" properties , for "VEVENT"and "VJOURNAL" calendar components, and "DTSTART" and "DUE" properties , for "VTODO" calendar components, have the same value data type (e.g., DATE-TIME), they SHOULD specify values in the same time format (e.g., date with local time, date with UTC time, or date with local time and time zone reference). In the case of date with local time and time zone reference, a different time zone MAY be used for each property. 3. When the combination of the "RRULE" and "RDATE" properties in a recurring component produces multiple instances having the same start DATE-TIME value, they should be collapsed to, and considered as, a single instance. If the "RDATE" property is specified as a PERIOD value the duration of the recurrence instance will be the one specified by the "RDATE" property, and not the duration of the recurrence instance defined by the "DTSTART" property. 4. When a calendar user receives multiple requests for the same calendar component (e.g., REQUEST for a "VEVENT" calendar component) as a result of being on multiple mailing lists specified by "ATTENDEE" properties in the request, they SHOULD respond to only one of the requests. The calendar user SHOULD Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 147] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 also specify (using the "MEMBER" parameter of the "ATTENDEE" property) which mailing list they are a member of. 5. An implementation can truncate a "SUMMARY" property value to 255 octets, but MUST NOT truncate the value in the middle of a UTF-8 multi-octet sequence. 6. If seconds of the minute are not supported by an implementation, then a value of "00" SHOULD be specified for the seconds component in a time value. 7. If the value type parameter (VALUE=) contains an unknown value type, it SHOULD be treated as TEXT. 8. "TZURL" values SHOULD NOT be specified as a file URI type. This URI form can be useful within an organization, but is problematic in the Internet. 9. Some possible English values for "CATEGORIES" property include "ANNIVERSARY", "APPOINTMENT", "BUSINESS", "EDUCATION", "HOLIDAY", "MEETING", "MISCELLANEOUS", "NON-WORKING HOURS", "NOT IN OFFICE", "PERSONAL", "PHONE CALL", "SICK DAY", "SPECIAL OCCASION", "TRAVEL", "VACATION". Categories can be specified in any registered language. 10. Some possible English values for "RESOURCES" property include "CATERING", "CHAIRS", "COMPUTER PROJECTOR", "EASEL", "OVERHEAD PROJECTOR", "SPEAKER PHONE", "TABLE", "TV", "VCR", "VIDEO PHONE", "VEHICLE". Resources can be specified in any registered language. 6. Registration of Content Type Elements This section provides the process for registration of MIME Calendaring and Scheduling Content Type iCalendar object methods and new or modified properties. 6.1. Registration of New and Modified iCalendar Object Methods New MIME Calendaring and Scheduling Content Type iCalendar object methods are registered by the publication of an IETF Request for Comments (RFC). Changes to an iCalendar object method are registered by the publication of a revision of the RFC defining the method. 6.2. Registration of New Properties This section defines procedures by which new properties or enumerated property values for the MIME Calendaring and Scheduling Content Type Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 148] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 can be registered with the IANA. Non-IANA properties can be used by bilateral agreement, provided the associated properties names follow the "X-" convention. The procedures defined here are designed to allow public comment and review of new properties, while posing only a small impediment to the definition of new properties. Registration of a new property is accomplished by the following steps. 6.2.1. Define the property A property is defined by completing the following template. To: ietf-calendar@imc.org Subject: Registration of text/calendar MIME property XXX Property name: Property purpose: Property value type(s): Property parameter (s): Conformance: Description: Format definition: Examples: The meaning of each field in the template is as follows. Property name: The name of the property, as it will appear in the body of an text/calendar MIME Content-Type "property: value" line to the left of the colon ":". Property purpose: The purpose of the property (e.g., to indicate a delegate for the event or to-do, etc.). Give a short but clear description. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 149] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Property value type (s): Any of the valid value types for the property value needs to be specified. The default value type also needs to be specified. If a new value type is specified, it needs to be declared in this section. Property parameter (s): Any of the valid property parameters for the property needs to be specified. Conformance: The calendar components that the property can appear in needs to be specified. Description: Any special notes about the property, how it is to be used, etc. Format definition: The ABNF for the property definition needs to be specified. Examples: One or more examples of instances of the property needs to be specified. 6.2.2. Post the Property definition The property description MUST be posted to the new property discussion list, ietf-calendar@imc.org. 6.2.3. Allow a comment period Discussion on the new property MUST be allowed to take place on the list for a minimum of two weeks. Consensus MUST be reached on the property before proceeding to the next step. 6.2.4. Submit the property for approval Once the two-week comment period has elapsed, and the proposer is convinced consensus has been reached on the property, the registration application should be submitted to the Method Reviewer for approval. The Method Reviewer is appointed by the Application Area Directors and can either accept or reject the property registration. An accepted registration should be passed on by the Method Reviewer to the IANA for inclusion in the official IANA method registry. The registration can be rejected for any of the following reasons. 1) Insufficient comment period; 2) Consensus not reached; 3) Technical deficiencies raised on the list or elsewhere have not been addressed. The Method Reviewer's decision to reject a property can be appealed by the proposer to the IESG, or the objections raised can be addressed by the proposer and the property resubmitted. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 150] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 6.3. Property Change Control Existing properties can be changed using the same process by which they were registered. 1. Define the change 2. Post the change 3. Allow a comment period 4. Submit the property for approval Note that the original author or any other interested party can propose a change to an existing property, but that such changes should only be proposed when there are serious omissions or errors in the published memo. The Method Reviewer can object to a change if it is not backward compatible, but is not required to do so. Property definitions can never be deleted from the IANA registry, but properties which are no longer believed to be useful can be declared OBSOLETE by a change to their "intended use" field. 7. Internationalization Considerations 8. Security Considerations SPOOFING: In this memo, the "Organizer" is the only person authorized to make changes to an existing "VEVENT", "VTODO", "VJOURNAL" calendar component and redistribute the updates to the "Attendees". An iCalendar object that maliciously changes or cancels an existing "VEVENT", "VTODO" or "VJOURNAL" or "VFREEBUSY" calendar component might be constructed by someone other than the "Organizer" and sent to the "Attendees". In addition in this memo, other than the "Organizer", an "Attendee" of a "VEVENT", "VTODO", "VJOURNAL" calendar component is the only other person authorized to update any parameter associated with their "ATTENDEE" property and send it to the "Organizer". An iCalendar object that maliciously changes the "ATTENDEE" parameters can be constructed by someone other than the real "Attendee" and sent to the "Organizer". ATTACHMENTS: An iCalendar object can include references to Uniform Resource Locators that can be programmed resources. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 151] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Implementers and users of this memo should be aware of the network security implications of accepting and parsing such information. In addition, the security considerations observed by implementations of electronic mail systems should be followed for this memo. 9. IANA Considerations The IANA is requested to create and maintain a number of registries. The table below describes each. Subsections below contain the initial registrations and additional instructions for registrations. +---------------+------------------------------------+--------------+ | Registry Name | Registration Requirements | Reference | +---------------+------------------------------------+--------------+ | Components | RFC, Expert Review | Section 9.1 | | Properties | RFC, Expert Review | Section 9.2 | | Property | RFC, Expert Review | Section 9.3 | | Parameters | | | | Value Data | Standards Action Required for new | Section 9.4 | | Type Values | values that modify existing | | | | parameters | | | Calendar User | RFC, Expert Review | Section 9.5 | | Type Values | | | | Free/Busy | RFC, Expert Review | Section 9.6 | | Time Type | | | | Values | | | | Participation | Internet Standards Action for | Section 9.7 | | Status Values | VEVENTs, otherwise Expert Review | | | Relationship | RFC, Expert Review | Section 9.8 | | Type Values | | | | Participation | RFC, Expert Review | Section 9.9 | | Role Values | | | | Action Values | RFC, Expert Review | Section 9.10 | | Method Values | RFC, Expert Review | Section 9.11 | +---------------+------------------------------------+--------------+ Each of the above is described in separate sub-sections below. 9.1. Components Registry The following table is to be used to initialize the components registry. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 152] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 +----------------+---------+------------------------+ | Component Name | Status | Reference | +----------------+---------+------------------------+ | VCALENDAR | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.4 | | VEVENT | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.6.1 | | VTODO | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.6.2 | | VJOURNAL | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.6.3 | | VFREEBUSY | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.6.4 | | VTIMEZONE | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.6.5 | | VALARM | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.6.6 | | STANDARD | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.6.5 | | DAYLIGHT | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.6.5 | +----------------+---------+------------------------+ 9.2. Properties Registry Properties that are registered with IANA are to be document via the RFC process. It is not necessary for properties to be placed on the standards track to be registered unless the usage of other standard properties, parameters, or enumerations are changed. Components specifically require standards action. However, each property MUST specify what standard parameters, if any, are allowed, and in what components the property is valid (e.g., "VEVENT", "VTODO", etc.). The IANA is requested to maintain a table of such properties with pointers to appropriate reference documents. The following table is to be used to initialize the property registry. +------------------+------------+---------------------------+ | Property Name | Status | Reference | +------------------+------------+---------------------------+ | CALSCALE | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.7.1 | | METHOD | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.7.2 | | PRODID | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.7.3 | | VERSION | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.7.4 | | ATTACH | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.1.1 | | CATEGORIES | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.1.2 | | CLASS | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.1.3 | | COMMENT | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.1.4 | | DESCRIPTION | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.1.5 | | GEO | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.1.6 | | LOCATION | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.1.7 | | PERCENT-COMPLETE | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.1.8 | | PRIORITY | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.1.9 | | RESOURCES | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.1.10 | | STATUS | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.1.11 | | SUMMARY | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.1.12 | Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 153] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 | COMPLETED | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.2.1 | | DTEND | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.2.2 | | DUE | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.2.3 | | DTSTART | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.2.4 | | DURATION | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.2.5 | | FREEBUSY | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.2.6 | | TRANSP | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.2.7 | | TZID | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.3.1 | | TZNAME | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.3.2 | | TZOFFSETFROM | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.3.3 | | TZOFFSETTO | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.3.4 | | TZURL | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.3.5 | | ATTENDEE | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.4.1 | | CONTACT | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.4.2 | | ORGANIZER | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.4.3 | | RECURRENCE-ID | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.4.4 | | RELATED-TO | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.4.5 | | URL | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.4.6 | | UID | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.4.7 | | EXDATE | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.5.1 | | EXRULE | Deprecated | RFC2445, Section 4.8.5.2 | | RDATE | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.5.2 | | RRULE | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.5.3 | | ACTION | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.6.1 | | REPEAT | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.6.2 | | TRIGGER | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.6.3 | | CREATED | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.7.1 | | DTSTAMP | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.7.2 | | LAST-MODIFIED | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.7.3 | | SEQUENCE | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.7.4 | | REQUEST-STATUS | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.8.3 | +------------------+------------+---------------------------+ 9.3. Property Parameters Registry The IANA is requested to establish and maintain a table of property parameters for the iCalendar standard. Additional parameters may be added to this table as follows: o Those parameters that do not modify standard properties or parameters may be added through the publishing of informational or experimental RFCs with expert review through the APPS Area of the IETF. o Those property parameters that modify existing standard properties or parameters MUST update this memo, and hence be promoted through the Internet standards process. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 154] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 In all cases, each parameter MUST list the property it will be used with. Implementations that are unable to recognize a property parameter MUST ignore the property. The following table is to be initialized with the following values: +-------------------------+------------+-------------------------+ | Property Parameter Name | Status | Reference | +-------------------------+------------+-------------------------+ | ALTREP | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.1 | | CN | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.2 | | CUTYPE | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.3 | | DELEGATED-FROM | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.4 | | DELEGATED-TO | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.5 | | DIR | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.6 | | ENCODING | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.7 | | FMTTYPE | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.8 | | FBTYPE | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.9 | | LANGUAGE | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.10 | | MEMBER | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.11 | | PARTSTAT | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.12 | | RANGE | Deprecated | RFC2445, Section 4.2.13 | | RELATED | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.13 | | RELTYPE | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.14 | | ROLE | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.15 | | RSVP | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.16 | | SENT-BY | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.17 | | TZID | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.18 | | VALUE | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.19 | +-------------------------+------------+-------------------------+ 9.4. Value Data Type Values Registry The IANA is requested to establish a registry of Property Value Data Types for the iCalendar standard. Additional data types may only be added through the Internet standards process. The initial values are as follows: Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 155] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 +-------------------------------+---------+-------------------------+ | Property Parameter Value Type | Status | Reference | +-------------------------------+---------+-------------------------+ | BINARY | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.3.1 | | BOOLEAN | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.3.2 | | CAL-ADDRESS | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.3.3 | | DATE | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.3.4 | | DATE-TIME | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.3.5 | | DURATION | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.3.6 | | FLOAT | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.3.7 | | INTEGER | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.3.8 | | PERIOD | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.3.9 | | RECUR | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.3.10 | | TEXT | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.3.11 | | TIME | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.3.12 | | URI | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.3.13 | | UTC-OFFSET | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.3.14 | +-------------------------------+---------+-------------------------+ 9.5. Calendar User Type Values Registry Calendar user types (CUTYPEs) are used to indicate the sort of user associated with a CAL-ADDRESS. It is described in more detail in Section 3.2.3. Expert review is required for an IANA assignment. The following values are currently allowed: +--------------------+---------+------------------------+ | Calendar User Type | Status | Reference | +--------------------+---------+------------------------+ | INDIVIDUAL | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.3 | | GROUP | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.3 | | RESOURCE | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.3 | | ROOM | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.3 | | UNKNOWN | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.3 | +--------------------+---------+------------------------+ Implementations that do not recognize a calendar user type MUST treat the CAL-ADDRESS as an INDIVIDUAL. 9.6. Free/Busy Time Type Values Registry This parameter is described in Section 3.2.9. New entries require expert review. The table below specifies the initial registry: Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 156] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 +------------------+---------+------------------------+ | Free/Busy Type | Status | Reference | +------------------+---------+------------------------+ | FREE | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.9 | | BUSY | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.9 | | BUSY-UNAVAILABLE | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.9 | | BUSY-TENTATIVE | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.9 | +------------------+---------+------------------------+ Implementations that do not recognize a particular fbtype MUST treat that calendar user as BUSY. 9.7. Participation Status Values Registry PARTSTAT denotes participate status and is described in Section 3.2.12. The following table initializes the registry for participant status: +--------------------------+---------+-------------------------+ | Participant Status Value | Status | Reference | +--------------------------+---------+-------------------------+ | NEEDS-ACTION | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.12 | | ACCEPTED | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.12 | | DECLINED | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.12 | | TENTATIVE | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.12 | | DELEGATED | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.12 | | COMPLETED | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.12 | | IN-PROCESS | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.12 | +--------------------------+---------+-------------------------+ Existing implementations MUST treat an unknown PARTSTAT value as NEEDS-ACTION. 9.8. Relationship Type Values Registry This parameter is described in Section 3.2.14. Expert review is required for an addition. The table below initializes the registry. +-------------------+---------+-------------------------+ | Relationship Type | Status | Reference | +-------------------+---------+-------------------------+ | CHILD | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.14 | | PARENT | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.14 | | SIBLING | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.14 | +-------------------+---------+-------------------------+ Implementations MUST treat an unknown relationship as a PARENT. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 157] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 9.9. Participation Role Values Registry Roles are described in Section 3.2.15. The initial registration is as follows: +-----------------+---------+-------------------------+ | Role Type | Status | Reference | +-----------------+---------+-------------------------+ | CHAIR | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.15 | | REQ-PARTICIPANT | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.15 | | OPT-PARTICIPANT | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.15 | | NON-PARTICIPANT | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.2.15 | +-----------------+---------+-------------------------+ Implementations that do not recognize a specific ROLE should treat the calendar user as REQ-PARTICIPANT. 9.10. Action Values Registry Actions are covered in Section 3.8.6.1. The following table intializes the registry. +-----------------------+------------+--------------------------+ | ACTION Property Value | Status | Reference | +-----------------------+------------+--------------------------+ | AUDIO | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.6.1 | | DISPLAY | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.6.1 | | EMAIL | Current | RFCXXXX, Section 3.8.6.1 | | PROCEDURE | Deprecated | RFC2445, Section 4.8.6.1 | +-----------------------+------------+--------------------------+ Implementations MUST ignore unrecognized "ACTION" property values. 9.11. Method Values Registry Methods are covered in Section 3.7.2. No values are defined in this document for the "METHOD" property. 9.12. Media Type Registration Information The Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification is intended for use as a MIME content type. However, the implementation of the memo is in no way limited solely as a MIME content type. To: ietf-types@iana.org Subject: Registration of media type text/calendar Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 158] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Type name: text Subtype name: calendar Required parameters: none Optional parameters: charset, method, component and optinfo The "charset" parameter is defined in [RFC2046] for subtypes of the "text" media type. It is used to indicate the charset used in the body part. The charset supported by this revision of iCalendar is UTF-8. The use of any other charset is deprecated by this revision of iCalendar; however note that this revision requires that compliant applications MUST accept iCalendar objects using either the UTF-8 or US-ASCII charset. The "method" parameter is used to convey the iCalendar object method or transaction semantics for the calendaring and scheduling information. It also is an identifier for the restricted set of properties and values that the iCalendar object consists of. The parameter is to be used as a guide for applications interpreting the information contained within the body part. It SHOULD NOT be used to exclude or require particular pieces of information unless the identified method definition specifically calls for this behavior. Unless specifically forbidden by a particular method definition, a text/calendar content type can contain any set of properties permitted by the Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification. The "method" parameter MUST be specified and MUST be set to the same value as the "METHOD" component property of the iCalendar objects of the iCalendar stream if and only if the iCalendar objects in the iCalendar stream all have a "METHOD" component property set to the same value. The value for the "method" parameter is defined as follows: method = 1*(ALPHA / DIGIT / "-") ; IANA registered iCalendar object method The "component" parameter conveys the type of iCalendar calendar component within the body part. If the iCalendar object contains more than one calendar component type, then multiple component parameters MUST be specified. The value for the "component" parameter is defined as follows: Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 159] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 component = "VEVENT" / "VTODO" / "VJOURNAL" / "VFREEBUSY" / "VTIMEZONE" / iana-token / x-name The "optinfo" parameter conveys optional information about the iCalendar object within the body part. This parameter can only specify semantics already specified by the iCalendar object and that can be otherwise determined by parsing the body part. In addition, the optional information specified by this parameter MUST be consistent with that information specified by the iCalendar object. For example, it can be used to convey the "Attendee" response status to a meeting request. The parameter value consists of a string value. The parameter can be specified multiple times. The value for the "optinfo" parameter is defined as follows: optinfo = infovalue / qinfovalue infovalue = iana-token / x-name qinfovalue = DQUOTE (infovalue) DQUOTE Encoding considerations: This media type can contain 8bit characters, so the use of quoted-printable or base64 MIME Content- Transfer-Encodings might be necessary when iCalendar objects are transferred across protocols restricted to the 7bit repertoire. Note that a text valued property in the content entity can also have content encoding of special characters using a BACKSLASH character (US-ASCII decimal 92) escapement technique. This means that content values can end up encoded twice. Security considerations: See Section 8. Interoperability considerations: This media type is intended to define a common format for conveying calendaring and scheduling information between different systems. It is heavily based on the earlier [VCAL] industry specification. Published specification: This specification. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 160] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Applications which use this media type: This media type is designed for widespread use by Internet calendaring and scheduling applications. In addition, applications in the workflow and document management area might find this content-type applicable. The iTIP [I-D.ietf-calsify-2446bis], iMIP [I-D.ietf-calsify-rfc2447bis] and CalDAV [I-D.dusseault-caldav] Internet protocols directly use this media type also. Additional information: Magic number(s): None. File extension(s): The file extension of "ics" is to be used to designate a file containing (an arbitrary set of) calendaring and scheduling information consistent with this MIME content type. The file extension of "ifb" is to be used to designate a file containing free or busy time information consistent with this MIME content type. Macintosh file type code(s): The file type code of "iCal" is to be used in Apple MacIntosh operating system environments to designate a file containing calendaring and scheduling information consistent with this MIME media type. The file type code of "iFBf" is to be used in Apple MacIntosh operating system environments to designate a file containing free or busy time information consistent with this MIME media type. Person & email address to contact for further information: TBD Intended usage: COMMON Restrictions on usage: There are no restrictions on where this media type can be used. Author: TBD Change controller: IETF 10. Acknowledgements The editor of this document wish to thank Frank Dawson and Stenerson Derik, the original authors of RFC2445, as well as the following individuals who have participated in the drafting, review and discussion of this memo: Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 161] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Joe Abley, Hervey Allen, Jay Batson, Oliver Block, Stephane Bortzmeyer, Chris Bryant, Tantek Celik, Mark Crispin, Cyrus Daboo, Mike Douglass, Andrew N. Dowden, Lisa Dusseault, Ned Freed, Ted Hardie, Tim Hare, Jeffrey Harris, Helge Hess, Leif Johansson, Reinhold Kainhofer, Eliot Lear, Michiel van Leeuwen, Jonathan Lennox, Jeff McCullough, Bill McQuillan, Alexey Melnikov, Aki Niemi, John W. Noerenberg II, Chuck Norris, Mark Paterson, Simon Pilette, Arnaud Quillaud, Robert Ransdell, Julian F. Reschke, Caleb Richardson, Sam Roberts, George Sexton, Nigel Swinson, Simon Vaillancourt, and Sandy Wills. The editor would also like to thank the Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium for advice with this specification, and for organizing interoperability testing events to help refine it. 11. References 11.1. Normative References [ISO.8601.1988] International Organization for Standardization, "Data elements and interchange formats - Information interchange - Representation of dates and times", . [ISO.9070.1991] International Organization for Standardization, "Information Technology_SGML Support Facilities -- Registration Procedures for Public Text Owner Identifiers, Second Edition", April 1991, . [RFC2045] Freed, N. and N. Borenstein, "Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodies", RFC 2045, November 1996. [RFC2046] Freed, N. and N. Borenstein, "Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Two: Media Types", RFC 2046, November 1996. [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 162] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. [RFC2368] Hoffman, P., Masinter, L., and J. Zawinski, "The mailto URL scheme", RFC 2368, July 1998. [RFC2822] Resnick, P., "Internet Message Format", RFC 2822, April 2001. [RFC3629] Yergeau, F., "UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646", STD 63, RFC 3629, November 2003. [RFC3986] Berners-Lee, T., Fielding, R., and L. Masinter, "Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax", STD 66, RFC 3986, January 2005. [RFC4234] Crocker, D., Ed. and P. Overell, "Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF", RFC 4234, October 2005. [RFC4646] Phillips, A. and M. Davis, "Tags for Identifying Languages", BCP 47, RFC 4646, September 2006. [RFC4648] Josefsson, S., "The Base16, Base32, and Base64 Data Encodings", RFC 4648, October 2006. 11.2. Informative References [I-D.dusseault-caldav] Daboo, C., Desruisseaux, B., and L. Dusseault, "Calendaring Extensions to WebDAV (CalDAV)", draft-dusseault-caldav-15 (work in progress), September 2006. [I-D.ietf-calsify-2446bis] Daboo, C., "iCalendar Transport- Independent Interoperability Protocol (iTIP)", draft-ietf-calsify-2446bis-02 (work in progress), June 2006. [I-D.ietf-calsify-rfc2447bis] Melnikov, A., "iCalendar Message-Based Interoperability Protocol(iMIP)", draft-ietf-calsify-rfc2447bis-02 (work in progress), June 2006. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 163] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 [RFC2392] Levinson, E., "Content-ID and Message-ID Uniform Resource Locators", RFC 2392, August 1998. [RFC2425] Howes, T., Smith, M., and F. Dawson, "A MIME Content-Type for Directory Information", RFC 2425, September 1998. [RFC2426] Dawson, F. and T. Howes, "vCard MIME Directory Profile", RFC 2426, September 1998. [RFC4516] Smith, M. and T. Howes, "Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Uniform Resource Locator", RFC 4516, June 2006. [TZDB] Eggert, P. and A. Olson, "Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data", January 2007, . [Note to RFC Editor: Change "A. Olson" to "A.D. Olson".] [VCAL] Internet Mail Consortium, "vCalendar: The Electronic Calendaring and Scheduling Exchange Format", September 1996, . URIs [1] Appendix A. Differences from RFC 2445 This appendix contains a list of changes that have been made in the Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification from RFC 2445. A.1. New restrictions 1. The "DTSTART" property SHOULD match the pattern of the recurrence rule, if specified. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 164] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 2. The "RRULE" property SHOULD NOT occur more than once in a component. A.2. Deprecated features 1. The "EXRULE" property can no longer be specified in a component. 2. The "RANGE" parameter can no longer be specified on the "RECURRENCE-ID" property. 3. The "PROCEDURE" value can no longer be used with the "ACTION" property. Appendix B. Change Log (to be removed by RFC Editor prior to publication) B.1. Changes in -06 A detailed list of changes is available at the following page: http://tools.ietf.org/wg/calsify/draft-ietf-calsify-rfc2445bis/ draft-ietf-calsify-rfc2445bis-06.changes.html. a. Issue 19: Defined new IANA registries. [Work in progress]; b. Issue 23: Clarified that the UNTIL rule part MUST specify a value of the same type as the value specified by "DTSTART"; c. Issue 27: Clarified how the duration of generated recurrence instances is determined; d. Issue 35: Further clarified the description of the "LANGUAGE" property; e. Issue 42: Removed the restriction on the values allowed for the "ACTION" property in the the "VALARM" component; f. Issue 47: Clarified that alarm triggers relative to a DATE value type needs to be triggered to 00:00:00 of the user's configured time zone; g. Issue 56: Added a note to specify that FREQ MUST be specified as the first rule part in generated iCalendar applications, but MUST be accepted in any order to ensure backward compatibility. The rest of the RECUR value type ABNF has been further simplified; h. Issue 59: Clarified the default duration of "VEVENT" components specified with a "DTSTART" property of DATE value type; Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 165] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 i. Issue 61: Modified all the property ABNFs to allow iana-param in addition to x-param. Also modified the component ABNFs to allow iana-prop in addition to x-prop. [Work in progress]; j. Issue 62: Removed the text that lead to believe that the "RECURRENCE-ID" of a specific recurrence instance might change; k. Issue 64: Clarified that REQUEST-STATUS only allows pairs (1.1) and 3-tuples (1.1.1). l. Issue 65: Clarified that a different time zone may be used by "DTSTART" and "DTEND", and "DTSTART" and "DUE" when specified as date with local time and time zone reference. [Work in progress]; m. Issue 66: Clarified that if the "RDATE" property is specified as a PERIOD, its duration has precedence over the duration of the recurrence instance defined by the "DTSTART" property; n. Issue 72: Removed the requirement that a "VTIMEZONE" calendar component MUST be present if the iCalendar object contains an RRULE that generates dates on both sides of a time zone shift; o. Issue 73: Clarified that the "TZID" must be unique in the scope of an iCalendar object only; p. Issue 74: Deprecated the "PROCEDURE" value for the "ACTION" property; q. Issue 78: Fixed the text to specify that "TZOFFSETFROM" and not "TZOFFSETTO" must be used with "DTSTART" when generating the onset date-time values from the "RRULE" in a "VTIMEZONE" component; r. Clarified that the "DTSTART" property MUST be specified in a "VTODO" component when the "DURATION" property is specified; s. Started to update the time zone information / examples; t. Numerous editorial changes. B.2. Changes in -05 A detailed list of changes is available at the following page: http://tools.ietf.org/wg/calsify/draft-ietf-calsify-rfc2445bis/ draft-ietf-calsify-rfc2445bis-05.changes.html. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 166] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 a. Fixed ABNF with references in .txt version of the draft; b. Numerous editorial changes; c. Clarified that normative statements in ABNF comments should be considered as normative; d. Removed notes talking of character sets other than US-ASCII and UTF-8; e. Renamed CTL to CONTROL to avoid conflict with the CTL rule defined in RFC4234; f. Removed ABNF rules defined in RFC4234; g. Changed the partstatparam ABNF rule for clarity; h. Clarified the purpose of negative durations; i. Added informational references to RFC 2392 (CID URL) and RFC 4516 (LDAP URL). j. Updated TZDB reference. B.3. Changes in -04 A detailed list of changes is available at the following page: http://tools.ietf.org/wg/calsify/draft-ietf-calsify-rfc2445bis/ draft-ietf-calsify-rfc2445bis-04.changes.html. a. Issue 16: Clarified that recurrence instances, generated by a recurrence rule, with an invalid date or nonexistent local time must be ignored and not counted as part of the recurrence set. b. Issue 26: Clarified how to handle the BYHOUR, BYMINUTE and BYSECOND rule parts when "DTSTART" is a DATE value. c. Issue 28: Removed the MUST requirement to specify the "RDATE" property whenever the duration of a recurrence instance is modified. d. Issue 29: Clarified that the "DTSTART" property is REQUIRED in all types of recurring components. e. Issue 32: Introduced the notion of an "iCalendar stream" to make it explicit when we are refering to a "single iCalendar object" or a "sequence of iCalendar objects". Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 167] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 f. Issue 34: Clarified what should be done with the "method" parameter when the iCalendar stream is a sequence of iCalendar objects. g. Issue 40: Changed to fbprop ABNF rule to specify that the "DTSTAMP" and the "UID" properties are REQUIRED in "VFREEBUSY" components. h. Issue 43: Removed the MUST requirement to specify the "DTSTART" and the "DTEND" properties as local time in recurring components, but added a note that in most cases this is the right thing to do. i. Issue 44: Changed the x-prop ABNF to allow any parameters on non- standard properties. j. Issue 46: Simplified the tzprop, audioprop, dispprop, emailprop, and procprop ABNF rules by removing the number of required properties in front of the "*". k. Issue 48: Deprecated the "RANGE" parameter. l. Issue 51: Clarified implicit duration of day events with no "DTEND" nor "DURATION" property. m. Issue 52: Removed x-name from the "recur" rule part definition. It should be sufficient to allow xparam on properties of RECUR value type. n. Issue 53: Updated the NON-US-ASCII ABNF rule for UTF-8. o. Issue 56: Changed the "recur" ABNF rule to allow rule parts to be specified in any order. p. Issue 57: Specified that the "DURATION" property MUST be specified as a "dur-day" or "dur-week" value when the "DTSTART" is a DATE. q. Issue 58: Changed the jourprop ABNF rule to allow the "DESCRIPTION" property to occur more than once. r. Numerous editorial changes. s. Changed reference to RFC 4646 for Language-Tag. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 168] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 B.4. Changes in -03 A detailed list of changes is available at the following page: http://tools.ietf.org/wg/calsify/draft-ietf-calsify-rfc2445bis/ draft-ietf-calsify-rfc2445bis-03.changes.html. a. Numerous editorial changes. b. Specified that "DTSTART" should match the pattern of "RRULE" and is always part of the "COUNT". c. Specified "RRULE" should not occur more than once in recurring components. d. Deprecated "EXRULE". e. Fixed all ABNF errors reported by Bill Fenner's ABNF parsing web service available at: http://rtg.ietf.org/~fenner/abnf.cgi. f. Changed reference to RFC 4648 for Base64 encoding. B.5. Changes in -02 A detailed list of changes is available at the following page: http://tools.ietf.org/wg/calsify/draft-ietf-calsify-rfc2445bis/ draft-ietf-calsify-rfc2445bis-02.changes.html. a. Numerous editorial changes including the typos listed in the "RFC2445 Errata": http://www.rfc-editor.org/cgi-bin/errataSearch.pl?rfc=2445& and in the "RFC2445 Issues List": http://www.softwarestudio.org/iCal/2445Issues.html. b. Clarified line folding requirements. c. Clarified charset requirements. d. Clarified line limits requirements. e. Clarified on the use of the "LANGUAGE" parameter. f. Fixed the eventprop, todoprop and jourprop ABNF rules with respect to required properties. g. Fixed all the examples to use RFC2606-compliant FQDNs. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 169] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 h. Fixed the Content-ID URLs in the examples. i. Fixed the LDAP URLs in the examples. j. Moved multiple references in the Informative References section. k. Updated the Acknowledgments section. B.6. Changes in -01 A detailed list of changes is available at the following page: http://tools.ietf.org/wg/calsify/draft-ietf-calsify-rfc2445bis/ draft-ietf-calsify-rfc2445bis-01.changes.html. a. Numerous editorial changes (typos, errors in examples, etc.). b. Fixed invalid media types in examples. c. Fixed the "DTSTAMP" values in the examples. d. Moved media type registration in a separate IANA Consideration section. e. Added Internationalization Considerations section. f. Added Security Considerations section. g. Updated the Acknowledgments section. Appendix C. Open issues (to be removed by RFC Editor prior to publication) C.1. update_intro Type: edit bernard.desruisseaux@oracle.com (2007-02-20): Update Introduction section. C.2. update_vtimezone_examples Type: edit bernard.desruisseaux@oracle.com (2007-02-07): The time zone information for US/Eastern needs to be updated. Resolution: Done. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 170] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 C.3. #issue10+end_date_not_inclusive Type: change reinhold@kainhofer.com (2006-06-03): Resolution: C.4. #issue61+ianaparam Type: change bernard.desruisseaux@oracle.com (2006-11-05): All properties should allow ianaparam the same way they allow xparam. All components should allow iana-prop the same way they allow x-prop. Resolution: Changed all ABNF accordingly. C.5. #issue11+4.3.10_byxxx_rule_part_examples Type: change reinhold@kainhofer.com (2006-06-03): We should add more BYXXX rule parts examples. Resolution: C.6. #issue75+4.6.5_rdate_format_in_vtimezone Type: change bernard.desruisseaux@oracle.com (2007-02-07): We need to clarify the DATE-TIME format required for the "RDATE" property in "VTIMEZONE" components. Resolution: The "RDATE" property MUST be specified as a local DATE- Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 171] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 TIME value. C.7. #issue79+4.6.5_dtstart_and_rdate_in_vtimezone Type: change bernard.desruisseaux@oracle.com (2007-02-15): We need to clarify that "DTSTART" always specify a onset date-time of an observance and that its value does not need to be repeated in an "RDATE" property. Resolution: C.8. 4.8.1.1_attach_description_incomplete Type: change bernard.desruisseaux@oracle.com (2007-02-14): The description of the "ATTACH" property is incomplete. Resolution: C.9. 4.8.1.4_comment_description_incomplete Type: change bernard.desruisseaux@oracle.com (2007-02-14): The description of the "COMMENT" property is incomplete. Resolution: C.10. 4.8.2.1_completed_description_incomplete Type: change bernard.desruisseaux@oracle.com (2007-02-14): The description of the "COMPLETED" property is incomplete. Resolution: C.11. #issue76+4.8.2.2_dtend_dtstart_value_type Type: change Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 172] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 bernard.desruisseaux@oracle.com (2007-02-13): We should clarify that the value type of the "DTEND" property MUST be the same as the "DTSTART" property Resolution: Done. C.12. #issue77+4.8.2.3_due_dtstart_value_type Type: change bernard.desruisseaux@oracle.com (2007-02-13): We should clarify that the value type of the "DUE" property MUST be the same as the "DTSTART" property Resolution: Done. C.13. 4.8.2.3_due_description_incomplete Type: change bernard.desruisseaux@oracle.com (2007-02-14): The description of the "DUE" property is incomplete. Resolution: C.14. #issue63+4.8.5.3_rdate_and_dtstart Type: change bernard.desruisseaux@oracle.com (2006-11-05): We need to clarify whether RDATE can specify a value earlier in time than DTSTART. Resolution: C.15. 4.8.6.2_repeat_description_incomplete Type: change bernard.desruisseaux@oracle.com (2007-02-14): The description of the "REPEAT" property is incomplete. Resolution: Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 173] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 C.16. 4.8.7.1_created_description_incomplete Type: change bernard.desruisseaux@oracle.com (2007-02-14): The description of the "CREATED" property is incomplete. Resolution: C.17. 4.8.7.2_dtstamp_description_incomplete Type: change bernard.desruisseaux@oracle.com (2007-02-14): The description of the "DTSTAMP" property is incomplete. Resolution: C.18. #issue65+6_recommended_practices_tzid Type: change bernard.desruisseaux@oracle.com (2006-11-05): We should clarify the 3rd recommendations to specify that DTSTART and DTEND/DUE of DATE- TIME value type may be specified with different TZID parameter values. Resolution: Done. C.19. add_i18n_section Type: change bernard.desruisseaux@oracle.com (2006-06-21): Add Internationalization Considerations section. C.20. #issue19+iana_considerations Type: change <> lear@cisco.com (): The IANA Considerations sections needs to define new registries and templates for new registrations. Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 174] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Resolution: Author's Address Bernard Desruisseaux (editor) Oracle Corporation 600 blvd. de Maisonneuve West Suite 1900 Montreal, QC H3A 3J2 CANADA EMail: bernard.desruisseaux@oracle.com URI: http://www.oracle.com/ Desruisseaux Expires September 3, 2007 [Page 175] Internet-Draft iCalendar March 2007 Full Copyright Statement Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2007). This document is subject to the rights, licenses and restrictions contained in BCP 78, and except as set forth therein, the authors retain all their rights. 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