[Tickets #12782] Re: vCard export via CardDAV interface contains properties with empty values violating the spec

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2013-10-22 13:34:18 UTC

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/12782
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Ticket | 12782
Updated By | ***@kruedewagen.de <***@kruedewagen.de>
Summary | vCard export via CardDAV interface contains properties
| with empty values violating the spec
Queue | Turba
Version | 4.1.2
Type | Bug
State | Unconfirmed
Priority | 2. Medium
Milestone |
Patch |
Owners |
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***@kruedewagen.de (2013-10-22 13:32) wrote:

When sending contact data to a CardDAV client, Horde 5 creates files like:

####################
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
UID:***@domain.de
NICKNAME:
X-EPOCSECONDNAME:
BDAY:
X-ANNIVERSARY:
X-SPOUSE:
PHOTO:
TZ;VALUE=text:
EMAIL;TYPE=INTERNET:
TEL;TYPE=HOME,VOICE:
TEL;TYPE=FAX,HOME:
TEL;TYPE=WORK,VOICE:
TEL;TYPE=CELL,VOICE:
TEL;TYPE=FAX:
TEL;TYPE=PAGER:
TITLE:
ROLE:
LOGO:
CATEGORIES:Business
NOTE:Eine Notiz
URL:
X-WV-ID:
N:ABC AG;;;;
FN:ABC AG
ORG:ABC AG;
ADR;TYPE=HOME:;;;;;;
ADR;TYPE=WORK:;;;;;;
END:VCARD
####################

There are many properties like BDAY (birthday) which have no value
assigned. This confuses some CardDAV sync clients like the well known
CardDAV-Sync app http://dmfs.org/carddav/. This sync clients sets
"01.01.1970" as birthday, which results in getting many wrong calendar
entries on Jan 1st.

According to discussions with the app developer and my own research on
common vCard file style, fields like "BDAY" must have a proper
property value assigned if they are given at all. The ABNF does
explicitly say that the value must be "date-value" or
"date-time-value" (not optional, i.e. not empty).

See specs:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2426#page-31
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6350

Remark: Manual vCard exports of the address book do not contain those
properties with empty values. So, this is probably just related to the
CardDAV interface.

So, please just export properties which have a value (like the regular
address book export already does).

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2013-11-25 20:36:19 UTC

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/12782
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Ticket | 12782
Updated By | ***@wolke7.net <***@wolke7.net>
Summary | vCard export via CardDAV interface contains properties
| with empty values violating the spec
Queue | Turba
Version | 4.1.2
Type | Bug
State | Unconfirmed
Priority | 2. Medium
Milestone |
Patch |
Owners |
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***@kruedewagen.de (2013-10-22 13:32) wrote:

When sending contact data to a CardDAV client, Horde 5 creates files like:

####################
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
UID:***@domain.de
NICKNAME:
X-EPOCSECONDNAME:
BDAY:
X-ANNIVERSARY:
X-SPOUSE:
PHOTO:
TZ;VALUE=text:
EMAIL;TYPE=INTERNET:
TEL;TYPE=HOME,VOICE:
TEL;TYPE=FAX,HOME:
TEL;TYPE=WORK,VOICE:
TEL;TYPE=CELL,VOICE:
TEL;TYPE=FAX:
TEL;TYPE=PAGER:
TITLE:
ROLE:
LOGO:
CATEGORIES:Business
NOTE:Eine Notiz
URL:
X-WV-ID:
N:ABC AG;;;;
FN:ABC AG
ORG:ABC AG;
ADR;TYPE=HOME:;;;;;;
ADR;TYPE=WORK:;;;;;;
END:VCARD
####################

There are many properties like BDAY (birthday) which have no value
assigned. This confuses some CardDAV sync clients like the well known
CardDAV-Sync app http://dmfs.org/carddav/. This sync clients sets
"01.01.1970" as birthday, which results in getting many wrong calendar
entries on Jan 1st.

According to discussions with the app developer and my own research on
common vCard file style, fields like "BDAY" must have a proper
property value assigned if they are given at all. The ABNF does
explicitly say that the value must be "date-value" or
"date-time-value" (not optional, i.e. not empty).

See specs:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2426#page-31
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6350

Remark: Manual vCard exports of the address book do not contain those
properties with empty values. So, this is probably just related to the
CardDAV interface.

So, please just export properties which have a value (like the regular
address book export already does).

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2013-12-23 09:24:15 UTC

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####################
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
CATEGORIES:Business
NOTE:Eine Notiz
N:ABC AG;;;;
FN:ABC AG
ORG:ABC AG;
ADR;TYPE=HOME:;;;;;;
ADR;TYPE=WORK:;;;;;;
END:VCARD
####################
There are many properties like BDAY (birthday) which have no value
assigned. This confuses some CardDAV sync clients like the well
known CardDAV-Sync app http://dmfs.org/carddav/. This sync clients
sets "01.01.1970" as birthday, which results in getting many wrong
calendar entries on Jan 1st.
According to discussions with the app developer and my own research
on common vCard file style, fields like "BDAY" must have a proper
property value assigned if they are given at all. The ABNF does
explicitly say that the value must be "date-value" or
"date-time-value" (not optional, i.e. not empty).
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2426#page-31
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6350
Remark: Manual vCard exports of the address book do not contain
those properties with empty values. So, this is probably just
related to the CardDAV interface.
So, please just export properties which have a value (like the
regular address book export already does).

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