[jdev] vcard alternative

Oleg V. Motienko mmm at ttn.ru
Mon Feb 7 10:46:38 CST 2005


Trejkaz wrote:

>On Monday 07 February 2005 03:36, Oleg V. Motienko wrote:
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>>Hello!
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>>What's about absent fields in vcard such as "gender" and "age" ?
>>I found jep-0120 as alternative, but it has remark "Implementation is
>>not recommended".
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>Age you can derive from Birthdate.  As for gender, that truly is regrettable.  
>This question has been asked on various lists a thousand times before though, 
>so I would suggest you check the archives.
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Ok, I read some archives, but have not found a decision.
A note about age: some people don't want to place full birthday into vcard.
They want to place only age or only day and month or age range (like 18-24).
And if I want to setup dating service, I need more fields than in vcard.

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Regards, Oleg
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