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diff --git a/doc/rfc/rfc2739.txt b/doc/rfc/rfc2739.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5c1dbbc --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rfc/rfc2739.txt @@ -0,0 +1,899 @@ + + + + + + +Network Working Group T. Small +Request for Comments: 2739 XpertSite.Com +Category: Standards Track D. Hennessy + ISOCOR + F. Dawson + Lotus + January 2000 + + + Calendar Attributes for vCard and LDAP + + +Status of this Memo + + This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the + Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for + improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet + Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state + and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. + +Copyright Notice + + Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2000). All Rights Reserved. + +Abstract + + When scheduling a calendar entity, such as an event, it is a + prerequisite that an organizer has the calendar address of each + attendee that will be invited to the event. Additionally, access to + an attendee's current "busy time" provides an a priori indication of + whether the attendee will be free to participate in the event. + + In order to meet these challenges, a calendar user agent (CUA) needs + a mechanism to locate (URI) individual user's calendar and free/busy + time. + + This memo defines three mechanisms for obtaining a URI to a user's + calendar and free/busy time. These include: + + - Manual transfer of the information; + + - Personal data exchange using the vCard format; and + + - Directory lookup using the LDAP protocol. + + + + + + + +Small, et al. Standards Track [Page 1] + +RFC 2739 Locating a Calendar User January 2000 + + +Table of Contents + + 1 CALENDARING AND SCHEDULING URIS...................................3 + 1.1 FREE/BUSY URI (FBURL) .........................................3 + 1.2 CALENDAR ACCESS URI (CAPURI) ..................................4 + 1.3 CALENDAR URI (CALURI) .........................................4 + 1.4 DEFAULT URIS ..................................................4 + 2 DISTRIBUTION......................................................4 + 2.1 MANUAL TRANSFER ...............................................5 + 2.2 PERSONAL DATA EXCHANGE USING A VCARD ..........................5 + 2.3 VCARD SCHEMA EXTENSIONS .......................................5 + 2.3.1 FBURL Property IANA Registration ...........................6 + 2.3.2 CALADRURI Property IANA Registration .......................7 + 2.3.3 CAPURI Property IANA Registration ......................... 8 + 2.3.4 CALURI Property IANA Registration ......................... 8 + 2.4 DIRECTORY LOOKUP USING THE LDAP V3 PROTOCOL .................. 9 + 2.4.1 LDAP Schema Extensions .................................... 9 + 2.4.2 Notation ..................................................10 + 2.4.3 Object Definitions ........................................10 + 2.4.3.1 calEntry ..............................................10 + 2.4.4 Attribute Definitions .....................................10 + 2.4.4.1 calCalURI .............................................10 + 2.4.4.2 calFBURL ..............................................10 + 2.4.4.3 calCAPURI .............................................11 + 2.4.4.4 calCalAdrURI ..........................................11 + 2.4.4.5 calOtherCalURIs .......................................11 + 2.4.4.6 calOtherFBURLs ........................................11 + 2.4.4.7 calOtherCAPURIs .......................................12 + 2.4.4.8 calOtherCalAdrURIs ....................................12 + 3 IANA Considerations..............................................12 + 4 Security Considerations..........................................12 + 5 Acknowledgments..................................................13 + 6 Authors' Addresses...............................................13 + 7 Bibliography.....................................................15 + 8 Full Copyright Statement.........................................16 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Small, et al. Standards Track [Page 2] + +RFC 2739 Locating a Calendar User January 2000 + + +1 Calendaring and Scheduling URIs + + This memo defines four classes of URIs. URIs are more useful if it is + understood what the URIs point to. Here is a brief description: + +1.1 Free/Busy URI (FBURL) + + The free/busy URI is defined to be a transport independent location + where a client can obtain information about when a user is busy. At + the present time, this URI only points to busy time data. Future + revisions of this specification may provide for the extended + capability of publishing free time data. + + If a calendaring and scheduling client (i.e., CUA) were to retrieve + data from this location using FTP or HTTP, it would get back an + iCalendar object [4] containing one or more "VFREEBUSY" calendar + components. If a MIME transport is being used, the response will be + contained within a "text/calendar" MIME body part as specified in the + iCalendar specification [4]. For example: + + BEGIN:VCALENDAR + VERSION:2.0 + PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN + METHOD:PUBLISH + BEGIN:VFREEBUSY + ATTENDEE:MAILTO:jane_doe@host1.com + DTSTART:19971013T050000Z + DTEND:19971124T050000Z + DTSTAMP:19970901T083000Z + FREEBUSY:19971015T133000Z/19971015T180000Z + FREEBUSY:19971015T190000Z/19971015T220000Z + FBURL:http://www.host.com/calendar/busy/jdoe.ifb + END:VFREEBUSY + END:VCALENDAR + + The amount of busy time data pointed to by the FBURL will generally + be pre-determined; for example one month of busy time data. As a + guideline, it is recommended that the previous six weeks of busy time + data be published at the location associated with the FBURL. If this + URI points to a file resource, it is recommended that the file + extension be "ifb" to distinguish it from an arbitrary iCalendar + object (e.g., with the "ics" file extension). + + + + + + + + + +Small, et al. Standards Track [Page 3] + +RFC 2739 Locating a Calendar User January 2000 + + +1.2 Calendar Access URI (CAPURI) + + The Calendar Access URI is defined to be a protocol independent + location from which a calendaring and scheduling client (i.e., CUA) + can communicate with a user's entire calendar. + + The semantics for using this URI as an access protocol locator are + yet to be defined by the IETF CALSCH Working Group. This will be + addressed in the "Calendar Access Protocol" specification. + +1.3 Calendar URI (CALURI) + + The Calendar URI is defined to be a protocol independent location + from which a calendaring and scheduling client (i.e. CUA) can + retrieve an entire copy of a user's calendar. Retrieving data from + this URI obtains a published "snapshot" of the user's calendar. + + HTTP URI -- If the URI is an HTTP URI, then the content returned with + a GET should be a "text/calendar" MIME body part containing one or + more iCalendar object. + + FTP URI -- If the URI is an FTP URI, then the resource pointed to + should be a file with an "ics" file extension containing one or more + iCalendar objects. + +1.4 Default URIs + + There are many cases where a user may have more than one calendar. In + these cases, a user may have multiple URIs, each URI pointing to a + calendar or free/busy data. + + To make the case of multiple calendars simpler for clients, the + concept of the "default" calendar is introduced. A "default" calendar + is one that the user has designated as the calendar that other users + should look at when accessing the user's calendar, or retrieving the + user's free/busy time. + + The default calendar may, in fact, include rolled-up information from + all the user's other calendars. The other calendars may only exist + for organizational purposes. + +2 Distribution + + These four URIs provide valuable pointers to calendaring and + scheduling data that other users need in order to know when to + schedule meetings, etc. There are several possibilities on how users + can communicate these URIs to other users. The following section + outlines how these URIs can be distributed to other users. + + + +Small, et al. Standards Track [Page 4] + +RFC 2739 Locating a Calendar User January 2000 + + +2.1 Manual Transfer + + The simplest way to obtain these URIs is for a user to communicate + the URIs using some out-of-band mechanism such as verbally, or in an + e-mail message, or by printing these URIs on a paper business card. + + When using this mechanism, the user obtains these URIs using an out- + of-band mechanism and then enters these URIs into their calendaring + software manually. + +2.2 Personal Data Exchange Using A vCard + + A more sophisticated way to obtain these URIs is for users to publish + vCards containing these URIs. The vCard object can be transferred + between one another. Since many e-mail clients allow a user to + automatically include a vCard with every message that the user sends, + this provides a simple, transparent way for a user to distribute + their calendaring and scheduling URIs. + + On the receiving end, an e-mail client that provides an integrated + vCard database can provide a way to lookup calendaring URIs for users + whose vCards are stored locally. + +2.3 vCard Schema Extensions + + Since the vCard [3] specification doesn't specify how to encode + calendaring URIs in a vCard, this section is provided as an extension + to vCard which specifies how to encode calendaring URIs within a + vCard. + + Inside a vCard object, four new properties are defined: "CALURI", + "CAPURI", "CALADRURI", and "FBURL", as defined above. + + Any vCard can have one or more of these properties, each representing + a calendar or free/busy time that is associated with the user. + + One of these properties can be designated as the "default" by adding + the "PREF" parameter. + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Small, et al. Standards Track [Page 5] + +RFC 2739 Locating a Calendar User January 2000 + + + Here is a simple example of a vCard containing a "FBURL" and a + "CALURI". + + BEGIN:VCARD + VERSION:3.0 + N:Dun;Alec + FN:Alec Dun + ORG:Microsoft Corporation + ADR;WORK;POSTAL;PARCEL:;;One Microsoft Way; + Redmond;WA;98052-6399;USA + TEL;WORK;MSG:+1-206-936-4544 + TEL;WORK;FAX:+1-206-936-7329 + EMAIL;INTERNET:user@host1.com + CALADRURI;PREF:mailto:user@host1.com + CALURI;PREF:http://cal.host1.com/user/cal.ics + FBURL;PREF:http://cal.host1.com/user/fb.ifb + CALURI:http://cal.company.com/projectA/pjtA.ics + FBURL:http://cal.company.com/projectA/pjtAfb.ifb + END:VCARD + +2.3.1 FBURL Property IANA Registration + + To: ietf-mime-directory@imc.org + + Subject: Registration of FBURL type for text/directory MIME type + vCard profile. + + Type name: FBURL + + Type purpose: To specify the URI for a user's busy time in a vCard + object. + + Type encoding: 8bit + + Type value: A single URI value. + + Type special notes: Where multiple FBURL properties are specified, + the default FBURL property is indicated with the PREF parameter. The + FTP or HTTP type of URI points to an iCalendar object associated with + a snapshot of the last six weeks of the user's busy time data. If the + iCalendar object is represented as a file or document, it's file type + should be "ifb". + + Intended usage: Refer to section 1.1. + + + + + + + +Small, et al. Standards Track [Page 6] + +RFC 2739 Locating a Calendar User January 2000 + + + Type examples: + + FBURL;PREF:http://www.host1.com/busy/janedoe + FBURL:FTP://ftp.host.com/busy/project-a.ifb + +2.3.2 CALADRURI Property IANA Registration + + To: ietf-mime-directory@imc.org + + Subject: Registration of CALADRURI type for application/directory + MIME type vCard profile. + + Type name: CALADRURI + + Type purpose: To specify the location to which an event request + should be sent for the user. + + Type encoding: 8bit + + Type value: A single URI value. + + Type special notes: Where multiple CALADRURI properties are + specified, the default CALADRURI property is indicated with the PREF + parameter. + + Intended usage: Refer to section 1.2. + + Type examples: + + CALADRURI;PREF:mailto:janedoe@host.com + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Small, et al. Standards Track [Page 7] + +RFC 2739 Locating a Calendar User January 2000 + + +2.3.3 CAPURI Property IANA Registration + + To: ietf-mime-directory@imc.org + + Subject: Registration of CAPURI type for application/directory MIME + type vCard profile. + + Type name: CAPURI + + Type purpose: To specify a protocol independent location from which a + calendaring and scheduling client (i.e., CUA) can communicate with a + user's entire calendar. + + Type encoding: 8bit + + Type value: A single URI value. + + Type special notes: Where multiple CAPURI properties are specified, + the default CAPURI property is indicated with the PREF parameter. + + Intended usage: Refer to section 1.3. + +2.3.4 CALURI Property IANA Registration + + To: ietf-mime-directory@imc.org + + Subject: Registration of CALURI type for text/directory MIME type + vCard profile. + + Type name: CALURI + + Type purpose: To specify the URI for a user's calendar in a vCard + object. + + Type encoding: 8bit + + Type value type: A single URI value. + + Type special notes: Where multiple CALURI properties are specified, + the default CALURI property is indicated with the PREF parameter. The + property should contain a URI pointing to an iCalendar object + associated with a snapshot of the user's calendar store. If the + iCalendar object is represented as a file or document, it's file type + should be "ics". + + Intended usage: Refer to section 1.4. + + + + + +Small, et al. Standards Track [Page 8] + +RFC 2739 Locating a Calendar User January 2000 + + + Type examples: + + CALURI;PREF:http://cal.host1.com/calA + CALURI:ftp://ftp.host1.com/calA.ics + +2.4 Directory Lookup Using The LDAP v3 Protocol + + Another way to obtain these URIs is to look them up in a directory + using the LDAP protocol [1]. + + If a user's URIs can be found using directory lookup (i.e., searching + for one of the LDAP schema extensions defined below), they should, in + general, be considered "more up-to-date" than URIs in any vCards that + are stored locally. + +2.4.1 LDAP Schema Extensions + + In order to encode the calendaring URIs in the directory, the + following are defined: + + - One object class: + + - calEntry + + - Eight attributes: + + - calCalURI + + - calFBURL + + - calCAPURI + + - calCalAdrURI + + - calOtherCalURIs + + - calOtherFBURLs + + - calOtherCAPURIs + + - calOtherCalAdrURIs + + The calCalURI contains the URI to a snapshot of the user's entire + default calendar. The calFBURL contains the URI to the user's default + busy time data. The calCAPURI represents contains a URI that can be + used to communicate with the user's calendar. The calCalAdrURI + contains a URI that points to the location to which event requests + should be sent for that user. + + + +Small, et al. Standards Track [Page 9] + +RFC 2739 Locating a Calendar User January 2000 + + + The calOtherCalURIs is a multi-valued property containing URIs to + snapshots of other calendars that the user may have. The + calOtherFBURLs is a multi-valued property containing URIs to other + free/busy data that the user may have. The calOtherCAPURIs attribute + is a multi-valued property containing URIs to other calendars that + the user may have. The calOtherCalAdrURIs attribute is a multi-valued + property containing URIs to other locations that a user may want + event requests sent to. + + There is no predetermined order to the values in either multi-valued + property. + +2.4.2 Notation + + The notation used in this memo is the same as that used in [2]. + +2.4.3 Object Definitions + +2.4.3.1 calEntry + + The Calendar Entry is a class derived from "TOP" [2], which contains + the four calendaring attributes. + + (1.2.840.113556.1.5.87 + NAME 'calEntry' + TOP + AUXILIARY + MAY (calCalURI calFBURL calOtherCalURIs calOtherFBURLs calCAPURI + calOtherCAPURLs) + ) + +2.4.4 Attribute Definitions + +2.4.4.1 calCalURI + + (1.2.840.113556.1.4.478 + NAME 'calCalURI' + EQUALITY caseIgnoreMatch + SUBSTRING caseIgnoreMatch + SYNTAX 'IA5String' + USAGE userApplications + ) + +2.4.4.2 calFBURL + + (1.2.840.113556.1.4.479 + NAME 'calFBURL' + EQUALITY caseIgnoreMatch + + + +Small, et al. Standards Track [Page 10] + +RFC 2739 Locating a Calendar User January 2000 + + + SUBSTRING caseIgnoreMatch + SYNTAX 'IA5String' + USAGE userApplications + ) + +2.4.4.3 calCAPURI + + (1.2.840.113556.1.4.480 + NAME 'calCAPURI' + EQUALITY caseIgnoreMatch + SUBSTRING caseIgnoreMatch + SYNTAX 'IA5String' + USAGE userApplications + ) + +2.4.4.4 calCalAdrURI + + (1.2.840.113556.1.4.481 + NAME 'calCalAdrURI' + EQUALITY caseIgnoreMatch + SUBSTRING caseIgnoreMatch + SYNTAX 'IA5String' + USAGE userApplications + ) + +2.4.4.5 calOtherCalURIs + + (1.2.840.113556.1.4.482 + NAME 'calOtherCalURIs' + EQUALITY caseIgnoreMatch + SUBSTRING caseIgnoreMatch + SYNTAX 'IA5String' + MULTI-VALUE + USAGE userApplications + ) + +2.4.4.6 calOtherFBURLs + + (1.2.840.113556.1.4.483 + NAME 'calOtherFBURLs' + EQUALITY caseIgnoreMatch + SUBSTRING caseIgnoreMatch + SYNTAX 'IA5String' + MULTI-VALUE + USAGE userApplications + ) + + + + + +Small, et al. Standards Track [Page 11] + +RFC 2739 Locating a Calendar User January 2000 + + +2.4.4.7 calOtherCAPURIs + + (1.2.840.113556.1.4.484 + NAME 'calOtherCAPURIs' + EQUALITY caseIgnoreMatch + SUBSTRING caseIgnoreMatch + SYNTAX 'IA5String' + MULTI-VALUE + USAGE userApplications + ) + +2.4.4.8 calOtherCalAdrURIs + + (1.2.840.113556.1.4.485 + NAME 'calOtherCalAdrURIs' + EQUALITY caseIgnoreMatch + SUBSTRING caseIgnoreMatch + SYNTAX 'IA5String' + MULTI-VALUE + USAGE userApplications + ) + +3 IANA Considerations + + This memo defines IANA registered extensions to the attributes + defined by LDAP [1] and vCard [3]. + + IANA registration proposals for vCard are to be emailed to the + registration agent for the "text/directory" MIME content-type, + <MAILTO: ietf-mime-directory@imc.org> using the format defined in + [3]. + +4 Security Considerations + + Standard vCard and LDAP security rules and support apply for the + extensions described in this document, and there are no special + security issues for these extensions. + + Please note, though, that LDAP servers may permit anonymous clients + to refresh entries which they did not create. Servers are also + permitted to control a refresh access to an entry by requiring + clients to bind before issuing a RefreshRequest. This will have + implications on the server performance and scalability. + + Please also note, though, that vCard objects may have been created by + an entity other than that represented by the vCard. Recipients should + be certain of the source that generated the vCard. + + + + +Small, et al. Standards Track [Page 12] + +RFC 2739 Locating a Calendar User January 2000 + + + Also, care should be taken in making use of information obtained from + directory servers that has been supplied by client, as it may now be + out of date. In many networks, for example, IP addresses are + automatically assigned when a host connects to the network, and may + be reassigned if that host later disconnects. An IP address obtained + from the directory may no longer be assigned to the host that placed + the address in the directory. This issue is not specific to LDAP or + dynamic directories. + +5 Acknowledgments + + The authors wish to acknowledge the work of Alec Dun, who acted as an + author for the early drafts of this memo. In addition, this document + received input from the various participants in the IETF CALSCH + Working Group discussions. + +6 Authors' Addresses + + The following address information is provided in a vCard v3.0 [3], + Electronic Business Card, format. + + BEGIN:VCARD + VERSION:3.0 + N:Small;Tony + FN:Tony Small + ORG:XpertSite.Com + ADR;TYPE=WORK,POSTAL,PARCEL:;;4700 42nd Ave. SW, Suite 440; + Seattle;WA;98116;USA + TEL;TYPE=WORK,MSG:+1-206-937-9972 + TEL;TYPE=WORK,FAX:+1-206-936-7329 + EMAIL;TYPE=INTERNET:tony@xpertsite.com + CALADRURI:MAILTO:tony@xpertsite.com + END:VCARD + + BEGIN:VCARD + VERSION:3.0 + N:Hennessy;Denis + FN:Denis Hennessy + ORG:ISOCOR + ADR;TYPE=WORK,POSTAL,PARCEL:;;42-47 Lower Mount St; + Dublin 2;Ireland + TEL;TYPE=WORK,MSG:+353-1-676-0366 + TEL;TYPE=WORK,FAX:+353-1-676-0856 + EMAIL;TYPE=INTERNET:denis.hennessy@isocor.com + CALADRURI:MAILTO:denis.hennessy@isocor.com + END:VCARD + + + + + +Small, et al. Standards Track [Page 13] + +RFC 2739 Locating a Calendar User January 2000 + + + BEGIN:VCARD + VERSION:3.0 + N:Dawson;Frank + FN:Frank Dawson + ORG:Lotus Development Corporation + ADR;TYPE=WORK,POSTAL,PARCEL:;;6544 Battleford Drive; + Raleigh;NC;27613-3502;USA + TEL;TYPE=WORK,PREF:+1-617-693-8728 + TEL;TYPE=WORK,MSG:+1-919-676-9515 + TEL;TYPE=FAX:+1-617-693-8728 + EMAIL;TYPE=INTERNET,PREF:Frank_Dawson@Lotus.com + EMAIL;TYPE=INTERNET:fdawson@earthlink.net + CALADRURI;TYPE=PREF:MAILTO:Frank_Dawson@Lotus.com + CALADRURI:MAILTO:fdawson@earthlink.net + URL:http://home.earthlink.net/~fdawson + END:VCARD + + This memo is a result of the work of the Internet Engineering Task + Force Calendaring and scheduling Working Group. The chairman of that + working group is: + + BEGIN:VCARD + VERSION:3.0 + N:Egen;Pat + FN:Pat Egen + ORG:Engan Consulting + ADR;TYPE=WORK:;;803 Creek Overlook;Chattanooga;TN;37415;USA + TEL;TYPE=WORK,VOICE:423.875.2652 + TEL;TYPE=WORK,FAX:423.875.2017 + EMAIL:pregen@egenconsulting.com + URL:http://www.egenconsulting.com + CALADRURI:MAILTO:pregen@egenconsulting.com + END:VCARD + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Small, et al. Standards Track [Page 14] + +RFC 2739 Locating a Calendar User January 2000 + + +7 Bibliography + + [1] Wahl, M., Howes, T. and S. Kille, "Lightweight Directory Access + Protocol (v3)", RFC 2251, December 1997. + + [2] Wahl, M., Coulbeck, A., Howes, T. and S. Kille, "Lightweight + Directory Access Protocol (v3): Attribute Syntax Definitions", + RFC 2252, December 1997. + + [3] Dawson, F. and T. Howes, "vCard MIME Directory Profile", RFC + 2426, September 1998. + + [4] Dawson, F. and D. Stenerson, "Internet Calendaring and Scheduling + Core Object Specification (iCalendar)", RFC 2445, November 1997. + + [5] Dawson, F. and S. Mansour, "iCalendar Message-Based + Interopability Protocal (iMIP)", RFC 2447, November 1997. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Small, et al. Standards Track [Page 15] + +RFC 2739 Locating a Calendar User January 2000 + + +8 Full Copyright Statement + + Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2000). All Rights Reserved. + + This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished to + others, and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it + or assist in its implementation may be prepared, copied, published + and distributed, in whole or in part, without restriction of any + kind, provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are + included on all such copies and derivative works. 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