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4. Draft Charter for CalConnect vCard Technical Committee (as of 05-Oct-2007)

TC-VCard will provide support to the IETF vCard revision efforts by:

  1. Determining specific problem areas in the current vCard specifications that need to be fixed. As input the TC will start with issues documented in the vCard workshop.

  2. Looking at enhancements to the specifications to address current needs.

  3. Working on interoperability test cases to expose these problems and to provide a means to verify when they are fixed in the updated specifications.

  4. Work on an XML-syntax for a 1-to-1 mapping with vCard.

The technical committee will produce a recommendations document to the IETF describing the suggested fixes and enhancements felt necessary.

The technical committee will work with other CalConnect technical committees to accomplish this work (e.g., TC-Mobile, TC-XML (proposed), TC-Eventpub (VVENUE overlap), TC-Ioptest (interoperability testing).

The technical committee will work on a “benefits” document to promote the new standard. It will also help promote this amoungst vendors to try and encourage rapid deployment of the new standard.

Mirroring the consensus of the vCard workshop, this TC does not plan to examine a wholesale replacement of vCard.

Milestones:

  • Nov 2007 TC Setup

  • Jan 2008 Interoperability test cases.

  • Feb 2008 Interoperability event.

  • Feb 2008 Draft of recommendations.

  • Mar 2008 Initial presentation to IETF.

  • Jun 2008 Interoperability event.

  • Jun 2008 Publish recommendations.

  • Jul 2008 Final presentation to IETF

  • Oct 2008 Interoperability event.

  • Oct 2008 Publish XML mapping document.

  • Oct 2008 Publish benefits document.

  • Oct 2008 Shutdown.