[Ietf-calsify] Multiple iCalendar Objects

[Chris_Stoner at notesdev.ibm.com]

Right, I think that's where Doug was going with his post.  I think PUBLISH
is a good Use Case for multiple calendar objects.

Thanks everyone-
CS



                                                                           
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One other use case of multiple calendar objects is the very common
METHOD:PUBLISH use case, for example an events calendar, is it not? Or am I

misinterpreting this part?

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VEVENT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
END:VEVENT
--- etcetera ---
END:VCALENDAR

In any case, I don't see any real programming problems dealing even with
multiple VCALENDARs in one file; if it's a memory constraint problem, read
the file until the first END:VCALENDAR, or END:VEVENT for that matter,
process what you have, and then move on. Of course, my roots are in the
mainframe world where thinking of files in a sequential manner is perhaps
more common, but I believe this would work...


At 07:40 PM 9/7/2005, you wrote:
>That may be, but I will note that there are many calendar programs
>currently on the market that can't handle multiple VCALENDAR objects
>within a single file - I wrote about this in 2003 at
>
>http://staff.washington.edu/oren/weblog2/archives/2003/12/
>more_on_ical_or.html
>
>- Oren
>
>On Sep 7, 2005, at 12:43 PM, Doug Royer wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>Chris_Stoner at notesdev.ibm.com wrote:
>>
>>>That's a good point.  So you mean that if I have a handheld device
>>>and I
>>>want to pull down my January 2006 calendar, I would want to
>>>tranfer in one
>>>shot with many iCalendar objects, each having a method param
>>>telling me how
>>>to display this?
>>
>>Yes. I do not know of a handheld that does iTIP yet. It however
>>is accurate for my laptop synchronizing with my desktop.
>>
>>So the existing 2445 text looks accurate to me.
>>
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