[Ietf-calsify] location location location

[Eliot Lear]

Cyrus & All,

Thanks for your thoughts.  Please see below:
>
> I guess right now most system handle meeting rooms etc by given them
> their own calendar and allowing them to be part of the normal
> free-busy/invitation process.
Right.
>
> Actually a number of folks in Calconnect have been working on 'venue
> information' embedded in iCalendar data. Specifically the current
> Location property is not ideal for describing details about a location
> that can be parsed into constituents parts (e.g. address, box office
> phone number, map URL, website etc) but that is really needed for
> public event descriptions.
Yes, that would be interesting.
>
> Several possible solutions have been examined, including embedding
> vCards, creating new properties similar to vCard items, and the
> favored solution a new component type. It seems like the
> 'capabilities' of a venue is what you are after - e.g. seating
> capacity, AV equipment etc The problem with that is that there are so
> many potential variables involved and its not always clear what
> criteria could be used for doing bookings etc. We probably want to
> avoid turning iCalendar into a resource tracking system too, so any
> effort along these lines needs to be carefully scoped.
>
Indeed.  Do others think this is an interesting area of exploration?

Eliot