It looks like the Google Contacts web UI (both in Gmail and Google Apps) destroys the structured name information when the user edits a contact's name and the structured address information when the user edits the contact's address.
>From the migration guide (http://is.gd/VqhM) I had assumed that Google would apply some heuristics to the edited unstructured name/address to populate the structured fields. Is this a bug or a feature? ;-) Here's how to reproduce the problematic behavior: * Create a contact using the Contact Data API v3 and include a structured name, like: <gd:name> <gd:namePrefix>Dr.</gd:namePrefix> <gd:givenName>Eric</gd:givenName> <gd:additionalName>Emerson</gd:additionalName> <gd:familyName>Schmidt</gd:familyName> <gd:nameSuffix>Ph.D.</gd:nameSuffix> </gd:name> * Fetch the contacts feed using the API, verify that the structured data is there, including a generated <gd:fullName /> * Edit the contact in the Google Contacts web UI (e.g., change "Emerson" to "E.") * Fetch the contacts feed using the API, verify that the structured data is gone, leaving only the <gd:fullName /> I get similar results when editing postal addresses. Please let me know if you need any more info. Thanks, Charlie --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Contacts API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-contacts-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
