On [Jul 2], at [ Jul 2] 4:37 , Bob Jonkman wrote:
The difference with ISO dates is we've previously defined them as
content; I'm suggesting that's a mistaken definition, as these dates
don't function as content in our reference standard iCalendar.
I disagree. In an appointment, the date IS the content.
*A* date is, but not the ISO date. I think that's a subtle but
important distinction we've overlooked too often. You never see ISO
dates presented to (nor entered by) people in applications that work
with iCalendar. They're only used to *produce* content. I think HTML
entities are probably the closest analogy. The entities themselves
are not the content; they're merely used to produce the content in
various contexts (i.e. character sets). We don't display entities; we
only display the content they're used (by machines) to produce. If we
recognize that ISO dates are the same type of information ("metadata"
or whatever you want to call it), then not displaying them isn't a
compromise; it's just the obvious way to treat that type of
information, the same way it's treated everywhere else.
Peace,
Scott
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