>>> As discussed previously, I've started looking at a potential vcard4 >>> extension. Here are some initial thoughts. I'm sure that I missed a >>> lot of things, having just looked at these specs for the first time. >>> Feel free to add/comment. Once we had some more discussions, I'm happy >>> to summarize the feedback and have a go at a first draft. > > I am not quite sure if vCard is a good format in the first place, what > about moving forward to things like the OpenSocial format for > specifying profiles ? >
This was our initial intention as part of the onesocialweb project (http://onesocialweb.org). However, it appears that PortableContacts (same as the OpenSocial contacts spec) is really a JSON centric spec, with a focus on simplicity and no provision for extensions. For further discussions on this, see this thread on the PoCo mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/portablecontacts/browse_thread/thread/da829610ae7f6108 We have therefore decided to look into vCard4 which has strong support for extensibility and for which a XML spec now exist.
