RFC - 2739

Calendar Attributes for vCard and LDAP

Original:	ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2739.txt
Authors:	T. Small [XpertSite.Com], D. Hennessy [ISOCOR], F. Dawson [Lotus]
Date:	January 2000
Category:	Proposed Standard

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Referred by:	11 RFC
Refers to:	5 RFC

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Status

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2000). All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

When scheduling a calendar entity, such as an event, it is a prerequisite that an organizer has the calendar address of each attendee that will be invited to the event. Additionally, access to an attendee's current "busy time" provides an a priori indication of whether the attendee will be free to participate in the event.

In order to meet these challenges, a calendar user agent (CUA) needs a mechanism to locate (URI) individual user's calendar and free/busy time.

This memo defines three mechanisms for obtaining a URI to a user's calendar and free/busy time. These include:

• Manual transfer of the information;
• Personal data exchange using the vCard format; and
• Directory lookup using the LDAP protocol.

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