PROPOSED AGENDA - Web Services Calendar (WS-Calendar) TC - 30 November 2012

I think we get too tied up with the specifics of the XML for xCal.
xCal is designed to be as robust as possible in the face of changes
to the spec. For example, it would not be surprising to have the
value for a tzid be a url or a uri.
Any system which wants to implement a stripped down version of xcal
- or any other representation - is free to do so. But I think to
claim conformance they have to be able to handle issues of that
kind. If internally to their system that always  know  that tzid is
text they can handle it that way - but they'd better fail gracefully
if one day they read some xcal with a URL for a tzid.
The last form looks like a multi-valued property.
For each of these specializations you have to build into the
application knowledge of the structure of the property (at the time
you built your application).
That's fair enough if you're prepared to handle the changes that can
occur to the data coming from other systems - but that might mean
code changes.
I'd guess the answer is a qualified  yes
On 11/30/2012 11:50 AM, Considine, Toby
(Campus Services IT) wrote:
I have been
chewing on the many dates we have in WS-Calendar. These are
of the format (in XML)


<  xcal:dtstart  >

<  xcal:parameters  >

<  xcal:tzid  >

<  xcal:text
>  America/New_York  </  xcal:text  >

</  xcal:tzid  >

</  xcal:parameters  >

<  xcal:date-time
>  2011-05-28T08:45:00  </  xcal:date-time  >

</  xcal:dtstart
>

Can a
specification that claims conformance, and does  not need to
communicate with calendar servers,  look like:


<  xcal:dtstart  >

<  xcal:tzid  >

<  xcal:text
>  America/New_York  </  xcal:text  >

</  xcal:tzid  >

<  xcal:date-time
>  2011-05-28T08:45:00  </  xcal:date-time  >

</  xcal:dtstart
>

Or even like


<  xcal:dtstart  >

<  xcal:tzid
>  America/New_York  </  xcal:tzid  >

<  xcal:date-time
>  2011-05-28T08:45:00  </  xcal:date-time  >

</  xcal:dtstart
>


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Subject:  [ws-calendar] PIM progress and questions
- 30 November 2012

All

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For today's meeting.
I've been filling in the text for the sections (WD01 shows the
model only).
On the PIM I have a number of questions to discuss at the
meeting and/or on the email list. I'd appreciate your thoughts
and comments on these points.
The target is the PIM, not MDA; see item 5 for
an example mapping to WS-Calendar 1.0.
I've seen and heard no comments; since the
document is not complete that's not surprising. I hope.
For conformance should the relevant parts of
WS-Calendar 1.0 be copied with changes? Or referenced with
changes?
Should the conformance target be the RFCs or
WS-Calendar 1.0? I think the latter.
I believe that there should be a non-normative
appendix (or perhaps a Committee Note) showing the map from
the PIM to WS-Calendar 1.0.
Should there be other examples of PIM use and
the broader MDA perspective? Non-normative, I think.
Thanks!
bill

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On 11/30/12 7:14 AM, Gershon Janssen
wrote:
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DEFAULT AGENDA

0. Roll call, Agenda review

1. Approval of minutes

* 09 November 2012 meeting minutes:
https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=47425&wg_abbrev=ws-calendar

2. FYI / announcements from Chair,
Secretary, Liaison

3. Discussion

* December meeting schedule

* Review of PIM work
URL to full PIM wd01 package (docx, pdf,
XMI, and EAP):  https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=47502&wg_abbrev=ws-calendar

* Possible other items:

- Conformance in REST

-  Streams
Initial release of Streams, including the
HTML, DOC, PDF, and Schema.
URL:  https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=47420&wg_abbrev=ws-calendar

4. Any Other Business?

5. Adjourn

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