Although I agree, and will stipulate, that: -- Multiple syntaxes are nearly always a bad idea and -- iCal is badly broken (in fact, more broken than any of the cited articles indicate) We don't live in the best of all possible worlds. There is a demonstrable need to continue to support iCal, and to have an interoperable XML format, until something better comes along. While I would enthusiastically support and work on such a better calendar format (I will resist the urge to add my list of additional problems with iCal to the discussion), I think we have to cope with current reality, in which there is a growing demand for XML calendar interoperation. In other words: iCal sucks but that's irrelevant. Multiple syntaxes suck, but sometimes they're necessary. We've created a great big turd, and now we need to periodically squirt perfume on it or it will only smell worse and worse over time. -- Nathaniel On Sep 10, 2010, at 3:41 AM, Tony Finch wrote: > On 10 Sep 2010, at 06:09, Keith Moore <moore@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> If you have a beef with the iCalendar data model, feel free to try to come up with a better one. > > Funny you should say that :-) > http://fanf.livejournal.com/104586.html > > Tony. > -- > f.anthony.n.finch <dot@xxxxxxxx> http://dotat.at/ > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf