RFC2426 - vCard MIME Directory Profile

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Data sheet for RFC2426 vCard MIME Directory Profile (MIME-DIR)

Title	vCard MIME Directory Profile
Acronym	MIME-DIR
Version	1.0
Document Number	RFC2426
Release Date	September 1998
Reference	https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2426

Note: The following is an excerpt from the official IETF RFC. It is provided here as a convenience and is not authoritative. Refer to the original document as the authoritative reference.

Overview

The [MIME-DIR] document defines a MIME Content-Type for holding
different kinds of directory information. The directory information
can be based on any of a number of directory schemas. This document
defines a [MIME-DIR] usage profile for conveying directory
information based on one such schema; that of the white-pages type of
person object.

The schema is based on the attributes for the person object defined
in the X.520 and X.521 directory services recommendations. The schema
has augmented the basic attributes defined in the X.500 series
recommendation in order to provide for an electronic representation
of the information commonly found on a paper business card. This
schema was first defined in the [VCARD] document. Hence, this [MIME-
DIR] profile is referred to as the vCard MIME Directory Profile.

A directory entry based on this usage profile can include traditional
directory, white-pages information such as the distinguished name
used to uniquely identify the entry, a formatted representation of
the name used for user-interface or presentation purposes, both the
structured and presentation form of the delivery address, various
telephone numbers and organizational information associated with the
entry. In addition, traditional paper business card information such
as an image of an organizational logo or identify photograph can be
included in this person object.

The vCard MIME Directory Profile also provides support for
representing other important information about the person associated
with the directory entry. For instance, the date of birth of the
person; an audio clip describing the pronunciation of the name
associated with the directory entry, or some other application of the
digital sound; longitude and latitude geo-positioning information
related to the person associated with the directory entry; date and
time that the directory information was last updated; annotations
often written on a business card; Uniform Resource Locators (URL) for
a website; public key information. The profile also provides support
for non-standard extensions to the schema. This provides the
flexibility for implementations to augment the current capabilities
of the profile in a standardized way.