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vCard Class Library for .NET (Version 0.4; LGPL license) Copyright (c) 2007-2009 David Pinch * http://www.thoughtproject.com/Libraries/vCard/ Introduction This is a simple library for manipulating vCards. A vCard is used to exchange contact information (e.g. to import into Microsoft Outlook or download from the web into a suitable PIM application). All code is released under the LGPL for free use and with full permission to use with commercial software. General Design: (a) The vCard object model is separated from the various vCard file formats. You can manipulate contact information, photos, and other properties in the standard way you would expect from a .NET class library. (b) Almost all vCard properties can exist multiple times in a vCard file. However, some judgement is used when determining whether a property should be implemented as a collection or a singular property. For example, it is possible to have multiple formatted names, each in a different language. The need for this functionality is very rare and therefore the formatted name property is implemented as a string property rather than collection of "formatted name" objects. On the other hand, multiple email addresses are common. Email addresses are stored in a collection. Nevertheless, feel free to request changes if you believe singular property should be converted to a collection. (c) The vCardReader and vCardWriter classes are abstract classes that define the interfaces for reading and writing vCard formats. This version of the library supplies vCardStandardReader and vCardStandardWriter, which implement the vCard 2.1 format specification. A future version will include support for Jabber, RDF and hCard formats. If you want to help evolve the library, adding support for those formats will be appreciated. (d) Example usage (in VB.NET; the library itself is in C#): Dim card As New vCard() card.GivenName = "David" card.FamilyName = "Pinch" Dim photo as New vCardPhoto( _ "http://www.thoughtproject.com/Common/me.jpg") card.Photos.Add(photo) Dim writer as vCardStandardWriter = New vCardStandardWriter() writer.EmbedWebPhotos = true writer.Write(card, "c:\davepinch.vcf") Folders (directories): .\ (root) file_id.diz ............................. Description in FILE_ID.DIZ format* license.txt ............................. LGPL license text pad_file.xml ............................ Description in PAD XML format* readme.txt .............................. This file. roadmap.txt ............................. Plans for the next version * These two files are provided for the convenience of file distribution networks and shareware/freeware sites. They contain information that can be extracted by special computer programs. Developers can ignore or delete the files. .\Solution\ The Solution folder contains a Visual Studio 2008 solution for building the vCard class library. A unit test project (nUnit) is also provided. .\Reference\ Copies of the vCard RFC (Request for Comments) documents. Other resources and technical information will be placed into this folder in the future releases. Documents in this folder may be copyrighted products under licenses that allow redistribution (but not affiliated with the author). .\Help\ A help project for Sandcastle Help File Builder. See Readme.Text in the folder for instructions on building your own documentation. An sample help file (CHM) has been compiled for your convenience. .\Samples\ Samples demonstrating use the library. Current Status This is version 0.4 of the library. It implements a substantial portion of the vCard standard. Future efforts will focus on compatible formats like hCard and RDF. However, the library is still treated as beta status. Please do not use on production systems unless you are confident with the degree of functionality currently implemented. ADR .......................... Delivery address BDAY ......................... Birthdate (partial) CATEGORIES ................... Category names / keywords CLASS ........................ Access classification EMAIL ........................ Email address FN ........................... Formatted name GEO .......................... Geographical coordinates KEY .......................... Certificate key LABEL ........................ Delivery label MAILER ....................... Mailer software name N ............................ Name NAME ......................... Display name of the vCard NICKNAME ..................... Nickname NOTE ......................... Note/Comment ORG .......................... Organization PHOTO ........................ Personal photos PRODID ....................... Product name/version REV .......................... Revision date ROLE ......................... Role/profession SOURCE ....................... Directory source TEL .......................... Telephone number TITLE ........................ Job title TZ ........................... Time zone UID .......................... Unique ID URL .......................... Web site X-WAB-GENDER ................. Gender (Outlook Extension) Known issues to be fixed in a future release (before version 1.0): - Preferred addresses and labels not marked as preferred Credits Thanks for Martin Meraner for providing testing assistance and helping with the certificate implementation. Thanks to Bill Lunney for assisting with photo/imaging support. Thanks to Richard Bennett for testing. Thanks to Robbie Paplin for helping with image (photo) support. Thanks to Karsten Januszeski for pushing me to update the library and eventually move to CodePlex. Support and Downloads The author is happy to assist people using the library. Please make sure you have downloaded the latest copy of the code from the following web site: http://www.thoughtproject.com/Libraries/vCard/ You can reach the author at the following: David Pinch http://www.linkedin.com/in/davepinch davepinch@gmail.com When sending code changes or bug reports, let me know if you want me to list your home page or some other personal statement. This is the least I can do. People who contribute source code and other materials will also be credited in the copyrights. You should be comfortable with the LGPL open source license before sharing any code, though! Linked-In users are welcome to send an invitation/connection request. Be sure to mention this library (or any library on thoughtproject.com) in your invitation. Please submit vCard files that are not correctly parsed by the library. License and Copyrights vCard Class Library for .NET (version 0.4 -- alpha) Copyright (C) 2007 David Pinch (dave@thoughtproject.com) and contributors This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
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