Re: Proposed new field type: Working Hours

"Andy Mabbett" <[email protected]> Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:23:53 -0000
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.vcard
Message-ID <[email protected]>

On Tue, March 16, 2010 15:00, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>
> There seems to be demand for a dedicated Working Hours field. This
> field would define hours and repetition in a manner similar to
> vCalendar. Not only would this allow users to store the data in a
> standard format for all their contacts, it would allow the data to be
> queried, for instance like this:
> 1) See which pizza restaurant is open on Friday at 02:30 in the morning.
> 2) See which museums will be open when your old friend comes to visit.
> 3) Which pharmacy is open on Saturday when your child is sick.

I second this proposal; the issue constitutes a "frequently asked
question" by people marking up business/ public service details with an
hCard microformat (based on vCard).

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Andy Mabbett
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