RFC 6350: vCard Format Specification

This document defines the vCard data format for representing and exchanging a variety of information about individuals and other entities (e.g., formatted and…

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Outgoing relationships (28 related RFCs)

Updates — RFC 2739: Calendar Attributes for vCard and LDAP
Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 2426: vCard MIME Directory Profile
Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 2425: A MIME Content-Type for Directory Information
Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 4770: vCard Extensions for Instant Messaging (IM)
Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 5234: Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF
Normative reference — RFC 3986: Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax
Normative reference — RFC 3629: UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646
Normative reference — RFC 2045: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodies
Normative reference — RFC 2046: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Two: Media Types
Normative reference — RFC 5322: Internet Message Format
Normative reference — RFC 5646: Tags for Identifying Languages
Normative reference — RFC 4288: Media Type Specifications and Registration Procedures
Normative reference — RFC 4122: A Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID) URN Namespace
Normative reference — RFC 3966: The tel URI for Telephone Numbers
Normative reference — RFC 5545: Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification (iCalendar)
Normative reference — RFC 6351: xCard: vCard XML Representation
Normative reference — RFC 5546: iCalendar Transport-Independent Interoperability Protocol (iTIP)
Normative reference — RFC 5870: A Uniform Resource Identifier for Geographic Locations ('geo' URI)
Informative reference — RFC 2616: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1
Informative reference — RFC 1738: Uniform Resource Locators (URL)
Informative reference — RFC 5751: Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) Version 3.2 Message Specification
Informative reference — RFC 4880: OpenPGP Message Format
Informative reference — RFC 3406: Uniform Resource Names (URN) Namespace Definition Mechanisms
Informative reference — RFC 3282: Content Language Headers
Informative reference — RFC 2397: The "data" URL scheme
Informative reference — RFC 6068: The 'mailto' URI Scheme
Informative reference — RFC 3536: Terminology Used in Internationalization in the IETF

Incoming relationships (24 related RFCs)

Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 6868: Parameter Value Encoding in iCalendar and vCard
Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 9554: vCard Format Extensions for JSContact
Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 9555: JSContact: Converting from and to vCard
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6493: The Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) Ghostbusters Record
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7852: Additional Data Related to an Emergency Call
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8845: Framework for Telepresence Multi-Streams
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6352: CardDAV: vCard Extensions to Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6473: vCard KIND:application
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6474: vCard Format Extensions: Place of Birth, Place and Date of Death
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6715: vCard Format Extensions: Representing vCard Extensions Defined by the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Converged Address Book (CAB) Group
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9553: JSContact: A JSON Representation of Contact Data
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6869: vCard KIND:device
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9073: Event Publishing Extensions to iCalendar
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9536: Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) Reverse Search
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7545: Protocol to Access White-Space (PAWS) Databases
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8977: Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) Query Parameters for Result Sorting and Paging
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9537: Redacted Fields in the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) Response
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6973: Privacy Considerations for Internet Protocols
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9083: JSON Responses for the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7483: JSON Responses for the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7643: System for Cross-domain Identity Management: Core Schema
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6906: The 'profile' Link Relation Type
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9371: Registration Procedures for Private Enterprise Numbers (PENs)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8688: A Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Response Code for Rejected Calls