vCard

vCard, also known as VCF (Virtual Contact File), is a file format standard for electronic business cards. vCards are often attached to e-mail messages but can be exchanged in other ways, such as Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), on the World Wide Web, instant messaging or through QR code. They can contain name and address information, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, URLs, logos, photographs, and audio clips.[1]

vCard
Filename extension
.vcf, .vcard
Internet media type
text/vcard
Type codevCrd
Uniform Type Identifier (UTI)public.vcard
Developed byCreated by Versit Consortium, all rights transferred in 1996 to Internet Mail Consortium, all rights transferred in 2004 to CalConnect
Type of formatElectronic business card
Container forContact information

vCard Plus, an elevated vCard, makes use of a customized landing page with all the basic information along with a profile photo, maps location and other fields. This can also be saved as a contact file on smartphones.[2]

vCard is used as data interchange format in personal digital assistants (PDAs), personal information managers (PIMs) and customer relationship management (CRMs). To accomplish these data interchange applications, other "vCard variants" have been used and proposed as "variant standards", each for its specific niche: XML representation, JSON representation, or web pages.

History

The standard Internet media type (MIME type) for a vCard has varied with each version of the specification:[3]

In the Versit vCard 2.1 specification, the following MIME types were specified, with the note that "the vCard has not been registered as a MIME type with the IANA.":[4]

text/plain
text/x-vcard
multipart/related
application/directory

In 1998, RFC 2425 specified the following types for individual vCards:

text/directory
text/directory; charset="iso-8859-1"; profile="vCard"
multipart/related

Also in 1998, the vCard 3.0 specification, RFC 2426 specified the format for vCards in directories:

text/directory

In 2011 vCard 4.0, as defined in RFC 6350, noted that IANA had marked the following as deprecated:[3]

text/directory

RFC 6350 also noted that all of the following media types should all be considered deprecated, in favor of text/vcard:

text/directory; profile=vCard
text/directory
text/x-vcard

The Internet media type text/vcard was used incorrectly in some SyncML documents to refer to vCard 3.0, and the example was followed in various implementations.

In VCF5 - Open Federated Microformating Project vCard 5.0 mime typals specification, the following MIME types were specified, with the note that "the vCard has not been registered as a MIME types

text/json+application+vcard - *.json.vcf
text/xml+application+vcard - *.xml.vcf
text/serial+application+vcard - *.serial.vcf
text/php+application+vcard - *.php.vcf
text/text+application+vcard - *.txt.vcf

Example of vCard files

The following is an example of a vCard file containing information for one person:

vCard 2.1

BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:2.1
N:Gump;Forrest;;Mr.
FN:Forrest Gump
ORG:Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
TITLE:Shrimp Man
PHOTO;GIF:http://www.example.com/dir_photos/my_photo.gif
TEL;WORK;VOICE:(111) 555-1212
TEL;HOME;VOICE:(404) 555-1212
ADR;WORK;PREF:;;100 Waters Edge;Baytown;LA;30314;United States of America
LABEL;WORK;PREF;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE;CHARSET=UTF-8:100 Waters Edge=0D=
 =0ABaytown\, LA 30314=0D=0AUnited States of America
ADR;HOME:;;42 Plantation St.;Baytown;LA;30314;United States of America
LABEL;HOME;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE;CHARSET=UTF-8:42 Plantation St.=0D=0A=
 Baytown, LA 30314=0D=0AUnited States of America
EMAIL:forrestgump@example.com
REV:20080424T195243Z
END:VCARD

vCard 3.0

BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
N:Gump;Forrest;;Mr.;
FN:Forrest Gump
ORG:Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
TITLE:Shrimp Man
PHOTO;VALUE=URI;TYPE=GIF:http://www.example.com/dir_photos/my_photo.gif
TEL;TYPE=WORK,VOICE:(111) 555-1212
TEL;TYPE=HOME,VOICE:(404) 555-1212
ADR;TYPE=WORK,PREF:;;100 Waters Edge;Baytown;LA;30314;United States of America
LABEL;TYPE=WORK,PREF:100 Waters Edge\nBaytown\, LA 30314\nUnited States of America
ADR;TYPE=HOME:;;42 Plantation St.;Baytown;LA;30314;United States of America
LABEL;TYPE=HOME:42 Plantation St.\nBaytown\, LA 30314\nUnited States of America
EMAIL:forrestgump@example.com
REV:2008-04-24T19:52:43Z
END:VCARD

vCard 4.0

The latest standard, which is built upon the RFC 6350 standard.

BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:4.0
N:Gump;Forrest;;Mr.;
FN:Forrest Gump
ORG:Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
TITLE:Shrimp Man
PHOTO;MEDIATYPE=image/gif:http://www.example.com/dir_photos/my_photo.gif
TEL;TYPE=work,voice;VALUE=uri:tel:+1-111-555-1212
TEL;TYPE=home,voice;VALUE=uri:tel:+1-404-555-1212
ADR;TYPE=WORK;PREF=1;LABEL="100 Waters Edge\nBaytown\, LA 30314\nUnited States of America":;;100 Waters Edge;Baytown;LA;30314;United States of America
ADR;TYPE=HOME;LABEL="42 Plantation St.\nBaytown\, LA 30314\nUnited States of America":;;42 Plantation St.;Baytown;LA;30314;United States of America
EMAIL:forrestgump@example.com
REV:20080424T195243Z
x-qq:21588891
END:VCARD

Example of vCard variants

xCard

xCard, the "vCard XML Representation" is a standard proposal of 2011, as RFC 6351. This proposal has not yet become a widely used standard.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<vcards xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:vcard-4.0">
  <vcard>
    <n>
      <surname>Gump</surname>
      <given>Forrest</given>
      <additional/>
      <prefix>Mr.</prefix>
      <suffix/>
    </n>
    <fn>
      <text>Forrest Gump</text>
    </fn>
    <org>
      <text>Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.</text>
    </org>
    <title>
      <text>Shrimp Man</text>
    </title>
    <photo>
      <parameters>
        <mediatype>
          <text>image/gif</text>
        </mediatype>
      </parameters>
      <uri>http://www.example.com/dir_photos/my_photo.gif</uri>
    </photo>
    <tel>
      <parameters>
        <type>
          <text>work</text>
          <text>voice</text>
        </type>
      </parameters>
      <uri>tel:+1-111-555-1212</uri>
    </tel>
    <tel>
      <parameters>
        <type>
          <text>home</text>
          <text>voice</text>
        </type>
      </parameters>
      <uri>tel:+1-404-555-1212</uri>
    </tel>
    <adr>
      <parameters>
        <label>
          <text>100 Waters Edge Baytown, LA 30314 United States of America</text>
        </label>
        <type>
          <text>work</text>
        </type>
        <pref>
          <integer>1</integer>
        </pref>
      </parameters>
      <pobox/>
      <ext/>
      <street>100 Waters Edge</street>
      <locality>Baytown</locality>
      <region>LA </region>
      <code>30314</code>
      <country>United States of America</country>
    </adr>
    <adr>
      <parameters>
        <label>
          <text>100 Waters Edge Baytown, LA 30314 United States of America</text>
        </label>
        <type>
          <text>home</text>
        </type>
      </parameters>
      <pobox/>
      <ext/>
      <street>42 Plantation St.</street>
      <locality>Baytown</locality>
      <region>LA</region>
      <code>30314</code>
      <country>United States of America</country>
    </adr>
    <email>
      <text>forrestgump@example.com</text>
    </email>
    <rev>
      <timestamp>20080424T195243Z</timestamp>
    </rev>
  </vcard>
</vcards>

jCard

jCard, "The JSON Format for vCard" is a standard proposal of 2014, RFC 7095. This proposal has not yet become a widely used standard. Other JSON formats (as npm's vcard-json) are in use. The RFC 7095 does not use real JSON objects, but rather uses arrays of sequence-dependent tag-value pairs (like an XML file).

["vcard",
  [
    ["version", {}, "text", "4.0"],
    ["n", {}, "text", ["Gump", "Forrest", "", "Mr.", ""]],
    ["fn", {}, "text", "Forrest Gump"],
    ["org", {}, "text", "Bubba Gump Shrimp Co."],
    ["title", {} ,"text", "Shrimp Man"],
    ["photo", {"mediatype":"image/gif"}, "uri", "http://www.example.com/dir_photos/my_photo.gif"],
    ["tel", {"type":["work", "voice"]}, "uri", "tel:+1-111-555-1212"],
    ["tel", {"type":["home", "voice"]}, "uri", "tel:+1-404-555-1212"],
    ["adr",
      {"label":"100 Waters Edge\nBaytown, LA 30314\nUnited States of America", "type":"work", "pref":"1"},
      "text",
      ["", "", "100 Waters Edge", "Baytown", "LA", "50505", "United States of America"]
    ],
    ["adr",
      {"label":"42 Plantation St.\nBaytown, LA 30314\nUnited States of America", "type":"home"},
      "text",
      ["", "", "42 Plantation St.", "Baytown", "LA", "30314", "United States of America"]
    ],
    ["email", {}, "text", "forrestgump@example.com"],
    ["rev", {}, "timestamp", "2008-04-24T19:52:43Z"]
  ]
]

Semantic content

vCard information is common in web pages: the "free text" content is human-readable but not machine-readable. As technologies evolve, the "free text" (HTML) was adapting to be also machine-readable.

  • hCard is a microformat that allows a vCard to be embedded inside an HTML page. It makes use of CSS class names to identify each vCard property. Normal HTML markup and CSS styling can be used alongside the hCard class names without affecting the webpage's ability to be parsed by a hCard parser. h-card is the microformats2 update to hCard.[5][6]
  • RDFa with the vCard Ontology can be used in HTML and various XML-family languages e.g. SVG, MathML.
  • Most of vCard properties are mapped using e.g. Schema.org vocabulary (see Person and Organization classes).

Below is an example of first generation hCard.

<html>
  <head>
    <link rel="profile" href="http://microformats.org/profile/hcard" />
  </head>
  <body>
    <div class="vcard">
      <img class="photo" src="http://www.example.com/dir_photos/my_photo.gif" align="left" />
      <h1 class="fn">Forrest Gump</h1>
      <div class="email">
        Email: <a class="value" href="mailto:forrestgump@example.com">forrestgump@example.com</a>
      </div>
      <div class="n">
        Prefix: <span class="honorific-prefix">Mr.</span><br>
        First Name: <span class="given-name">Forrest</span><br>
        Last Name: <span class="family-name">Gump</span>
      </div>

      <div class="label" style="display:none">
        <span class="type">home</span>
        42 Plantation St.<br>Baytown, LA 30314<br>United States of America
      </div>
      <div class="adr">
        <span class="type">Home</span> Address:<br>
        <span class="street-address">42 Plantation St.</span><br>
        <span class="locality">Baytown</span>, <span class="region">LA</span>
        <span class="postal-code">30314</span><br>
        <span class="country-name">United States of America</span>
      </div>
      <div class="tel">
         <abbr class="type" title="voice"></abbr>
         <span class="type">Home</span> Phone: <span class="value">(111) 555-1212</span>
      </div>

      <div>
        Organization: <span class="org">Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.</span><br>
        Title: <span class="title">Shrimp Man</span>
      </div>

      <div class="label" style="display:none">
        <span class="type">work</span>
        100 Waters Edge<br>Baytown, LA 30314<br>United States of America
      </div>
      <div class="adr">
        <span class="type">Work</span> Address (<span class="type">pref</span>erred):<br>
        <span class="street-address">100 Waters Edge</span><br>
        <span class="locality">Baytown</span>, <span class="region">LA</span>
        <span class="postal-code">30314</span><br>
        <span class="country-name">United States of America</span>
      </div>
      <div class="tel">
         <abbr class="type" title="voice"></abbr>
         <span class="type">Work</span> Phone: <span class="value">(404) 555-1212</span>
      </div>

      <em>vCard last updated:</em>
      <time class="rev" datetime="2008-04-24T19:52:43Z">April 24, 2008 at 7:52 PM GMT</time>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

Below is an example of RDFa in HTML5 using the vCard Ontology:

<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
  </head>
  <body vocab="http://www.w3.org/2006/vcard/ns#">
    <article resource="#Forest-Gump" typeof="Individual">
      <h1 property="fn">Forrest Gump</h1>

      <img property="hasPhoto" src="http://example.org/media/photo.jpg" />

      <div>
        Email: <a property="hasEmail" href="mailto:forrestgump@example.com">forrestgump@example.com</a>
      </div>

      <div>
        Prefix: <span property="honorific-prefix">Mr.</span><br />
        First Name: <span property="given-name">Forrest</span><br />
        Last Name: <span property="family-name">Gump</span>
      </div>

      <div property="hasAddress" typeof="Home">
        Home Address:<br />
        <span property="street-address">42 Plantation St.</span><br />
        <span property="locality">Baytown</span>, <span property="region">LA</span>
        <span property="postal-code" lang="">30314</span><br />
        <span property="country-name">United States of America</span>
      </div>

      <div property="hasTelephone" typeof="Voice Home">
         Voice/Home Phone: <a property="hasValue" href="tel:+11115551212">(111) 555-1212</a>
      </div>
    </article>
  </body>
</html>

Properties

vCard defines the following property types.

All vCards begin with BEGIN:VCARD and end with END:VCARD. All vCards must contain the VERSION property, which specifies the vCard version. VERSION must come immediately after BEGIN, except in the vCard 2.1 standard, which allows it to be anywhere in the vCard. Otherwise, properties can be defined in any order.

Name Property presence Description Example
v. 2.1 v. 3.0 v. 4.0
ADROptionalOptionalOptionalA structured representation of the physical delivery address for the vCard object.ADR;TYPE=home:;;123 Main St.;Springfield;IL;12345;USA
AGENTOptionalOptionalUndefinedInformation about another person who will act on behalf of the vCard object. Typically this would be an area administrator, assistant, or secretary for the individual. Can be either a URL or an embedded vCard.AGENT:http://mi6.gov.uk/007
ANNIVERSARYUndefinedUndefinedOptionalDefines the person's anniversary.ANNIVERSARY:19901021
BDAYOptionalOptionalOptionalDate of birth of the individual associated with the vCard.BDAY:19700310
BEGINRequiredRequiredRequiredAll vCards must start with this property.BEGIN:VCARD
CALADRURIUndefinedUndefinedOptionalA URL to use for sending a scheduling request to the person's calendar.CALADRURI:http://example.com/calendar/jdoe
CALURIUndefinedUndefinedOptionalA URL to the person's calendar.CALURI:http://example.com/calendar/jdoe
CATEGORIESOptionalOptionalOptionalA list of "tags" that can be used to describe the object represented by this vCard.CATEGORIES:swimmer,biker
CLASSUndefinedOptionalUndefinedDescribes the sensitivity of the information in the vCard.CLASS:public
CLIENTPIDMAPUndefinedUndefinedOptionalUsed for synchronizing different revisions of the same vCard.CLIENTPIDMAP:1;urn:uuid:3df403f4-5924-4bb7-b077-3c711d9eb34b
EMAILOptionalOptionalOptionalThe address for electronic mail communication with the vCard object.EMAIL:johndoe@hotmail.com
ENDRequiredRequiredRequiredAll vCards must end with this property.END:VCARD
FBURLUndefinedUndefinedOptionalDefines a URL that shows when the person is "free" or "busy" on their calendar.FBURL:http://example.com/fb/jdoe
FNOptionalRequiredRequiredThe formatted name string associated with the vCard object.FN:Dr. John Doe
GENDERUndefinedUndefinedOptionalDefines the person's gender.GENDER:F
GEOOptionalOptionalOptionalSpecifies a latitude and longitude.2.1, 3.0: GEO:39.95;-75.1667
4.0: GEO:geo:39.95,-75.1667
IMPPUndefinedMaybeOptionalDefines an instant messenger handle.

This property was introduced in a separate RFC when the latest vCard version was 3.0. Therefore, 3.0 vCards might use this property without otherwise declaring it.

IMPP:aim:johndoe@aol.com
KEYOptionalOptionalOptionalThe public encryption key associated with the vCard object. It may point to an external URL, may be plain text, or may be embedded in the vCard as a Base64 encoded block of text.2.1: KEY;PGP:http://example.com/key.pgp
2.1: KEY;PGP;ENCODING=BASE64:[base64-data]
3.0: KEY;TYPE=PGP:http://example.com/key.pgp
3.0: KEY;TYPE=PGP;ENCODING=b:[base64-data]
4.0: KEY;MEDIATYPE=application/pgp-keys:http://example.com/key.pgp
4.0: KEY:data:application/pgp-keys;base64,[base64-data]
KINDUndefinedUndefinedOptionalDefines the type of entity that this vCard represents: 'application', 'individual', 'group', 'location' or 'organization'; 'x-*' values may be used for experimental purposes.[7][8]KIND:individual
LABELOptionalOptionalIncorporated withoutRepresents the actual text that should be put on the mailing label when delivering a physical package to the person/object associated with the vCard (related to the ADR property).

Not supported in version 4.0. Instead, this information is stored in the LABEL parameter of the ADR property. Example: ADR;TYPE=home;LABEL="123 Main St\nNew York, NY 12345":;;123 Main St;New York;NY;12345;USA

LABEL;TYPE=HOME:123 Main St.\nSpringfield, IL 12345\nUSA
LANGUndefinedUndefinedOptionalDefines a language that the person speaks.LANG:fr-CA
LOGOOptionalOptionalOptionalAn image or graphic of the logo of the organization that is associated with the individual to which the vCard belongs. It may point to an external URL or may be embedded in the vCard as a Base64 encoded block of text.2.1: LOGO;PNG:http://example.com/logo.png
2.1: LOGO;PNG;ENCODING=BASE64:[base64-data]
3.0: LOGO;TYPE=PNG:http://example.com/logo.png
3.0: LOGO;TYPE=PNG;ENCODING=b:[base64-data]
4.0: LOGO;MEDIATYPE=image/png:http://example.com/logo.png
4.0: LOGO:data:image/png;base64,[base64-data]
MAILEROptionalOptionalUndefinedType of email program used.MAILER:Thunderbird
MEMBERUndefinedUndefinedOptionalDefines a member that is part of the group that this vCard represents. Acceptable values include:
  • a "mailto:" URL containing an email address
  • a UID which references the member's own vCard
The KIND property must be set to "group" in order to use this property.
MEMBER:urn:uuid:03a0e51f-d1aa-4385-8a53-e29025acd8af
NRequiredRequiredOptionalA structured representation of the name of the person, place or thing associated with the vCard object.N:Doe;John;;Dr;
NAMEUndefinedOptionalUndefinedProvides a textual representation of the SOURCE property.
NICKNAMEUndefinedOptionalOptionalOne or more descriptive/familiar names for the object represented by this vCard.NICKNAME:Jon,Johnny
NOTEOptionalOptionalOptionalSpecifies supplemental information or a comment that is associated with the vCard.NOTE:I am proficient in Tiger-Crane Style,\nand I am more than proficient in the exquisite art of the Samurai sword.
ORGOptionalOptionalOptionalThe name and optionally the unit(s) of the organization associated with the vCard object. This property is based on the X.520 Organization Name attribute and the X.520 Organization Unit attribute.ORG:Google;GMail Team;Spam Detection Squad
PHOTOOptionalOptionalOptionalAn image or photograph of the individual associated with the vCard. It may point to an external URL or may be embedded in the vCard as a Base64 encoded block of text.2.1: PHOTO;JPEG:http://example.com/photo.jpg
2.1: PHOTO;JPEG;ENCODING=BASE64:[base64-data]
3.0: PHOTO;TYPE=JPEG;VALUE=URI:http://example.com/photo.jpg
3.0: PHOTO;TYPE=JPEG;ENCODING=b:[base64-data]
4.0: PHOTO;MEDIATYPE=image/jpeg:http://example.com/photo.jpg
4.0: PHOTO:data:image/jpeg;base64,[base64-data]
PRODIDUndefinedOptionalOptionalThe identifier for the product that created the vCard object.PRODID:-//ONLINE DIRECTORY//NONSGML Version 1//EN
PROFILEOptionalOptionalUndefinedStates that the vCard is a vCard.PROFILE:VCARD
RELATEDUndefinedUndefinedOptionalAnother entity that the person is related to. Acceptable values include:
  • a "mailto:" URL containing an email address
  • a UID which references the person's own vCard
RELATED;TYPE=friend:urn:uuid:03a0e51f-d1aa-4385-8a53-e29025acd8af
REVOptionalOptionalOptionalA timestamp for the last time the vCard was updated.REV:20121201T134211Z
ROLEOptionalOptionalOptionalThe role, occupation, or business category of the vCard object within an organization.ROLE:Executive
SORT-STRINGUndefinedOptionalIncorporated withoutDefines a string that should be used when an application sorts this vCard in some way.

Not supported in version 4.0. Instead, this information is stored in the SORT-AS parameter of the N and/or ORG properties.

SORT-STRING:Doe
SOUNDOptionalOptionalOptionalBy default, if this property is not grouped with other properties it specifies the pronunciation of the FN property of the vCard object. It may point to an external URL or may be embedded in the vCard as a Base64 encoded block of text.2.1: SOUND;OGG:http://example.com/sound.ogg
2.1: SOUND;OGG;ENCODING=BASE64:[base64-data]
3.0: SOUND;TYPE=OGG:http://example.com/sound.ogg
3.0: SOUND;TYPE=OGG;ENCODING=b:[base64-data]
4.0: SOUND;MEDIATYPE=audio/ogg:http://example.com/sound.ogg
4.0: SOUND:data:audio/ogg;base64,[base64-data]
SOURCEOptionalOptionalOptionalA URL that can be used to get the latest version of this vCard.SOURCE:http://johndoe.com/vcard.vcf
TELOptionalOptionalOptionalThe canonical number string for a telephone number for telephony communication with the vCard object.TEL;TYPE=cell:(123) 555-5832
TITLEOptionalOptionalOptionalSpecifies the job title, functional position or function of the individual associated with the vCard object within an organization.TITLE:V.P. Research and Development
TZOptionalOptionalOptionalThe time zone of the vCard object.2.1, 3.0: TZ:-0500
4.0: TZ:America/New_York
UIDOptionalOptionalOptionalSpecifies a value that represents a persistent, globally unique identifier associated with the object.UID:urn:uuid:da418720-3754-4631-a169-db89a02b831b
URLOptionalOptionalOptionalA URL pointing to a website that represents the person in some way.URL:http://www.johndoe.com
VERSIONRequiredRequiredRequiredThe version of the vCard specification. In version 4.0, this must come right after the BEGIN property.VERSION:3.0
XMLUndefinedUndefinedOptionalAny XML data that is attached to the vCard. This is used if the vCard was encoded in XML (xCard standard) and the XML document contained elements which are not part of the xCard standard.XML:<b>Not an xCard XML element</b>

A handful of separate specifications define additional vCard properties.

NameSpecificationDescriptionExample
BIRTHPLACERFC 6474The location of the individual's birth.BIRTHPLACE;VALUE=text:Maida Vale\, London\, England
DEATHDATERFC 6474The individual's time of death.DEATHDATE:19540607
DEATHPLACERFC 6474The location of the individual death.DEATHPLACE;VALUE=uri:geo:53.328,-2.229409
EXPERTISERFC 6715A professional subject area that the person has knowledge of.EXPERTISE;LEVEL=expert:Computer Science
HOBBYRFC 6715A recreational activity that the person actively engages in.HOBBY;LEVEL=high:knitting
IMPPRFC 4770Defines an instant messenger handle. This was added to the official vCard specification in version 4.0.IMPP:aim:johndoe@aol.com
INTERESTRFC 6715A recreational activity that the person is interested in, but does not necessarily take part in.INTEREST;LEVEL=high:baseball
ORG-DIRECTORYRFC 6715A URI representing the person's work place, which can be used to look up information on the person's co-workers.ORG-DIRECTORY:http://www.company.com/employees

vCard extensions

vCard supports private extensions, with an "X-" prefix, a number of which are in common usage.

Some of these include:

Extension Used as Data Semantic
Extensions supported by several different programs.
X-ABUIDpropertystringApple Address Book UUID for that entry
X-ANNIVERSARYpropertyYYYY-MM-DDarbitrary anniversary (in addition to BDAY, birthday)
X-ASSISTANTpropertystringassistant name (instead of AGENT)
X-MANAGERpropertystringmanager name
X-SPOUSEpropertystringspouse name
X-GENDERpropertystringvalue Male or Female
X-WAB-GENDERproperty1/2value 1 for female or 2 for male
X-AIMpropertystringInstant Messaging (IM) contact information; TYPE parameter as for TEL
X-ICQpropertystring
X-GOOGLE-TALK, X-GTALKpropertystring
X-JABBERpropertystring
X-MSNpropertystring
X-YAHOOpropertystring
X-TWITTERpropertystring
X-SKYPE, X-SKYPE-USERNAMEpropertystring
X-GADUGADUpropertystring
X-GROUPWISEpropertystring
X-MS-IMADDRESSpropertystringIM address in VCF attachment from Outlook (right click Contact, Send Full Contact, Internet Format.)
X-MS-CARDPICTUREpropertystringWorks as PHOTO or LOGO. Contains an image of the Card in Outlook.
X-MS-OL-DESIGNpropertystringContains XML used by Outlook describing the layout of the information presented as a business card.[9]
X-PHONETIC-FIRST-NAME, X-PHONETIC-LAST-NAMEpropertystringalternative spellings, for assisting with the pronunciation of unfamiliar names
Introduced and used by Mozilla; used by Evolution (software)
X-MOZILLA-HTMLpropertyTRUE/FALSEmail recipient prefers HTML-formatted email
X-MOZILLA-PROPERTYpropertystringThunderbird specific settings
Introduced and used by Evolution (software)
X-EVOLUTION-ANNIVERSARYpropertyYYYY-MM-DDarbitrary anniversary (in addition to BDAY, birthday)
X-EVOLUTION-ASSISTANTpropertystringassistant name (instead of Agent)
X-EVOLUTION-BLOG-URLpropertystring/URLblog URL
X-EVOLUTION-FILE-ASpropertystringfile under different name (in addition to N, name components; and FN, full name)
X-EVOLUTION-LISTpropertyTRUE/FALSEentry defines a mailing list (e.g. X-EVOLUTION-LIST:TRUE)
X-EVOLUTION-LIST-SHOW_ADDRESSESpropertyTRUE/FALSEsets whether individual addresses will appear in e-mails sent using a mailing list (e.g. X-EVOLUTION-LIST-SHOW_ADDRESSES:FALSE)
X-EVOLUTION-MANAGERpropertystringmanager name
X-EVOLUTION-SPOUSEpropertystringspouse name
X-EVOLUTION-VIDEO-URLpropertystring/URLvideo chat address
X-EVOLUTION-CALLBACKTEL TYPE parameter value-callback phone number
X-EVOLUTION-RADIOTEL TYPE parameter value-radio contact information
X-EVOLUTION-TELEXTEL TYPE parameter value-Telex contact information
X-EVOLUTION-TTYTDDTEL TYPE parameter value-TTY TDD contact information
Introduced and used by Kontact and KAddressBook
X-KADDRESSBOOK-BlogFeedpropertystring/URLblog URL
X-KADDRESSBOOK-X-AnniversarypropertyISO datearbitrary anniversary, in addition to BDAY = birthday
X-KADDRESSBOOK-X-AssistantsNamepropertystringassistant name (instead of Agent)
X-KADDRESSBOOK-X-IMAddresspropertystringim address
X-KADDRESSBOOK-X-ManagersNamepropertystringmanager name
X-KADDRESSBOOK-X-Officepropertystringoffice description
X-KADDRESSBOOK-X-Professionpropertystringprofession
X-KADDRESSBOOK-X-SpouseNamepropertystringspouse name
X-KADDRESSBOOK-OPENPGPFPpropertystringOpenPGP fingerprint (RFC 6350 standardised KEY as a replacement for this)
Introduced and used by WebMoney
X-WEBMONEY-ID property long Unique 12-digit number, which is the address of a member within the WebMoney system

See also

References

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