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Published: 12 January 2017

A new iCalendar specification was officially released in October 2016.  RFC 7986, entitled "New Properties for iCalendar", adds to the original iCalendar RFC by defining new properties to support conferencing systems and to the main VCALENDAR object including a calendar name, description and refresh interval. This RFC has been added to the specifications section at this site and the iCalendar history has been updated to reflect the new RFC.

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Published: 28 November 2016

The November update for iCalendar.org's iCalendar validator adds JSON support. JSON is a data format that is typically used by JSON supported web applications to provide data processing when the HTML formatted data is not sufficient. Third party debugging tools are one example. JSON support is available when validating by URL, where two permalinks are now displayed: one for the HTML formatted results of the validation and one for the JSON formatted results.  The JSON permalink is simply the HTML permalink with the string "&json=1" appended to it.

JSON support adds another unique feature of our validator. We strive to have the best iCalendar validator available today on the web with continued support and development of enhancements like this one.

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Published: 28 November 2016

Spammers are always looking for new ways to target their message that will bypass (at least temporarily) standard spam tracking software.  A recent target was Apple's iCal application through the use of iCalendar invites.

Read more: Spammers Target Apple iCal Users

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Published: 28 November 2016

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