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3.2.6. Directory Entry Reference

Parameter Name

DIR

Purpose

To specify reference to a directory entry associated with the calendar user specified by the property.

Format Definition

This property parameter is defined by the following notation:

 dirparam   = "DIR" "=" DQUOTE uri DQUOTE

Description

This parameter can be specified on properties with a CAL-ADDRESS value type. The parameter specifies a reference to the directory entry associated with the calendar user specified by the property. The parameter value is a URI. The URI parameter value MUST be specified in a quoted-string.

Note: While there is no restriction imposed on the URI schemes allowed for this parameter, CID [RFC2392], DATA [RFC2397], FILE [RFC1738], FTP [RFC1738], HTTP [RFC2616], HTTPS [RFC2818], LDAP [RFC4516], and MID [RFC2392] are the URI schemes most commonly used by current implementations.

Example

 ORGANIZER;DIR="ldap://example.com:6666/o=ABC%20Industries,
  c=US???(cn=Jim%20Dolittle)":mailto:jimdo@example.com

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