4. Venue Component

Component Name

"VVENUE"

Purpose

Provide a grouping of component properties that describe an event venue.

Format Definition

A "VVENUE" calendar component is defined by the following notation: venuec = "BEGIN" ":" "VVENUE" CRLF venueprop "END" ":" "VVENUE" CRLF

  venueprop  = *(

         ; the following are all REQUIRED,
         ; but MUST NOT occur more than once

         uid

         ; the following are optional,
         ; but MUST NOT occur more than once

         name / description / street-address / extended-address /
         locality / region / country / postal-code / tzid / geo /
         location-type / categories

         ; the following are optional,
         ; and MAY occur more than once

         tel / url
       )

Description

A "VVENUE" calendar component is a grouping of component properties that represent a venue where an event occurs. This extends the "LOCATION" property of "VEVENT" and "TODO" components, providing the ability to specify detailed information about the event venue.

Example

The following is an example of the "VVENUE" calendar component used to represent the The Venue in San Diego, California.

BEGIN:VVENUE
UID:V0-001-000153774-0@eventful.com
NAME:The Venue
DESCRIPTION: The Venue is a home for live music
  and southern-inspired cuisine in an environment celebrating the
  African American cultural contributions of blues music and folk
  art.
STREET-ADDRESS:1055 Fifth Avenue\nSuite 4
EXTENDED-ADDRESS:Stage 2
LOCALITY:San Diego
REGION;ABBREV=CA:California
COUNTRY;ABBREV=US;ABBREV=USA:United States
POSTAL-CODE:92101
TZID=US/Pacific
GEO:32.716220;-117.160156
URL;TYPE=map:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1055%20Fifth%20Avenue%
  2C%20San%20Diego%2C%20California%20&hl=en
URL;TYPE=Eventful Listing:http://eventful.com/venues/V0-001-00015
  3774-0
URL;TYPE=Official Site:http://www.example.com/venues/clubvenues/sandi
  ego/
TEL;TYPE=Box Office:619.299.2583
CATEGORIES:music concert
END:VVENUE