[dev] Update to turba localsql source

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Karsten Fourmont <fourmont at gmx.de>:

> Hi,
>
> I'd like to update the default turba localsql data source.
> It should split the name into first and last name and the address  
> into individual fields (street, city,...)
>
> The question is: how detailed do we want this to be? The vcalendar  
> vcard rfc2426 splits a name into the following fields:
>
> - Family Name
> - First (given) Name
> - Additional Names,
> - Honorific Prefixes
> - Honorific Suffixes
>
> with an example like this:
> N:Stevenson;John;Philip,Paul;Dr.;Jr.
> (please note that Philip and Paul are separated by commas as they  
> both compose the additional names).
>
> Including all these 5 fields would be the easiest thing for  
> compatibility with import/export to vcard data. But I think it would  
> require layout tweaks to tuba to make it look agreeable.
>
>
> Similar for addresses. Here the fields are:
>
> - post office box
> - the extended address
> - the street address
> - the locality (e.g., city)
> - the region (e.g., state or province)
> - the postal code
> - the country name
>
> I think here it's possible to put all of these into Turba: once for  
> private address, once for the business address.
>
> Suggestions?

We should choose the default fields very carefully, additionally to  
the vcard compatible fields we should also consider other standard  
software to make migration and imports easier, e.g. Outlook  
(http://wiki.horde.org/TurbaOutlook2003) or Thunderbird.

Jan.

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