VCard
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| Filename extension | .vcf, .vcard |
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| Internet media type | text/vcard |
| Type code | vCrd |
| Uniform Type Identifier (UTI) | public.vcard |
| Developed by | created by Versit Consortium with all rights transferred in 1996 to Internet Mail Consortium |
| Type of format | electronic business card |
| Container for | contact information |
vCard 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 on the World Wide Web or instant messaging. They can contain name and address information, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, URLs, logos, photographs, and audio clips.
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.
The standard Internet media type (MIME type) for a vCard is:
As of version 4.0 specification, other media types known to have been used previously are now deprecated, including:
All are oriented to "Directory Information text" (see RFC 2425). Other "vCard variants", oriented to XML and to JSON, are standard proposals (not yet a standard).
The following is an example of a vCard file containing information for one person:
The most used in recent years (ref. 2016) for data interchange.
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