On 09/28/2012 09:43 AM, Simon Perreault wrote:
Le 2012-09-28 12:15, Jay Ashworth a écrit :
The assumption of a 1-1 correspondence between gender and sex is old fashioned nowadays.
Mammals have sex.
*Words* (and only words) have gender.
There's an RFC about that! RFC 6350, section 6.2.7, about the GENDER vCard property:
6.2.7. GENDER
Purpose: To specify the components of the sex and gender identity of the object the vCard represents.
Value type: A single structured value with two components. Each component has a single text value.
Cardinality: *1
Special notes: The components correspond, in sequence, to the sex (biological), and gender identity. Each component is optional.
Sex component: A single letter. M stands for "male", F stands for "female", O stands for "other", N stands for "none or not applicable", U stands for "unknown".
Gender identity component: Free-form text.
ABNF:
GENDER-param = "VALUE=text" / any-param GENDER-value = sex [";" text]
sex = "" / "M" / "F" / "O" / "N" / "U"
Examples:
GENDER:M GENDER:F GENDER:M;Fellow GENDER:F;grrrl GENDER:O;intersex GENDER:;it's complicated
Simon +1 for bringing it back to a technical discussion in a round about way.
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