| Internet-Draft | vCard properties in Web Tokens | October 2025 |
| Mahy | Expires 18 April 2026 | [Page] |
A number of useful claims about humans are registered for use in JSON Web Tokens and CBOR Web Tokens. Another useful source of similar information is in the vCard specification. This document registers those fields.¶
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TODO Introduction¶
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here.¶
The vCard GEO property contains a geographical coordinate.¶
"vcard:geo": "50.8449007, 4.3498171"¶
281: [50.8449007, 4.3498171]¶
The vCard IMPP property contains an instant messaging address. It is a text string.¶
The vCard TITLE property contains the formal title of the (usually human) subject, for example: "Principal Engineer"¶
It is a text string.¶
| vcard:geo | | | | 53.484715052499816, -2.238374047408401 | | vcard:impp | | | | https://acme.co.uk/u/bob.jones | | vcard:title | | | | Principal Engineer | | vcard:org | | | | "Acme Widgets, Ltd." | logo_uri | vcard:logo | | | | https://www.acme.co.uk/acme-logo-med.png | | vcard:member | | | | Full Time Employees, Engineering, Security Alerts, Key Staff | | vcard:fburl | | | | | # Free busy list vcard:caladuri: | | | | | # Send scheduling requests here vcard:caluri: | | | | | # a calendar address (ex: public calendar for a musician or public figure)¶
vcard:language vcard:socialprofile vcard:sound # pronunciation of name vcard:phonetic:ipa # IPA phonetic representation vcard:phonetic:piny # Pinyin phonetic representation vcard:phonetic:jyut # Jyutping phonetic representation vcard:gramgender # grammatical gender vcard:pronouns¶
TODO Security¶
JWT already has¶
| vcard:geo | | | | 53.484715052499816, -2.238374047408401 | | vcard:impp | | | | https://acme.co.uk/u/bob.jones | | vcard:title | | | | Principal Engineer | | vcard:org | | | | "Acme Widgets, Ltd." | logo_uri | vcard:logo | | | | https://www.acme.co.uk/acme-logo-med.png | | vcard:member | | | | Full Time Employees, Engineering, Security Alerts, Key Staff |¶
array¶
| vcard:fburl | # Free busy list | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vcard:caladuri: | # Send scheduling requests here | ||||
| vcard:caluri: | # a calendar address (ex: public calendar for a musician or public figure) |
vcard:lang (languages that may be used for contacting the entity associated with the vCard)¶
vcard:socialprofile vcard:sound # pronunciation of name vcard:phonetic:ipa # IPA phonetic representation vcard:phonetic:piny # Pinyin phonetic representation vcard:phonetic:jyut # Jyutping phonetic representation vcard:gramgender # grammatical gender vcard:pronouns birthplace, deathplace, deathdate¶
TODO acknowledge.¶