[icalendar-dev] General thoughts on strictness

[Gregg Irwin]

Hello again,

I haven't hit the archives here yet, but is there a general feeling
about how strict people are when it comes to the spec or formatting?
e.g. the %multiple.ics example file is oddly formatted (I thought
blank lines were not conformant as well). I've also found a number of
other test files that break rules here and there, which makes writing
a parser based on the RFC spec a bit of a chore, since you don't know
who is at fault when things fail (the ABNF spec has glitches too).

Are there any "reference" feeds that people use to test their parsers?
e.g. it seems that Apple's iCal, PHP iCalendar, and the new Google
calendar would be top targets for compatibility.

Any thoughts are welcome!

--Gregg Irwin