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(as draft)

An interface for protocols that support multiple forms of addressing contacts, for example through vCard addresses and URIs.

If the ConnectionManager has a .manager file, and it supports this interface, the interface's immutable properties must be represented in the file; the representation is described as part of the documentation for each property.

For instance, a SIP connection manager might have the following lines in the .manager file.

[Protocol sip]
AddressableVCardFields=tel;x-sip;
AddressableURISchemes=tel;sip;

The vCard fields that can be used to request a contact with normalized to lower case. If the URL vCard field is addressable, a colon, followed by the supported URI schemes will be concatenated.

For example: ["tel", "x-sip"].

The url vCard field MUST NOT appear here; see AddressableURISchemes instead.

In practice, protocols have a limited set of URI schemes that make sense to resolve as a contact.

This property should only be used when the connection is offline. When it is connected the addressable fields should be retrieved from the Requests.RequestableChannelClasses's TargetVCardField fixed-property instead.

Connection managers with a .manager file MUST cache this property in the protocol's section of the .manager file if it is non-empty, using the key AddressableVCardFields. The corresponding value is a list of strings, each followed with a semicolon and in the syntax of the "localestring" type from the Desktop Entry Specification.

Well-known vCard fields:

tel: The TEL vCard field. Used for phone numbers.
x-sip: The X-SIP vCard field. Used for SIP addresses.
x-aim: The X-AIM vCard field. Used for AIM user IDs.
x-icq: The X-ICQ vCard field. Used for ICQ UINs.
x-skype: The X-SKYPE vCard field. Used for Skype user names or telephone numbers. There is also a X-SKYPE-USERNAME field, but for Telepathy purposes, x-skype is preferred
x-groupwise: The X-GROUPWISE vCard field. Used for Groupwise contacts.
x-gadugadu: The X-GADUGADU vCard field. Used for Gadu-Gadu contacts.
x-jabber: The X-JABBER vCard field. Used for XMPP JIDs.
x-msn: The X-MSN vCard field. Used for MSN contacts.
x-yahoo: The X-YAHOO vCard field. Used for Yahoo! IDs.

The URI schemes that are supported by this protocol.

For example: ["tel", "sip"].

This property should only be used when the connection is offline. When it is connected the addressable URI schemes should be retrieved from the Requests.RequestableChannelClasses's TargetURIScheme fixed-property instead.

Connection managers with a .manager file MUST cache this property in the protocol's section of the .manager file if it is non-empty, using the key AddressableURISchemes. The corresponding value is a list of strings, each followed with a semicolon and in the syntax of the "localestring" type from the Desktop Entry Specification.

Well-known URI schemes:

sip: SIP protocol. For example: sip:julien@example.com.
sips: Secure (encrypted) SIP protocol. For example: sips:julien@example.com.
tel: Used for telephone numbers. For example: tel:+12065551234.
xmpp: XMPP protocol. For example: xmpp:julien@example.com.
msnim: For the purposes of Protocol.Interface.Addressing.DRAFT, Connection.Interface.Addressing.DRAFT, and Channel.Interface.Addressing.DRAFT, the verb part is ignored, and SHOULD be add; the contact field in the query string is used to identify the contact. For example: msnim:add?contact=julien.
aim: For the purposes of Protocol.Interface.Addressing.DRAFT, Connection.Interface.Addressing.DRAFT, and Channel.Interface.Addressing.DRAFT, the verb part is ignored, and SHOULD be addbuddy; the screenname field in the query string is used to identify the contact. For example: aim:addbuddy?screenname=julien.
skype: Skype protocol. For example: skype:julien.
ymsgr: For the purposes of Protocol.Interface.Addressing.DRAFT, Connection.Interface.Addressing.DRAFT, and Channel.Interface.Addressing.DRAFT, the verb part is ignored, and SHOULD be addfriend; the query string is used to identify the contact. For example: ymsgr:addfriend?julien.
gg: Gadu-Gadu protocol. For example: gg:julien.

Attempt to normalize the given vCard address. Where possible, this SHOULD return an address that would appear in the org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Connection.Interface.Addressing.DRAFT/addresses attribute for a contact on a connected Connection.

If full normalization requires network activity or is otherwise impossible to do without a Connection, this method SHOULD perform a best-effort normalization.

An example would be a vCard TEL field with a formatted number in the form of +1 (206) 555 1234, this would be normalized to +12065551234.

This method MAY simply raise NotImplemented on some protocols, if it has no use.

The vCard field of the address we are normalizing. The field name SHOULD be in lower case, and MUST appear in AddressableVCardFields. The address to normalize. The vCard address, normalized as much as possible.

The vCard field is not supported (it is not in AddressableVCardFields). The address is syntactically incorrect.

Attempt to normalize the given contact URI. Where possible, this SHOULD return an address that would appear in the org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Connection.Interface.Addressing.DRAFT/uris attribute for a contact on a connected Connection.

If full normalization requires network activity or is otherwise impossible to do without a Connection, this method SHOULD perform a best-effort normalization.

Example: xmpp:eitan@EXAMPLE.COM would be normalized to xmpp:eitan@example.com.

This method MAY simply raise NotImplemented on some protocols, if it has no use.

The URI to normalize. The URI's scheme (i.e. the part before the first colon) MUST appear in AddressableURISchemes. A URI, normalized as much as possible.

The URI scheme is not supported (it is not in AddressableURISchemes). The URI is syntactically incorrect.