Importing RelatedNames information

[Scott8586]

When importing .vcf files, related names relationships are not used to make relationships between the contract entries.

Example: I export Family A with Mother, Father and Child from MacOSX Contacts, each with appropriate RELATEDNAMES fields in the .vcf file, When importing into Monica, this information is not used to make relationships between the contact entries. It would be great if that could happen.

Thanks for all the hard work!

[asbiin]

Hi @Scott8586
I don't see any RELATEDNAMES field in the vCard format rfc https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6350
Is it a standard field?
Thanks!

[asbiin]

You mean RELATED https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6350#section-6.6.6 ?

[Scott8586]

The record look like this (from Mac OSX Contact .vcf export):

BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
PRODID:-//Apple Inc.//Mac OS X 10.14.2//EN
N:XXX;Blake;;;
FN:Blake XXX
BDAY:2017-02-28
item1.X-ABRELATEDNAMES;type=pref:Mallory Schultz XXX
item1.X-ABLabel:_$!<Mother>!$_
item2.X-ABRELATEDNAMES:Jamie XXX
item2.X-ABLabel:_$!<Father>!$_
CATEGORIES:Family
UID:b98419c1-e7d9-4d2e-9161-812065450f13
X-ABUID:638844E1-ADAA-4E9E-8606-51668C205577:ABPerson
END:VCARD

So I guess these fields do not adhere to either RFC. Not sure it's part of another standard or RFC - google doesn't seem to find X-RELATEDNAMES anywhere. I was hoping I could reuse the effort I put into my Contacts organization where possible.

Thanks for taking a look.

[Scott8586]

I found this, which seems disappointing...

https://alessandrorossini.org/the-sad-story-of-the-vcard-format-and-its-lack-of-interoperability/

[asbiin]

Very intersting thanks!
Well, contact relation management is not a standard, and that's one reason Monica exists in the first place...

You can perhaps propose a PR to take the advantages of all these so called standards, but it seems like a hard work!
A better solution is to use the API to import the relations from your contacts in you Monica instance.