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 In many ways vCard4 is a big step forward from vCard3 in terms of a standard for exchanging contact information.
-Backward compatibility with vCard3 is still a concern and one that we're working hard to help improve.
+Also, in some minor ways vCard4 appears to be evolving in a different direction from (and in some way incompatibly with) the nascent Portable Contacts standard, which itself evolved incrementally and fairly cleanly/compatibly from [[hCard]] which was based on vCard3.
-Also, in some ways vCard4 appears to be evolving in a different direction from (and in some way incompatibly with) the nascent Portable Contacts standard, which itself evolved incrementally and fairly cleanly/compatibly from [[hCard]] which was based on vCard3.
+Finally, vCard4 adds a number of features which would make much more sense as orthogonal extensions (groups, calendaring, syncing).
 This page documents known vCard4 issues from our analysis of the work in progress, in comparison to hCard/vCard3 and in comparison to Portable Contacts.
-Our goal is to encourage vCard4 to converge with (or at least become compatible with) Portable Contacts in order to avoid a schism in identity/profile formats on the web.
+Our goal is to encourage vCard4 stick to a identity-centric core, and to converge with (or at least become compatible with) Portable Contacts in order to avoid a schism in identity/profile formats on the web.
 — [[User:Tantek|Tantek]]