Semantic Values

The OData sap:semantics attribute controls how the property is used, for example, it classifies a number as a telephone number or as a fax number. The following table lists the possible values.

Value	Meaning
tel	Telephone number
tel;type=cell,work	Work cellphone number, see Additional tel:type= Values below for more values
tel;type=fax	Fax number, see Additional tel:type= Values below for more values
email	Email address
email;type=pref	Preferred email address; see Additional email:type= Values below for more values
url	Web URI; see Additional url:type= Values below for more values
name	Formatted text of the full name
givenname	First name or given name of a person
middlename	Middle name of a person
familyname	Last name or family name of a person
nickname	Descriptive name given instead of, or in addition to, the one marked as “name”
honorific	Title of a person (Ph.D., Dr.,…)
suffix	Suffix to the name of a person
note	Supplemental information or a comment that is associated with the vCard
photo	URI of a photo of a person
city	Address: city
street	Address: street
country	Address: country
region	Address: state or province
zip	Address: postal code
pobox	Address: post office box
org	Organization name
org-unit	Organizational unit
org-role	Organizational role
title	Job title
bday	Birth date
summary	Calendar: summary of a calendar component
description	Calendar: description of a calendar component, detailing the summary
categories	Calendar: comma-separated list of categories for a calendar component
dtstart	Calendar: date and time that a calendar component starts
dtend	Calendar: date and time that a calendar component ends
duration	Calendar: duration as an alternative to dtend
due	Calendar: date and time that a to-do is expected to be completed
completed	Calendar: date and time that a to-do was actually completed
priority	Calendar: relative priority for a calendar component, 0 for undefined, 1 for highest, …, 9 for lowest
class	Calendar: access classification for a calendar component
status	Calendar: overall status or confirmation for the calendar component
percent-complete	Calendar: percent completion of a to-do, ranging from 0 to 100 (integer)
contact	Calendar: contact information or alternately a reference to contact information associated with the calendar component
location	Calendar: intended venue for the activity defined by a calendar component
transp	Calendar: defines whether or not an event is transparent to busy time searches
fbtype	Calendar: free/busy time type
wholeday	Calendar: “true” or “false”, depending on whether an event is scheduled for an entire day
geo-lon	Geolocation: longitude
geo-lat	Geolocation: latitude

Additional tel:type= Values

You can use the following additional values with tel:type=, for example, tel:type=home to indicate a home telephone number.

Value	Meaning
home	Telephone number associated with a residence
msg	Telephone number with voice messaging support
work	Telephone number associated with a place of work
pref	Preferred-use telephone number
voice	Voice telephone number
fax	Facsimile telephone number
cell	Cellular telephone number
video	Video conferencing telephone number
pager	Paging device telephone number
bbs	Bulletin board system telephone number
modem	Modem-connected telephone number
car	Car-phone telephone number
isdn	ISDN (Integrated Service Digital Network) service telephone number
pcs	Personal communication services telephone number

Additional email:type= Values

You can use the following additional values with email:type=, for example, email:type=home to indicate a home email address.

Value	Meaning
home	Email address associated with a residence
work	Email address associated with a place of work
pref	Preferred-use email address

Additional url:type= Values

You can use the following additional values with url:type=, for example, url:type=home to indicate a home URL.

Value	Meaning
home	URL associated with a residence
work	URL associated with a place of work
org	URL associated with the organization
pref	Preferred-use URL
other	Another URL