Template:Infobox Windows component
Filename extension |
.contact |
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Internet media type |
text/x-ms-contact |
Developed by | Microsoft |
Type of format | electronic business card |
Container for | contact information |
Extended from | XML |
Website | Windows Contacts |
Windows Contacts is a contact manager which is included in Windows Vista and Windows 7 which replaced and retained most of the functionality of Windows Address Book. Windows Mail integrates with it. Windows Contacts uses a new XML-based schema format where each contact appears as an individual.contact file, and can store custom information related to contacts, including pictures. It features extensibility APIs for integration with other applications and storing custom information. The legacy *.wab format and the open standards, *.vcf (vCard) and *.csv (CSV) are also supported.
The following is an example of a Windows Contactfile containing information for one person:
Windows Contact 1.0:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <c:contact xmlns:c="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Contact" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:MSP2P="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Contact/Extended/MSP2P" c:Version="1"> <c:Gender>Male</c:Gender> <c:CreationDate>2009-04-01T14:20:31Z</c:CreationDate> <c:Extended xsi:nil="true" /> <c:ContactIDCollection> <c:ContactID c:ElementID="f38b1a9b-08b1-409a-b8e3-e0b9ba4be1c3"> <c:Value>5e26d97a-572b-4aea-8ee2-d225070acba0</c:Value> </c:ContactID> </c:ContactIDCollection> <c:EmailAddressCollection> <c:EmailAddress c:ElementID="ee53fca8-a876-48fb-ac92-ce30a3ce0b65"> <c:Type>SMTP</c:Type> <c:Address>forrestgump@forrestgump.com</c:Address> <c:LabelCollection> <c:Label>Preferred</c:Label> </c:LabelCollection> </c:EmailAddress> <c:EmailAddress c:ElementID="0b86ff5c-4201-460b-9eae-bc5d79dfe66d" xsi:nil="true" /> </c:EmailAddressCollection> <c:NameCollection> <c:Name c:ElementID="3aec1c79-ea8d-4ce4-b204-94246502e9d0"> <c:FormattedName>Gump, Forrest</c:FormattedName> <c:FamilyName>Gump</c:FamilyName> <c:GivenName>Forrest</c:GivenName> </c:Name> </c:NameCollection> <c:PhysicalAddressCollection> <c:PhysicalAddress c:ElementID="d63a50ea-bf80-45b1-a293-73345b58adcd"> <c:Country>United States of America</c:Country> <c:PostalCode>30314</c:PostalCode> <c:Region>LA</c:Region> <c:Locality>Baytown</c:Locality> <c:Street>100 Waters Edge</c:Street> <c:LabelCollection> <c:Label>Business</c:Label> </c:LabelCollection> </c:PhysicalAddress> <c:PhysicalAddress c:ElementID="c3c677a9-5b9d-40f5-9de2-9ad83b4ef646"> <c:Country>United States of America</c:Country> <c:PostalCode>30314</c:PostalCode> <c:Region>LA</c:Region> <c:Locality>Baytown</c:Locality> <c:Street>102 Waters Edge</c:Street> <c:LabelCollection> <c:Label>Personal</c:Label> </c:LabelCollection> </c:PhysicalAddress> </c:PhysicalAddressCollection> <c:PhoneNumberCollection> <c:PhoneNumber c:ElementID="1031f375-5317-4b15-af90-3e5b65437596"> <c:Number>(111) 555-1212</c:Number> <c:LabelCollection> <c:Label>Voice</c:Label> <c:Label>Business</c:Label> </c:LabelCollection> </c:PhoneNumber> <c:PhoneNumber c:ElementID="f939f8df-87e3-487d-9382-fde63ac3d13a"> <c:Number>(111) 555-1215</c:Number> <c:LabelCollection> <c:Label>Voice</c:Label> <c:Label>Personal</c:Label> </c:LabelCollection> </c:PhoneNumber> </c:PhoneNumberCollection> <c:UrlCollection> <c:Url c:ElementID="10791e0a-02a1-4c7a-8b13-707cee38dafe"> <c:Value>http://www.bubbagumpshrimp.com</c:Value> <c:LabelCollection> <c:Label>Business</c:Label> </c:LabelCollection> </c:Url> <c:Url c:ElementID="06ed7300-0d3e-4bf0-8dc5-f3e06248d896"> <c:Value>http://www.forrestgump.com</c:Value> <c:LabelCollection> <c:Label>Personal</c:Label> </c:LabelCollection> </c:Url> </c:UrlCollection> <c:PositionCollection> <c:Position c:ElementID="f192d6ef-31bd-4e4e-910e-77aa47734698"> <c:Department>Shrimp Department</c:Department> <c:JobTitle>Shrimp Man</c:JobTitle> <c:Company>Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.</c:Company> <c:LabelCollection> <c:Label>Business</c:Label> </c:LabelCollection> </c:Position> </c:PositionCollection> <c:PhotoCollection> <c:Photo c:ElementID="eb855b4d-e556-4dbb-ad00-527021e761a9"> <c:LabelCollection> <c:Label>UserTile</c:Label> </c:LabelCollection> </c:Photo> </c:PhotoCollection> </c:contact>
The XML code could be simplified in case of data duplication.
For example if the business address and the home address are the same, it could be simplified by adding a Label Business and a Label Personal to a PhysicalAddress:
<c:PhysicalAddressCollection> <c:PhysicalAddress c:ElementID="d63a50ea-bf80-45b1-a293-73345b58adcd"> <c:Country>United States of America</c:Country> <c:PostalCode>30314</c:PostalCode> <c:Region>LA</c:Region> <c:Locality>Baytown</c:Locality> <c:Street>100 Waters Edge</c:Street> <c:LabelCollection> <c:Label>Business</c:Label> <c:Label>Personal</c:Label> </c:LabelCollection> </c:PhysicalAddress> </c:PhysicalAddressCollection>