Reading http://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-syntax.html#Node_Properties I just realised that my clumsy property keys are against the rules since they are containing whitespace characters.
Nevertheless I still like the idea of having a Type, a number and a Value for every property that can occur multiple. Thus the properties can be easily mapped to the VCard scheme as well as to any other scheme. Thus, what I would like to propose is the following scheme: #+BEGIN_SRC org :PROPERTIES: :Contact_Type: individual or organisation :Organization_1_Type: company :Organization_1_Name: The company name :Organization_1_Department: department, business unit, division :Organization_1_Title: job title of an individual :FN: The full name :GivenName: :FamilyName: :Name_Prefix: :Name_Suffix: :Nickname: :Email_1_Type: Work :Email_1_Value: n...@company.fr :Address_1_Type: Work :Address_1_Street: The street can contain multiple lines \\ second line :Address_1_Box: Postal box :Address_1_Extension: other extensions that can occur in addresses :Address_1_City: The city :Address_1_Region: Region, federal state etc. :Address_1_Code: 12100 :Address_1_Country: France :Phone_1_Type: Work :Phone_1_Value: +33 565 623740 :Phone_2_Type: Fax :Phone_2_Value: +33 565 623070 :Website_1_Type: Work :Website_1_Value: http://www.domain.fr :Birthday: :Language: en :Salutation: :END: #+END_SRC Other user defined properties can be added and mapped to the appropriate user defined keys during export. Further remarks regarding my last e-mail: > #+BEGIN: propview :id "39584cda-bff0-4b8a-9460-4fefb5b5922c" :cols (Given\ > Name Family\ Name ITEM Name\ Prefix Name\ Suffix Nickname EMAIL Phone\ 1\ -\ > Type Phone\ 1\ -\ Value Phone\ 2\ -\ Type Phone\ 2\ -\ Value Phone\ 3\ -\ > Type Phone\ 3\ -\ Value Phone\ 4\ -\ Type Phone\ 4\ -\ Value Address\ 1\ -\ > Type Address\ 1\ -\ Street Address\ 1\ -\ PO\ Box Address\ 1\ -\ Extended\ > Address Address\ 1\ -\ City Address\ 1\ -\ Region Address\ 1\ -\ Postal\ Code > Address\ 1\ -\ Country Address\ 2\ -\ Type Address\ 2\ -\ Street Address\ 2\ > -\ PO\ Box Address\ 2\ -\ Extended\ Address Address\ 2\ -\ City Address\ 2\ > -\ Region Address\ 2\ -\ Postal\ Code Address\ 2\ -\ Country Address\ 3\ -\ > Type Address\ 3\ -\ Street Address\ 3\ -\ PO\ Box Address\ 3\ -\ Extended\ > Address Address\ 3\ -\ City Address\ 3\ -\ Region Address\ 3\ -\ Postal\ Code > Address\ 3\ -\ Country Organization\ 1\ -\ Name Birthday Organization\ 1\ -\ > Title Organization\ 1\ -\ Department Website\ 1\ -\ Type Website\ 1\ -\ Value > LANG TAGS) :colnames ("Given Name" "Family Name" "Name" "Name Prefix" "Name > Suffix" "Nickname" "E-mail 1 - Value" "Phone 1 - Type" "Phone 1 - Value" > "Phone 2 - Type" "Phone 2 - Value" "Phone 3 - Type" "Phone 3 - Value" "Phone > 4 - Type" "Phone 4 - Value" "Address 1 - Type" "Address 1 - Street" "Address > 1 - PO Box" "Address 1 - Extended Address" "Address 1 - City" "Address 1 - > Region" "Address 1 - Postal Code" "Address 1 - Country" "Address 2 - Type" > "Address 2 - Street" "Address 2 - PO Box" "Address 2 - Extended Address" > "Address 2 - City" "Address 2 - Region" "Address 2 - Postal Code" "Address 2 > - Country" "Address 3 - Type" "Address 3 - Street" "Address 3 - PO Box" > "Address 3 - Extended Address" "Address 3 - City" "Address 3 - Region" > "Address 3 - Postal Code" "Address 3 - Country" "Organization 1 - Name" > "Birthday" "Oganization 1 - Title" "Organization 1 - Department" "Website 1 - > Type" "Website 1 - Value" "Language" "org-tags") :defaultval "" :inherit > (TAGS) :conds ((stringp KIND)) :match "-ARCHIVE" :noquote t Here I forgot to copy the #+END: Please note that org-collector tries to convert property values from strings into numbers if possible. For postal codes with leading Zeros this can lead to unexpected results. I did not find any other way to solve this problem than to add a national code like in the following example :Address_1_Code: 01169 would lead to "1169" in the propview table. so I replaced it with :Address_1_Code: DE-01169 -- Michael Strey mailto:mst...@strey.biz http://www.strey.biz https://twitter.com/michaelstrey