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Open Contacts

 

Mappings of Importing

Open Contacts could import contacts from most main-stream Email programs and vCard files directly, such as MS Outlook (and Outlook Express), Mozilla/Netscape and Eudora. The following sections describe the mapping between the source fields and Open Contacts fields.

vCard

Open Contacts conforms vCard v2.1 specification.

vCard field Section Field Comments
First name   Given name  
Surname   Surname  
Other names   Middle name  
Formatted name   Name If formatted name is not set, name will be "Givenname Surname"
Name prefix   Title  
Comments   Notes  
       
Name suffix Personal Suffix  
Nick name   Nick name  
Birthday   Birthday  
Email addresses   Email The field name may also be:

America On-line, AppleLink, AT&T Mail, CompuServe Information Service, eWorld, IBM Mail, MCI mail, PowerShare, Prodigy Information Service, Telex number, X.400 service.

       
Extended address   Unit Address fields may be in the following sections:

Address xxx xxx xxx

Street address   Street  
Locality   City  
Region   State  
Postal code   Postcode  
Nation   Country  
PO Box   PO Box  
       
Title Work Title  
Role   Role  
Divisions   Department  
Organization   Company  
       
Telephones Home, or Work Phone The field name could also be:

Voice Messaging, Mobile, Pager, Fax, Video Phone, BBS, Modem, Car Phone, ISDN, PCS

URL Home or Work Web  
       
       
       

Note: Geo fields, mailing labels, embedded objects and X fields are skipped.

Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express

Outlook field Section Field Comments
First name   Given name  
Surname   Surname  
Other names   Middle name  
Full name   Name If formatted name is not set, name will be "Givenname Surname"
Title   Title  
Comments   Notes  
       
Email1,2,3 Personal Email 3 Email fields
Primary phone   Primary Phone  
Telex   Telex  
Children   Children  
Home Street   Street  
Home City   City  
Home State   State  
Home Postal Code   Postcode  
Home Country   Country  
Home PO Box   PO Box  
Home Phone   Phone  
Home Phone2   Phone  
Home Fax   Fax  
Mobile   Mobile  
Web   Web  
Spouse   Spouse  
Suffix   Suffix  
Personal Home Page   Web  
Birthday   Birthday  
Gender   Gender Male or Female
Anniversary   Anniversary  
Contacts   Contact multiple contacts will result in multiple contact field.
       
Job Title Work Title  
Company Main Phone   Primary Phone  
Company Phone   Phone  
Company Phone 2   Phone  
Company Fax   Fax  
Company   Company  
Office Location   Location  
Department   Department  
Business address fields   Address fields Street, City, State, Country, Postcode, PO Box
Business Web   Web  
Manager   Manager  
Assistant   Assistant  
Assistant Phone   Assistant Phone  
Billing Info   Billing  
       
Other address fields Other Address fields  
Other Phone   Phone  
Other Fax   Fax  
User 1,2,3,4   User 1,2,3,4  
       

Note: Categories of contacts may also be imported.

Eudora

Eudora field Section Field Comments
First name   Given name  
Last name   Surname  
Alias   Name No alias, the contact will not be imported
Title   Title  
Notes   Notes  
       
Address Personal or Work Street multiple lines will be separated by semicolons.
City   City  
Zip   Postcode  
State   State  
Country   Country  
Phone   Phone  
Fax   Fax  
Mobile   Mobile  
Web   Web  
       
Company Work Company  
       
Other Email Other Mail   Notes field to contact multiple lines of Email addresses
Other Phone Other Phone    
Other Web Other Web    
       

 

Netscape/Mozilla/Thunderbird

Mozilla field Section Field Comments
First name   Given name If First name and Last name are not set, they will be set from Display name
Last name   Surname If last name is empty, surname will be the email address
Display   Name  
Title   Title  
Notes   Notes  
       
Nick name Personal Nick name  
Phone   Phone  
Mobile   Mobile  
Pager   Pager  
Fax   Fax  
Email   Primary Email  
Additional Email   Email  
Web   Web  
Address   Street  
Additional Address   AddressAdd  
City   City  
State   State  
Country   Country  
Postcode   Postcode  
Department Work Department  
Company   Company  
Phone   Phone  
Web   Web  
Address   Street  
Additional Address   AddressAdd  
City   City  
State   State  
Country   Country  
Postcode   Postcode  
       
Custom1,2,3,4 Custom Custom1,2,3,4  
       
       

Notes: As importing from Mozilla is basically importing CSV with pre-defined template of an XML file, you may modify this template to change the mapping.