Semantic Calendaring - Linking: Icon

A link to a static or dynamic icon representing the referencing component.

Visual Cues

Icons are important for conveying information regarding contextual type or state when represented in a user interface (UI). This could potentially provide enourmous benefits in calendaring, especially when rendering events in a calendar layout.

Static Icons

A static icon is one where it represents a specific feature of a component, such as concept or type. Such an icon would not change in response to contextual changes.

Dynamic Icons

A dynamic icon could be used to impart additional information such as status or progress of the referenced component.

NOTE: Dynamic icons should be carefully considered as it would be sourcing information from an external location that is not necessarily synced with the local representation.

LINK vs ATTACH vs IMAGE

The following table outlines differences between an icon LINK and ATTACH or IMAGE properties.

Feature	LINK	ATTACH	IMAGE
Per component	Yes	Yes	Yes
Label support	Yes	No	No
Media type support	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rendering hints	No	No	Yes (via DISPLAY param)