The standard Internet media type (MIME type) for a vCard has varied with each version of the specification:
This can also be saved as a contact file on smartphones. vCard Plus, an elevated vCard, makes use of a customized landing page with all the basic information along with a profile photo, maps location and other fields.
To accomplish these data interchange applications, other 'vCard variants' have been used and proposed as 'variant standards', each for its specific niche: XML representation, JSON representation, or web pages. VCard is used as data interchange format in smartphone contacts, personal digital assistants (PDAs), personal information managers (PIMs) and customer relationship management (CRMs). They can contain name and address information, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, URLs, logos, photographs, and audio clips. vCards can be attached to e-mail messages, sent via Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), on the World Wide Web, instant messaging or through QR code. VCard, also known as VCF (Virtual Contact File), is a file format standard for electronic business cards. Created by Versit Consortium, all rights transferred in 1996 to Internet Mail Consortium, all rights transferred in 2004 to CalConnect
