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+# binding
+
+binding.icalendar.name = iCalendar Binding
+binding.icalendar.description = Binding for using iCal calendars
+
+# thing types
+
+thing-type.icalendar.calendar.label = Calendar
+thing-type.icalendar.calendar.description = Calendar based on an iCal calendar.
+thing-type.icalendar.eventfilter.label = Event Filter
+thing-type.icalendar.eventfilter.description = Filtered Events from the calendar
+
+# thing types config
+
+thing-type.config.icalendar.calendar.authorizationCode.label = Command Authorization Code
+thing-type.config.icalendar.calendar.authorizationCode.description = Authorization Code to allow the execution of Command Tags (may be empty)
+thing-type.config.icalendar.calendar.group.parsing.label = Parsing Settings
+thing-type.config.icalendar.calendar.group.source.label = Source Settings
+thing-type.config.icalendar.calendar.maxSize.label = Maximum Calendar Size
+thing-type.config.icalendar.calendar.maxSize.description = The maximum size of the calendar in Megabytes
+thing-type.config.icalendar.calendar.password.label = Password
+thing-type.config.icalendar.calendar.password.description = Password for fetching the calendar (usable in combination with user name in HTTP basic auth)
+thing-type.config.icalendar.calendar.refreshTime.label = Refresh Time
+thing-type.config.icalendar.calendar.refreshTime.description = Frequency to scan for changes in minutes
+thing-type.config.icalendar.calendar.url.label = URL
+thing-type.config.icalendar.calendar.url.description = URL for downloading iCalendar events
+thing-type.config.icalendar.calendar.username.label = User Name
+thing-type.config.icalendar.calendar.username.description = User name for fetching the calendar (usable in combination with password in HTTP basic auth)
+thing-type.config.icalendar.eventfilter.datetimeEnd.label = End
+thing-type.config.icalendar.eventfilter.datetimeEnd.description = End date/time amount to find events relative to "now" (exclusive)
+thing-type.config.icalendar.eventfilter.datetimeRound.label = Round to Date/Time unit
+thing-type.config.icalendar.eventfilter.datetimeRound.description = Setting this will round start and end date/time to the unit down (e.g. if unit is day: start and end will be rounded to 0:00 day time)
+thing-type.config.icalendar.eventfilter.datetimeStart.label = Start
+thing-type.config.icalendar.eventfilter.datetimeStart.description = Start date/time amount to find events relative to "now" (inclusive)
+thing-type.config.icalendar.eventfilter.datetimeUnit.label = Date or Time Unit for Start and End
+thing-type.config.icalendar.eventfilter.datetimeUnit.option.MINUTE = minute
+thing-type.config.icalendar.eventfilter.datetimeUnit.option.HOUR = hour
+thing-type.config.icalendar.eventfilter.datetimeUnit.option.DAY = day
+thing-type.config.icalendar.eventfilter.datetimeUnit.option.WEEK = week
+thing-type.config.icalendar.eventfilter.group.datetime_based.label = Date and Time based Filter
+thing-type.config.icalendar.eventfilter.group.general.label = General Filter Options
+thing-type.config.icalendar.eventfilter.group.text_based.label = Text based Filter
+thing-type.config.icalendar.eventfilter.maxEvents.label = Maximum Matches
+thing-type.config.icalendar.eventfilter.refreshTime.label = Refresh Time
+thing-type.config.icalendar.eventfilter.refreshTime.description = The frequency in minutes the channels get refreshed
+thing-type.config.icalendar.eventfilter.textEventField.label = Event Field
+thing-type.config.icalendar.eventfilter.textEventField.description = iCal field to match
+thing-type.config.icalendar.eventfilter.textEventField.option.SUMMARY = summary/subject
+thing-type.config.icalendar.eventfilter.textEventField.option.DESCRIPTION = description/content
+thing-type.config.icalendar.eventfilter.textEventField.option.COMMENT = comment
+thing-type.config.icalendar.eventfilter.textEventField.option.CONTACT = contact
+thing-type.config.icalendar.eventfilter.textEventField.option.LOCATION = location
+thing-type.config.icalendar.eventfilter.textEventValue.label = Event Value
+thing-type.config.icalendar.eventfilter.textValueType.label = Value Type
+thing-type.config.icalendar.eventfilter.textValueType.description = "text" checks the value for containment, "regular expression" matches whole value
+thing-type.config.icalendar.eventfilter.textValueType.option.REGEX = Regular Expression
+thing-type.config.icalendar.eventfilter.textValueType.option.TEXT = Text
+
+# channel group types
+
+channel-group-type.icalendar.result.label = Result Event
+channel-group-type.icalendar.result.description = A resulting event found by filter
+
+# channel types
+
+channel-type.icalendar.event_current_end.label = Current Event End
+channel-type.icalendar.event_current_end.description = End of the currently present event
+channel-type.icalendar.event_current_presence.label = Current Event Presence
+channel-type.icalendar.event_current_presence.description = Current presence of an event
+channel-type.icalendar.event_current_start.label = Current Event Start
+channel-type.icalendar.event_current_start.description = Start of the currently present event
+channel-type.icalendar.event_current_title.label = Current Event Title
+channel-type.icalendar.event_current_title.description = Title of the currently present event
+channel-type.icalendar.event_next_end.label = Next Event End
+channel-type.icalendar.event_next_end.description = End of the next event in calendar
+channel-type.icalendar.event_next_start.label = Next Event Start
+channel-type.icalendar.event_next_start.description = Start of the next event in calendar
+channel-type.icalendar.event_next_title.label = Next Event Title
+channel-type.icalendar.event_next_title.description = Title of the next starting event in calendar
+channel-type.icalendar.last_update.label = Last Update
+channel-type.icalendar.last_update.description = The time the calendar was updated successfully last time
+channel-type.icalendar.result_end.label = End of Result
+channel-type.icalendar.result_end.description = End of the found result in calendar
+channel-type.icalendar.result_start.label = Start of Result
+channel-type.icalendar.result_start.description = Start of the found result in calendar
+channel-type.icalendar.result_title.label = Title of Result
+channel-type.icalendar.result_title.description = Title of the found result in calendar