Suggested enhancements to the script:

1. generate the REV property automatically if not present:
– REV:1995-10-31T22:27:10Z – date microformat or web page last revised

2. add to the NOTE: property the line:
Captured by Operator from http://example.org/index.html at 1995-10-31T22:27:10Z

tOM

A test export from my Palm reads (the entries beginning ~ are the data):
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:2.1
N:~yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyylast;~xxxxxxxxxxfirst
FN:~first ~last
UID:
TITLE:~title
ORG:~company
ADR;WORK:;;~WkAddress;~WkCity;~WkProv;~WkPostcode;~WkCountry
ADR;HOME:;;~homeAddr;~homeCity;~homeProv;~homePC;~homeCountry
ADR:;;~OthAddr;~OthCity;~OthProv;~OthPC;~OthCountry
NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:~note line=0D=0Aline 2
BDAY:20090707
URL;WORK:~web site
TEL;WORK:~work
TEL;HOME:~home
TEL;FAX:~fax
TEL:~other
EMAIL:~email
TEL;PAGER:~pager
TEL:~other
X-Palm-Custom1:~club#
X-Palm-Custom2:~Role
X-Palm-Custom3:~gender
X-Palm-Custom4:~memExpires
X-Palm-Custom5:~cust5
X-Palm-Custom6:~cust6
X-Palm-Custom7:~cust7
X-Palm-Custom8:~cust8
X-Palm-Custom9:~cust9
X-PALM-IM;MSN:~AIM
X-PALM-IM;Yahoo:~MSN
END:VCARD

and my Palm accepts the example at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VCard which reads:
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:2.1
N:Gump;Forrest
FN:Forrest Gump
ORG:Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
TITLE:Shrimp Man
TEL;WORK;VOICE:(111) 555-1212
TEL;HOME;VOICE:(404) 555-1212
ADR;WORK:;;100 Waters Edge;Baytown;LA;30314;United States of America
LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:100 Waters Edge=0D=0ABaytown, LA 30314=0D=0AUnited States of America
ADR;HOME:;;42 Plantation St.;Baytown;LA;30314;United States of America
LABEL;HOME;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:42 Plantation St.=0D=0ABaytown, LA 30314=0D=0AUnited States of America
EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:forrestgump@example.com
REV:20080424T195243Z
END:VCARD

I also fed the palm desktop this more complete version:
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:2.1
ADR:Delivery Address test
AGENT:Agent test
BDAY:Birthday test
EMAIL:Email test
FN:Formatted Name test
GEO:Global Positioning test
KEY:Public Key test
LABEL:Label Address test
LOGO:Logo test
MAILER:Email Program (Optional) test
N:Name test
NOTE:Note test
ORG:Organization Name or Organizational unit test
PHOTO:Photograph test
REV:Last Revision test
ROLE:Role or occupation test
SOUND:Sound test
TEL:Telephone test
TITLE:Title test
TZ:Time Zone test
UID:Unique Identifier test
URL:URL test
X-ABUID:Apple Address Book UUID for that entry
X-AIM:Instant Messaging (IM) contact information; TYPE parameter as for TEL (I.e. WORK/HOME/OTHER)
X-ANNIVERSARY:2009-12-31
X-ASSISTANT:assistant name
X-EVOLUTION-ANNIVERSARY:2009-12-31 test
X-EVOLUTION-ASSISTANT:assistant name (instead of Agent)
X-EVOLUTION-BLOG-URL:string/URL test
X-EVOLUTION-CALLBACK test
X-EVOLUTION-FILE-AS:file under different name (in addition to N = name components and FN = full name
X-EVOLUTION-MANAGER:manager name
X-EVOLUTION-RADIO test
X-EVOLUTION-SPOUSE:spouse name
X-EVOLUTION-TELEX test
X-EVOLUTION-TTYTDD test
X-EVOLUTION-VIDEO-URL:string/URL test
X-GADUGADU:(some value)
X-GENDER:value (some value)Male(some value) or (some value)Female(some value)
X-GROUPWISE:(some value)
X-ICQ:(some value)
X-JABBER:(some value)
X-KADDRESSBOOK-BlogFeed:string/URL test
X-KADDRESSBOOK-X-Anniversary:ISO date test
X-KADDRESSBOOK-X-AssistantsName:assistant name (instead of Agent)
X-KADDRESSBOOK-X-IMAddress:im address
X-KADDRESSBOOK-X-ManagersName:manager name
X-KADDRESSBOOK-X-Office:office description
X-KADDRESSBOOK-X-Profession:profession
X-KADDRESSBOOK-X-SpouseName:spouse name
X-MANAGER:manager name
X-MOZILLA-HTML:TRUE
X-MS-CARDPICTURE:Works as PHOTO or LOGO. Contains an image of the Card in Outlook.
X-MS-IMADDRESS:(some value) (IM address in VCF attachment from Outlook (right click Contact, Send Full Contact, Internet Format.)
X-MSN:(some value)
X-Palm-Custom1:~club#
X-Palm-Custom2:~Role
X-Palm-Custom3:~gender
X-Palm-Custom4:~memExpires
X-Palm-Custom5:~cust5
X-Palm-Custom6:~cust6
X-Palm-Custom7:~cust7
X-Palm-Custom8:~cust8
X-Palm-Custom9:~cust9
X-PALM-IM;MSN:~AIM
X-PALM-IM;Yahoo:~MSN
X-PHONETIC-FIRST-NAME, X-PHONETIC-LAST-NAME:alternative spelling of name, used for Japanese names
X-SKYPE
X-SKYPE-USERNAME:(some value)
X-SPOUSE:spouse name
X-YAHOO:(some value)
END:VCARD

and it only objected that the “photo could not be read”

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