__init__(self, name, value, rfc2425parameters=None)
(Constructor)

Initialize a `VCardCategories` object.

:Parameters:
    - `name`: field name
    - `value`: field value as string or an XML node
    - `rfc2425parameters`: optional RFC 2425 parameters
:Types:
    - `name`: `str`
    - `value`: `str` or `libxml2.xmlNode`
    - `rfc2425parameters`: `dict`

Overrides:

pyxmpp.jabber.vcard.VCardField.__init__

as_xml(self, parent)

Create vcard-tmp XML representation of the field.

:Parameters:
    - `parent`: parent node for the element
:Types:
    - `parent`: `libxml2.xmlNode`

:return: xml node with the field data.
:returntype: `libxml2.xmlNode`

rfc2426(self)

RFC2426-encode the field content.

:return: the field in the RFC 2426 format.
:returntype: `str`

Overrides:

pyxmpp.jabber.vcard.VCardField.rfc2426