The Parent property specifies the parent component of the current component. The Name property specifies the name of the component. The Properties property gives access to the component's Properties collection.

The following is a simple example of an iCalendar object:

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:19970610T172345Z-AF23B2@example.com
DTSTAMP:19970610T172345Z
DTSTART:19970714T170000Z
DTEND:19970715T040000Z
SUMMARY:Bastille Day Party
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR

In the sample, the parent of the VEVENT component is VCALENDAR