Address Book break Apple rules !

Very strange behaviour. I just notice that Address Book application store "user data" in the folder "user/library/application support".
But this folder is not intend to keep such kinf of data, specially "user data".
According to Apple rules,Application Support folder : "Contains application-specific data and support files such as
third-party plug-ins, helper applications, templates, and extra resources that are used by the application but not required for it to operate. *This directory should never contain any kind of user data*. By convention, all of these items should be put in a subdirectory named after the application. For example, third-party resources for the application MyApp would go in Application Support/MyApp/. Note that required resources should go inside the application bundle itself."
Source : <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPFileSystem/Articl es/LibraryDirectory.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20002282-BAJHCHJI>

True or not True, but i cause some troubles sometime when moving data manualy from a computer to another for example. It's also a problem when doing custom saves (how not forget Address Book database), and so on...
Little annoyements.
We talk a lot on french usenet (fr.comp.os.mac-os.x) this subject and we also found that Mail data has the proper location : why not put mail data into user folder like "music" folder or "images" folder, why not a "mail" folder. This is the same behaviour and potential problem.
Those little difference between user data handle and "proper" location is not a big issue of course, but may cause some little damage and confusion.
MacOS X could be improved here.

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V.K.,
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I appreciate your presence and knowledge based on 20,664, soon to be "5" posts so I assume you're either a direct employee and or consultant who works with Apple on a daily basis.
no, I'm neither actually.
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