RFC 2806 on URLs for Telephone Calls

RFC Editor <rfc-ed@ISI.EDU> Fri, 28 April 2000 22:17 UTC

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A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.


        RFC 2806

        Title:	    URLs for Telephone Calls
        Author(s):  A. Vaha-Sipila
        Status:     Standards Track
	Date:       April 2000
        Mailbox:    avs@iki.fi, antti.vaha-sipila@nokia.com
        Pages:      21
        Characters: 50647
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None    

        I-D Tag:    draft-antti-telephony-url-12.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2806.txt


This document specifies URL (Uniform Resource Locator) schemes
"tel", "fax" and "modem" for specifying the location of a
terminal in the phone network and the connection types (modes of
operation) that can be used to connect to that entity. This
specification covers voice calls (normal phone calls, answering
machines and voice messaging systems), facsimile (telefax) calls and
data calls, both for POTS and digital/mobile subscribers.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for
the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions
for improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the
"Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the
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