Network Working Group E. Wilde
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Registration Request for SMS URI Scheme
draft-wilde-sms-uri-registration-00
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Abstract
This memo requests the registration of the Universal Resource
Identifier (URI) scheme "sms" for specifying a recipient (and
optionally a gateway) for an SMS message. SMS messages are two-way
paging messages that can be sent from and received by a mobile phone
or a suitably equipped computer.
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Table of Contents
1. URI Scheme Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. URI Scheme Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. URI Scheme Semantics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5. Encoding Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
6. Applications/Protocols that use this URI Scheme Name . . . . . 3
7. Interoperability Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
8. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
9. Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
10. Author/Change Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
11. Change Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
12. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
12.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
12.2. Non-Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Appendix A. Where to send Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Appendix B. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . . . . . 7
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1. URI Scheme Name
sms
2. Status
Provisional
3. URI Scheme Syntax
See [draft-wilde-sms-uri-12].
4. URI Scheme Semantics
The "sms" URI scheme defines a URI scheme which does not directly
address a resource. Thus, the usual operations that may be performed
on resources do not apply. Instead, the "sms" defines a way how a
message may be composed which is then transmitted using the SMS
message transmission method. This scheme can thus be compared to be
"mailto" URI scheme [RFC2368]. See [draft-wilde-sms-uri-12] for the
details of operation.
5. Encoding Considerations
The optional body field of "sms" URIs may contain a message text, but
this text uses percent-encoded UTF-8 characters and thus can always
be represented using URI characters. See [draft-wilde-sms-uri-12]
for the details of encoding.
6. Applications/Protocols that use this URI Scheme Name
The "sms" URI scheme is intended to be used in a similar way as the
"mailto" URI scheme [RFC2368]. By using "sms" URIs, authors can
embed information into documents which can be used as a starting
point for initiating message composition. Whether the client is
sending the message itself (for example over a GSM air interface) or
redirecting the user to a third party for message composition (such
as a Web service for sending SMS messages) is outside of the scope of
the URI scheme definition.
7. Interoperability Considerations
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No interoperability issues have been identified.
8. Security Considerations
See [draft-wilde-sms-uri-12].
9. Contact
Erik Wilde
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
ETH-Zentrum
8092 Zurich
Switzerland
tel:+41-44-6325132
fax:+41-44-6321035
mailto:erik.wilde@dret.net
10. Author/Change Controller
Erik Wilde
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
ETH-Zentrum
8092 Zurich
Switzerland
tel:+41-44-6325132
fax:+41-44-6321035
mailto:erik.wilde@dret.net
11. Change Log
This section will not be part of the final RFC text, it serves as a
container to collect the history of the individual draft versions.
12. References
12.1. Normative References
[RFC4395] Hansen, T., Hardie, T., and L. Masinter, "Guidelines and
Registration Procedures for New URI Schemes", RFC 4395,
February 2006.
[draft-wilde-sms-uri-12]
Wilde, E. and A. Vaha-Sipila, "URI Scheme for GSM Short
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Message Service", draft-wilde-sms-service-12 (work in
progress), March 2006.
12.2. Non-Normative References
[RFC2368] Hoffmann, P., Masinter, L., and J. Zawinski, "The mailto
URL scheme", RFC 2368, June 1998.
[RFC2629] Rose, M., "Writing I-Ds and RFCs using XML", RFC 2629,
June 1999.
Appendix A. Where to send Comments
Please send all comments and questions concerning this document to
Erik Wilde.
Appendix B. Acknowledgements
This document has been prepared using the IETF document DTD described
in RFC 2629 [RFC2629].
Thanks to Bennett Marks for his help and comments.
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Author's Address
Erik Wilde
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
ETH-Zentrum
8092 Zurich
Switzerland
Phone: +41-44-6325132
Email: erik.wilde@dret.net
URI: http://dret.net/netdret/
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