RFC 3966: The tel URI for Telephone Numbers

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

This document specifies the URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) scheme "tel". The "tel" URI describes resources identified by telephone numbers. This document obsoletes RFC 2806. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID

RFC3966

Published

December 2004

Authors

H. Schulzrinne

Status

PROPOSED STANDARD

Stream

IETF

Area

rai

Pages

17

Also known as

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Obsoletes:

RFC 2806

Updated by:

RFC 5341

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• IETF Datatracker history
• DOI: 10.17487/RFC3966
• Reported errata exist →

Topics

• URI
• uniform resource identifier
• locator
• schemes
• tel

Referenced by

One later RFC formally updates or obsoletes part of this document.

• RFC 5341The Internet Assigned Number Authority (IANA) tel Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) Parameter RegistryCurrent

  September 2008

Related documents

Ranked automatically by shared keywords, IETF area and stream — not by editorial selection.

• RFC 3953Telephone Number Mapping (ENUM) Service Registration for Presence ServicesUpdated

  January 2005

• RFC 3761The E.164 to Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI) Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Application (ENUM)Obsoleted

  April 2004

• RFC 4415IANA Registration for Enumservice VoiceUpdated

  February 2006

• RFC 4575A Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Event Package for Conference StateCurrent

  August 2006

• RFC 4769IANA Registration for an Enumservice Containing Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) Signaling InformationUpdated

  November 2006

• RFC 5028A Telephone Number Mapping (ENUM) Service Registration for Instant Messaging (IM) ServicesUpdated

  October 2007

• RFC 3986Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic SyntaxUpdated

  January 2005

• RFC 3987Internationalized Resource Identifiers (IRIs)Current

  January 2005

Also filed under

• PROPOSED STANDARD
• 2004
• IETF stream
• rai area