Re: sms uri scheme ietf draft

And then there's this weird ems: thing...

On Jan 4, 2010, at 11:02 AM, Stephane Boyera wrote:

> This sounds interesting indeed to offer a way to use SMS protocol from 
> e.g. web applications.
> However, in the current draft, i see a proposal for standardization for 
> SMS only and not MMS. Is mms: or mmsto: part of another RFC or just a 
> proprietary information like sms: and smsto: today ?
> 
> To reply to Robert,
> 
>>    Unfortunately a bit hit and miss - see
>> 
>> 
> http://mobiforge.com/forum/developing/mobile-development/sms-a-xhtml-mp-webpage
>> 
> 
> i believe that this initiative has been launched to solve the issues 
> described in this thread. Nokia has realized the issue with proprietary 
> implementation of this new uri-scheme, and is now working to standardize 
> it. The RFC has been submitted october 23 2009, so about 3-4 monthes 
> after the end of the thread
> 
> Steph
> 
> Le 24/12/2009 18:51, Maximiliano R. Firtman a écrit :
>> I'm writing an upcoming book for O'Reilly (Programming the Mobile Web)
>> and I need to say that the SMS URI scheme, in the real world is a bit
>> complex today.
>> 
>> Modern browsers understand the non-so standard sms: scheme, others also
>> (or only) the smsto:
>> 
>> Many of them supports the body message as a parameter, but some others
>> not (like the iPhone).
>> 
>> There are also other schemes for messaging:
>> 
>>    * mms: and mmsto:
>>    * pin: (Direct Messages) for iDEN devices, like Nextel
>> 
>> If I can be in any help in these, I will be glad to offer my experience
>> and testing for the book.
>> 
>> Best Regards,
>> 
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>> On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 14:40, Robert Allen <robertsallen@gmail.com
>> <mailto:robertsallen@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>>    Unfortunately a bit hit and miss - see
>> 
>>    http://mobiforge.com/forum/developing/mobile-development/sms-a-xhtml-mp-webpage
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>    On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Slim Amamou <slim@alixsys.com
>>    <mailto:slim@alixsys.com>> wrote:
>> 
>>        Just discovered that there is a draft for SMS URI scheme. That
>>        can be part of a hyperlink solution for SMS :
>> 
>>        http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-wilde-sms-uri-20.txt
>> 
>>        --
>>        Slim Amamou | سليم عمامو
>>        http://alixsys.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
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