Paul Hoffman wrote: > > At 9:15 AM +0100 11/9/06, Julian Reschke wrote: >> You need to install software on your machine (not in the browser) that >> knows how to handle "tel" URIs. > > I believe that even if the machine has software for handling "tel" URIs, > that software will not "obtain a representation" of a phone number: it > will initiate a phone call. If it did so without further user interaction, it could easily be in violation of web architectural principles about "safe interactions" (e.g. by incurring the cost of a phone call) [http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-webarch-20041215/#safe-interaction]. >> I *do* get a representation (presented, as it happens, in my mail >> client) when I >> enter this URI into my browser: >> >> mailto:example@example.org?body=hello > > It is a representation, but it is a representation of a message, not of > an internet resource, IMO. I do broadly agree with that point (except that I might say its a representation of a message composition facility rather than a message, but that's an unimportant detail here). #g -- Graham Klyne For email: http://www.ninebynine.org/#ContactReceived on Friday, 10 November 2006 11:46:08 UTC
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