In standards track RFC 5724, “URI Scheme for Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) Short Message Service (SMS)”, Erik Wilde of the UC Berkeley School of Information and Antti Vähä-Sipilä of Nokia Corporation define the “sms” scheme.
As an example, the URI “sms:+15105550101?body=Hello%2C%20world” would send the message “Hello, world” to the number +1 510 555 0101. Optionally, the user agent should first open a text editor, allowing the sender to edit the message. The URI can include a comma-delimited list of several recipients. If no message body exists, the URI simply indicates the recipient(s), relying on the user agent to provide the entire message.
Section 4 of the RFC discusses security considerations. They include delays; costs; control messages; bandwidth; input checking; privacy; spam and confidentiality.
What do you think? Do you know of any applications that support, or will support, this scheme? Please post your comments!
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