RFC 4967 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2007

Dial String Parameter for the Session Initiation Protocol Uniform Resource Identifier

Overview

RFC 4967, “Dial String Parameter for the Session Initiation Protocol Uniform Resource Identifier”, is a Proposed Standard document published in July 2007 by B. Rosen. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

RFC 3966 explicitly states that 'tel' URIs may not represent a dial string. That leaves no way specify a dial string in a standardized way. Great confusion exists with the SIP URI parameter "user=phone", and specifically, if it can represent a dial string. This memo creates a new value for the user parameter "dialstring", so that one may specify "user=dialstring" to encode a dial string as a 'sip:' or 'sips:' URI. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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