URL Scheme for Phone Call

Question

Much like the \"mailto\" URL prefix launches the user\'s default mail program and starts a new email with specified address, is there a similar URL scheme that would initiat

Answer 1

There is such a URI scheme: tel. It has an elaborate syntax, but here is a simple example of its usage:

tel:123-4567

For the full specification, refer to http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3966.txt .