| lastfm | Connecting to a radio stream from Last.fm. | Last.fm | lastfm://<radio_stream> or lastfm://globaltags/<genre> or
lastfm://user/<username>/<stuff> | |
| ldaps | Secure equivalent of ldap | | ldaps://[<host>[:<port>]][/<dn> [?[<attributes>][?[<scope>][?[<filter>][?<extensions>]]]]] | Not an IETF standard, but commonly used in applications. |
| magnet | "magnet links" | Magnet-URI Project | magnet:?xt=urn:sha1:<hash of file>&dn=<display name>
(other parameters are also possible) | Used by various peer-to-peer clients, usually providing the hash of a file to be located on the network. |
| maps | "map links" | | maps:q=<physical location> | Some mobile web browsers will launch a dedicated mapping application. |
| mms | Windows streaming media | | mms://<host>:<port>/<path> | Used by Windows Media Player to stream audio and/or video. |
| msnim | Adding a contact, or starting a conversation in Windows Live Messenger | Windows Live Messenger | Add a contact to the buddy list
msnim:add?contact=[n**[email protected]](obf:02bj5SZyVGa39mbAFmb6QWY)
Start a conversation with a contact
msnim:chat?contact=[n**[email protected]](obf:02bj5SZyVGa39mbAFmb6QWY)
Start a voice conversation with a contact
msnim:voice?contact=[n**[email protected]](obf:02bj5SZyVGa39mbAFmb6QWY)
Start a video conversation with a contact
msnim:video?contact=[n**[email protected]](obf:02bj5SZyVGa39mbAFmb6QWY) | Can be invoked from a web page or via a run command or an ie browser URL (won't work with firefox 2.0.0.8). For web pages use this HTML: <a href="chat?contact=[n**[email protected]](obf:02bj5SZyVGa39mbAFmb6QWY)">Click to chat!</a> |
| mvn | Access Apache Maven repository artifacts | OPS4J | mvn:org.ops4j.pax.web.bundles/service/0.2.0-SNAPSHOT
mvn:http://user:[p******[email protected]](obf:nJ3buoGNzB3bukncvRXaz9GclJHQkBnOy92dzNXY)/maven2!org.ops4j.pax.web.bundles/service/0.2.0 | |
| notes | Open a Lotus Notes document or database | Lotus Notes | notes://<address> | Used by IBM Lotus Notes to refer to documents and databases stored within the Lotus Notes system. When clicked in a browser on a computer with Lotus Notes client installed, Notes will open the document link as if a Notes DocLink were clicked within Notes. |
| psyc | Used to identify or locate a person, group, place or a service and specify its ability to communicate | PSYC | psyc:[//<host>[:[<port>][<transport>]]/[<object-name>][#<channel-name>] | - |
| paparazzi:http | Used to launch and automatically take a screen shot using the application "Paparazzi" (Mac only) | Derailer | paparazzi:http:[//<host>[:[<port>][<transport>]]/ | Official documentation from Paparazzi website |
| rmi | Look up a Java object in an RMI registry. | Sun | rmi://<host>[:<port>]/<object-name> | URI scheme understood by JNDI. Can be used to lookup a remote Java object within an RMI registry (typically for the purposes of RMI on that object). Host/port in the URI are of the rmiregistry process, not the remote object. |
| rsync | rsync | | rsync://<host>[:<port>]/<path> | |
| secondlife | Open the Map floater in Second Life application to teleport the resident to the location. | Linden Lab | secondlife://<region name>/<x position>/<y position>/<z position> | Used by SLurl.com. Knowledge base article. |
| sgn | Social Graph Node Mapper | Google | example:
sgn://social-network.example.com/?ident=bob | Official documentation from sgnodemapper project. |
| skype | Launching Skype call (official; see also callto:) | Skype | skype:<username\|phonenumber>[?[add\|call\|chat\|sendfile\|userinfo]] | Official documentation from Skype website. |
| ssh | SSH connections (like telnet:) and | IETF Draft | ssh://[<user>[;fingerprint=<host-key fingerprint>]@]<host>[:<port>] | |
| sftp | SFTP file transfers (not be to confused with FTPS (FTP/SSL)) | IETF Draft | sftp://[<user>[;fingerprint=<host-key fingerprint>]@]<host>[:<port>]/<path>/<file> | |
| smb | Accessing SMB/CIFS shares | IETF Draft | smb://[<user>@]<host>[:<port>][/[<path>]][?<param1>=<value1>[;<param2>=<value2>]] or
smb://[<user>@]<workgroup>[:<port>][/] | |
| sms | Interact with SMS capable devices for composing and sending messages. | IETF draft | sms:<phone number>?<action> | Should be used as a subset to the tel: schema. |
| soldat | Joining servers | Soldat | soldat://<host>:<port>/[password]
example:
soldat://127.0.0.1:23073/thatssecret! | Official note in Manual |
| steam | Interact with Steam: install apps, purchase games, run games, etc. | Steam, Valve Corporation | steam:<command line arguments> or
steam://<action>/<id, addon, IP, hostname, etc.> | Official documentation from Valve Developer Community website |
| svn | Provides a link to a Subversion (SVN) source control repository | Subversion (software) | svn[+ssh]://<logindetails>@<repository><:port>/<modulepath> | |
| teamspeak | Joining a server. | TeamSpeak | teamspeak://<server>[:<port>]/[?<parameter1>=<value1>[&<parameter2>=<value2>]] | Official documentation from TeamSpeak Website |
| unreal | Joining servers | Unreal | unreal://<server>[:<port>]/ | Unreal legacy "protocol" |
| ut2004 | Joining servers | Unreal Tournament 2004 | ut2004://<server>[:<port>][/<map>?<options>] | Documentation from Unreal Developer Network |
| ventrilo | Joining a server. | Ventrilo | ventrilo://<server>[:<port>]/[?<parameter1>=<value1>[&<parameter2>=<value2>]] | Official documentation from Ventrilo Website |
| view-source | Shows a web page as code 'in the raw'. | Mozilla, Google Chrome | view-source:<URI>
example:
view-source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URI_scheme | See view-source for details. |
| webcal | Subscribing to calendars in iCalendar format | iCalendar | webcal://<hierarchical part>
example:
webcal://example.com/calendar.ics | HTTP as a transport protocol is assumed.
See Webcal for details. |
| wtai | Wireless Telephony Application Interface | WAP Forum | wtai://wp/mc/+18165551212 | See Application Protocol Wireless Application Environment Specification Version 1.1 for details. |
| wyciwyg | What You Cache Is What You Get WYCIWYG | Mozilla | wyciwyg://<URI> | See WYCIWYG for details. |
| xfire | Adding friends and servers, joining servers, changing status text. | Xfire | xfire:<function>[?<parameter1>=<value1>[&<parameter2>=<value2>]] | Official documentation from Xfire website |
| xri | eXtensible Resource Identifier (XRI) | OASIS XRI Technical Committee | xri://<authority>[/[<path>]][?<query>][#fragment] | Official documentation from OASIS XRI Technical Committee |
| ymsgr | Sending an instant message to a Yahoo! Contact. | Yahoo! Messenger | ymsgr:sendIM?<screenname> | |