Correct. Unescaped # is not allowed. The BNF implies this directly:
user = *( unreserved | escaped
| "&" | "=" | "+" | "$" | "," )
where:
unreserved = alphanum | mark
mark = "-" | "_" | "." | "!" | "~" | "*" | "'"
| "(" | ")"
no # there anywhere.
-Jonathan R.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Billy Biggs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 12:49 AM
> To: Jonathan Rosenberg
> Cc: Alexandre Charest; SIP Implementors
> Subject: Re: '#' in tel url
>
>
> Jonathan Rosenberg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> > Alexandre Charest:
> >
> > > According to RFC2806 local phone number and other parts of the url
> > > can contain the dtmf-digit '#'. But this character is
> disallowed in
> > > URI according to RFC2396 as it is used to delimit a URI from a
> > > fragment identifier in URI references. Must it be escaped?
> >
> > Good catch. I presume they should, although the BNF as defined does
> > allow it. I suspect this is a mistake in the BNF.
>
> I'm a bit confused now. Is an unescaped '#' allowed in the username
> of a SIP URI?
>
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