Subject: [Uri-review] Request for provisional registration: itms-apps (Apple App Store)

From: Erik Wilde <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 10:17:44 +0100

hello.

http://www.iana.org/assignments/uri-schemes/prov/itms is how apple's 
iTunes music/media store has been registered as a provisional URI 
scheme. this is a registration request for the corresponding itms-apps 
scheme, which identifies resources in apple's app store. it seems that 
in practice, itms-apps URIs are increasingly replaced by HTTP(S) URIs 
with the prefix http(s)://itunes.apple.com/ (and variations of this 
prefix, including the domain appstore.apple.com), but itms-apps 
continues to work and is still used for identifying app store resources.

here is the registration template:

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Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) Scheme name: itms-apps
Status: provisional

Scheme syntax:
    itms-apps:

Scheme semantics:
    Used for connecting to the Apple App Store

Encoding considerations:
    Unknown, use with care.

Applications/protocols that use this scheme name:

Interoperability considerations:
    Unknown, use with care (limited client-side support).
    May be unsuitable for open use on the public internet.
Security considerations:
    Unknown, use with care.
Contact:
    Registering party: Erik Wilde <[email-masked]>
    Scheme creator: Apple
Author/Change controller:
    Either the registering party or someone who is verified to represent 
the scheme creator. See previous answer.
References:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/App_Store_%28iOS%29

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thanks and kind regards,

erik wilde | mailto:[email-masked] |
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