Code
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Display
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Definition
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phone
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Phone |
The value is a telephone number used for voice calls. Use of full international numbers starting with + is recommended to enable automatic dialing support but not required. |
fax
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Fax |
The value is a fax machine. Use of full international numbers starting with + is recommended to enable automatic dialing support but not required. |
email
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Email |
The value is an email address. |
pager
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Pager |
The value is a pager number. These may be local pager numbers that are only usable on a particular pager system. |
url
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URL |
A contact that is not a phone, fax, pager or email address and is expressed as a URL. This is intended for various institutional or personal contacts including web sites, blogs, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, etc. Do not use for email addresses. |
sms
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SMS |
A contact that can be used for sending a sms message (e.g. mobile phones, some landlines). |
other
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Other |
A contact that is not a phone, fax, page or email address and is not expressible as a URL. E.g. Internal mail address. This SHOULD NOT be used for contacts that are expressible as a URL (e.g. Skype, Twitter, Facebook, etc.) Extensions may be used to distinguish "other" contact types. |