(last updated 2012-09-23) Resource Identifier (RI) Scheme name: smb Status: provisional Scheme syntax: smb://[@][:][/[]][?=[;=]] or smb://[@][:][/] or s mb://[[;][:]@][:][/[[/[]]][?[=[=[...]]]]] example: smb://workgroup;user:password@server/share/folder/file.txt Scheme semantics: Accessing SMB/CIFS shares Encoding considerations: Unknown, use with care. Applications/protocols that use this scheme name: Interoperability considerations: Unknown, use with care. May be unsuitable for open use on the public internet. Security considerations: Unknown, use with care. Contact: Registering party: Dave Thaler Scheme creator: IETF Draft Author/Change controller: Either the registering party or someone who is verified to represent the scheme creator. See previous answer. References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Message_Block, http://www.jarvana.com/jarvana/view/org/samba/jcifs/jcifs/1.2.19/jcifs-1.2.19-javadoc.jar!/jcifs/smb/SmbFile.html, http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-crhertel-smb-url   (file created 2012-09-23)