Is an e-mail address a URI?

Question

I\'ve tried to figure out whether the format of an e-mail address can be said to comply with the definition of a URI or not, but I\'ve found no explicit confirmation of this so

Answer 1

Yes, but with "mailto:" prefix.

A URI has this form:

<scheme>:<scheme-specific-part>

The <scheme> is "mailto", the <scheme-specific-part> is the address.

For example:

mailto:max@provider.com

is a valid URI.