The URL syntax is formally described as follows (the definition
reuses nonterminals from the above definition). For the basis of this
syntax, see [RFC2303] and [RFC2304].
The fax: URL is very similar to the tel: URL. The main difference is
that in addition to ISDN subaddresses, telefaxes also have an another
type of subaddress, see section 2.5.8.
The "tel" URI does not specify the call type, such as voice, fax, or
data call, and does not provide the connection parameters for a data
call. The type and parameters are assumed to be negotiated either
in-band by the telephone device or through a signaling protocol such
as SIP. This document obsoletes RFC 2806.
RFC 3966 was updated by RFC 5341 to formalize URI parameters and require them to be registered with IANA. I am including these here for the sake of completeness. They do not contain any additional information on fax devices.