Glossary of "Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0"

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active grammar

From Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0 (2004-03-16)

A speech or DTMF grammar that is currently active. This is based on the currently executing element, and the scope elements of the currently defined grammars.

application

From Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0 (2004-03-16)

A collection of VoiceXML documents that are tagged with the same application name attribute.

ASR

From Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0 (2004-03-16)

Automatic speech recognition.

author

From Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0 (2004-03-16)

The creator of a VoiceXML document.

catch element

From Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0 (2004-03-16)

A <catch> block or one of its abbreviated forms. Certain default catch elements are defined by the VoiceXML interpreter .

control item

From Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0 (2004-03-16)

A form item whose purpose is either to contain a block of procedural logics (<block>) or to allow initial prompts for a mixed initiative dialog (<initial>).

CSS W3C cascading style sheet specification.

From Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0 (2004-03-16)

See [CSS2]

dialog

From Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0 (2004-03-16)

An interaction with the user specified in a VoiceXML document . Types of dialogs include forms and menus .

DTMF (Dual tone multi-Frequency)

From Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0 (2004-03-16)

Touch-tone or push-button dialing. Pushing a button on a telephone keypad generates a sound that is a combination of two tones, one high frequency and the other low frequency.

eCMAScript

From Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0 (2004-03-16)

A standard version of JavaScript backed by the European Computer Manufacturer's Association. See [ECMASCRIPT]

event

From Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0 (2004-03-16)

A notification "thrown" by the implementation platform , VoiceXML interpreter context , VoiceXML interpreter , or VoiceXML code. Events include exceptional conditions (semantic errors), normal errors (user did not say something recognizable), normal events (user wants to exit), and user defined events.

executable content

From Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0 (2004-03-16)

Procedural logic that occurs in <block>, <filled>, and event handlers .

FIA (Form interpretation algorithm)

From Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0 (2004-03-16)

An algorithm implemented in a VoiceXML interpreter which drives the interaction between the user and a VoiceXML form or menu. See Section 2.1.6 and Appendix C .

form

From Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0 (2004-03-16)

A dialog that interacts with the user in a highly flexible fashion with the computer and the user sharing the initiative.

form item

From Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0 (2004-03-16)

An element of <form> that can be visited during form execution: <initial>, <block>, <field>, <record>, <object>, <subdialog>, and <transfer>.

form item variable

From Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0 (2004-03-16)

A variable, either implicitly or explicitly defined, associated with each form item in a form . If the form item variable is undefined, the form interpretation algorithm will visit the form item and use it to interact with the user.

implementation platform

From Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0 (2004-03-16)

A computer with the requisite software and/or hardware to support the types of interaction defined by VoiceXML.

input item

From Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0 (2004-03-16)

A form item whose purpose is to input a input item variable. Input items include <field>, <record>, <object>, <subdialog>, and <transfer>.

JSGF

From Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0 (2004-03-16)

Java API Speech Grammar Format. A proposed standard for representing speech grammars. See [JSGF]

language identifier

From Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0 (2004-03-16)

A language identifier labels information content as being of a particular human language variant. Following the XML specification for language identification [XML] , a legal language identifier is identified by an RFC 3066 [RFC3066] code. A language code is required by RFC 3066. A country code or other subtag identifier is optional by RFC 3066.

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