An Introduction to VoxML 1.0
Structure of a VoxML Document
There are a few important points to be made after looking at this first code example. First, you will notice that line 1 of the source code contains the XML declaration string, which is required to be the first line of all VoxML documents.
Also, STEPs in a VoxML application are executed based on the user’s responses not on the order of the STEPs within the source file. Although the definition of the “init” STEP appears on line 3 and the definition of the “confirm” STEP appears on line 14, the order in which they are defined has no impact on the order in which the voice browser navigates through them.
Lastly, the line numbers shown in the example listing are not part of the source code. They are shown only to make referencing the code simpler.
The Basic Elements
VoxML contains a lot of elements, which provides the application developer with a lot of flexibility and power in the language. Section 2 of this document describes these elements in detail.
There are, however, a few elements that are used in almost every DIALOG that you will write. These basic elements are found in the example on the previous page. They are DIALOG, STEP, PROMPT, HELP, and INPUT. If you are new to VoxML, you should familiarize yourself with these basic elements before progressing to the other, less frequently used elements.
October 1998 | VoxML 1.0 Language Reference 3 |