[alicebot-archcomm] [proposal] <get pattern=

[Noel Bush]

> > <category>
> >   <pattern>WHAT DO I LIKE</pattern>
> >   <template>
> >     You told me you like <get pattern="I LIKE *"><star/></get>.
> >   </template>
> > </category>
> >
> 
> I don't really get how this would be different than <srai>I LIKE
> <star/></srai>.

That's funny.  Where would the <star/> come from in <srai>I LIKE
<star/></srai>, using the above example?

How it would be different is quite a bit.  The notion is to be able to
retrieve pieces of a previously activated category, and to identify that
category by its path.

You could think of this as a better sort of <input index=""/>, <that
index=""/>.  Whereas <input> or <that> with an index attribute just give
you access to a *numerically* identified *part* of a previous category,
this gives you access to a previous category that is identified by its
"meaning", in as close a way as AIML gets to describing "meaning".

> It looks like to me that you are trying to maybe use AIML as 
> a database

I think that the concept of "database" is totally incongruent with AIML.
A database may exist in some implementation, but it ought to be
invisible from the point of view of the person using AIML.  This has
nothing to do with a database.