[alicebot-archcomm] The Value of a Standard for AIML

[Dr. Richard S. Wallace]

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From: "Noel Bush" <noel@alicebot.org>
To: "Alicebot and AIML Architecture Committee"
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Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 9:33 AM
Subject: [alicebot-archcomm] The Value of a Standard for AIML


> What is the real value of a standard for AIML?  Why should we donate our
> energies to developing and maintaining this standard?  What relevance
> should we expect the standard to have in the world?  Is our process for
> maintaining and developing the standard optimal?
>
> These questions and more considered in.....
>
> THE FOLLOWING....
>
> 1. What is the real value of a standard for AIML?
>
> 1.1. A standard for AIML has potential value for implementors, vendors,
> consultancies, and authors.
>
> DEFI*: Implementors are those who create AIML-oriented bots.
>
> DEFI: Vendors are those who sell AIML-oriented bot-related applications.
>
> DEFI: Consultancies are businesses that do "bot customization".
>
> DEFI: Authors are people who create bots for pleasure and/or profit.
>

I would add one more group of constituents.  "Mathematicians" or academic
people or scientists interested in ALICE as a theory of A.I., and how it
fits into the Grand Scheme of Things.  Their interests may tend to align
more with the Reductionist faction.  Maybe I'm the only one so far.  But I
tend to think of myself as a scientist more than an author/implementor.

Rich