[alicebot-archcomm] A test aiml fetch service for Jon

[Ernest Lergon]

Dr. Rich Wallace wrote:
> This is the the dreaded "Embrace and Extend" that kills any standard.
>
> I am living through a really tough experience myself right now trying to
> port some AIML files from Pandorabots to Program E and finding out that
> even the existing AIML standard has some big compatibility problems which
> have not yet been hashed out.  For example, they each process "that"
> differenlty.  Also, has anyone looked at the "Annabot" project lately?
> They have forked AIML and replaced the <that> tag with <this>.
>
Do you remember:
http://list.alicebot.org/pipermail/alicebot-general/2002-July/005204.html
;-)

> A long time ago we discussed creating a "Good Housekeeping Seal of
> Approval" for prgrams that implement the AIML 1.0x standard.   The idea
> was the developers could submit their code to the Foundation and then get
> the seal of approval so that botmasters could trust their implementation
> as "official" AIML.
> 
Yes, there were many good ideas in the good old times...

I'm not against playing around with ideas, creating prove of concepts
etc. But if they go in the wrong direction filling up this mailing list
with faulty examples ignoring any standard (CGI, XML etc.) I'm just
annoyed like Jon.

Ernest

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