[alicebot-archcomm] Another missing part of the A.L.I.C.E. architecture document

[Dr. Rich Wallace]

Yep, another interesting boundary condition in AIML.  What is the
definition of the empty robot?

> The 1.01 working draft states:
>
> "If the root Nodemapper contains a key "*" and it points to a leaf node,
> then the algorithm is guaranteed to find a match."
>
> But it does not include any statement about what will happen if no "*"
> key is in the AIML set and a match is not found.
>
> Program N just outputs an empty line.  I think so does Program D, but it
> also logs an error.  How do the other versions handle this?
>
> Is there some standard way such an event should be interpreted?  Should
> this behavior be part of the AIML standard?
>
> Still cleaning up,
>   Gary Dubuque
>   Hip deep in AIML clippings
>
>
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Dr. Rich
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