[alicebot-general] Updating the AIML spec?

[mehri]

I'm more interested in contributing to a wiki just
for:

AIML specification 1.0.1
AIML samples and examples and styles

and not really interested in one for the AAA set at
this time.



--- "Dr. Rich Wallace" <drwallace at alicebot.org> wrote:

> AFAIK the only custom tags in the AAA set are
> Pandorabots tags,
> which are listed here:
> http://www.alicebot.org/documentation/ptags.html
> 
> That same page has links to some other useful
> documents:
> 
> + The AIML Overview by Dr Rich Wallace.
> + A Tutorial for adding knowledge to your robot by
> Doubly Aimless
> + Be Your Own Botmaster, 2nd ed. Dr. Rich Wallace
> 
> Someday we'd like to set up a Wiki for the AAA set,
> but I'm not sure a
> Wiki per se captures the exact functionality we need
> for sharing AIML. 
> Some AIML servers (not Pandorabots) allow users to
> share AIML libraries. 
> It would be nice for bots on the same server to
> share the latest
> up-to-date AAA set, or other AIML sets, w/o the
> botmaster having to update
> or upload ever time there is a change.  It would be
> nice to have a scoring
> capability for the "most popular" or "top 20" AIML
> files or libraries or
> botmaster/authors.
> 
> The AIML spec needs to be rewritten.  One of these
> days I will get around
> to it.  Offline contributions are welcome.
> 
> Here is a brief outline I wrote last month for a
> possible book or wiki
> about AIML Best Practices. The idea is to come up
> with some examples of
> AIML for each heading or chapter:
> 
> 1. The Ultimate Default Category
> <pattern>*</pattern>
> 2. Collecting synonyms using <srai>
> 3. Using <random> in high frequency categories
> 4. Reducing adverbs and redundant words
> 5. Divide & Conquer with <srai>
> 6. YES and NO questions with <that>
> 7. <that>WHAT IS YOUR NAME</that>
> 8. Setting predicate defaults
> 9. Setting and using pronoun predicates
> 10. Use <person/> sparingly
> 11. Use <think> to set predicates and topic
> 12. AIML conditionals
> 13. Conditionals with <srai>
> 14. System design and real-world interfaces
> 
> > Is it true that the AIML spec's been a "draft" for
> > over half a decade now (2001 was the last
> revision)?
> >
> > I'm looking at:
> > http://www.alicebot.org/TR/2001/WD-aiml/
> >
> > Would it be possible to open up that draft in a
> wiki
> > fashion somewhere so it could finished by
> volunteers?
> >
> > Then take that 1.0.1 page and redirect it to the
> wiki?
> >
> > Also that wiki could be used to put in several
> > illustrative examples and AIML techniques for each
> tag
> > by some of us volunteers.
> >
> > It's frustrating when someone asks me for help
> with
> > AIML in the Annotated Alice set that my
> interpreter
> > doesn't handle and I find some new attribute or
> xml
> > element isn't part of the 1.0.1 specification but
> is
> > in Annotated Alice.
> >
> > Likewise, good clear examples are lacking and I
> would
> > like to add them.
> >
> > It's also frustrating when people ask me where to
> > learn AIML and I have to point them to a terse and
> > incomplete specification with no examples.
> >
> > This core deficiency is hindering the acceptance
> of
> > AIML and making it difficult for bot and
> interpreter
> > writers around the world.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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