[alicebot-style] Re: alicebot-style digest, Vol 1 #106 - 4 msgs

Thu, 30 Dec 2004 11:00:21 +1100

I think a Wiki is a great idea. Here is a page with a list of Wiki software
available in different languages: <http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiEngines>. A quick
look showed me that some export PDFs. It seems the 'information manipulation'
requirement that you need will be described as 'refactoring'. 

Apart from the code aspect of development there is also the 'poetics' or
design approach to creating a bot character. There are 3 of us that are
starting up a discussion blog, of which bot design for storytelling is a
topic. (I think Richard, Mark has already contacted you). It would be good
to be able to cross refer between the blog discussion and the Wiki!?

Christy

> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:05:29 -0500 (EST)
> From: "Dr. Rich Wallace" <drwallace@alicebot.org>
> To: <alicebot-style@list.alicebot.org>
> Subject: [alicebot-style] Collecting AIML
> Reply-To: alicebot-style@list.alicebot.org
> 
> 
> > Must be tired of hearing yes by now.
> 
> Not at all.  I am delighted by the interest.
> 
> I have been thinking hard about the problem of building up the free AIML
> content, which was sort of what this list was intended for.
> 
> Gary Dubuque generously sent me a list of duplicate categories he found. 
> But it was very long and I have been lazy about going through the updates.
> I really do appreciate people sending me updates and corrections, but I'm
> also a bad bottleneck.
> 
> Mostly it is easy to add new content through the Targeting program, but
> the way it is configured all the new AIML goes into the one update.aiml
> file, so I have to go back later and resort it manually into the 50 or so
> AAA files.  It would be nice if Pandorabots (or some other Targeting
> interpreter) had a "save in File..." command.  So I'm even my own worst
> bottleneck.
> 
> But even more ambitously, it would be great if the AAA files could somehow
> be opened up to the public for editing and contributions.  We purchased
> the Wiki book, but the free software on the CD rom is from 2001.  I
> haven't figured out how to get their latest stuff, or even if they offer
> it.  Even then, there is the somewhat Hurculean task of figuring out how
> to represent the AIML in a Wiki.  One AIML file per Wiki page? Or one
> category?  And then how to compile the edited Wiki back into AIML files?
> 
> One AIML spinoff company, http://www.ai-buddy.com/, has an interesting
> feature that allows botmasters to share AIML "modules" on topics like
> jokes, astrology, or sports.  Oddly, the shared AIML source code cannot be
> viewed or downloaded.  We have offered something similar mainly with
> foreign language AIML sets, but it would be great to figure out how to
> encourage more sharing of open source licensed AIML sharing.
> 