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Element categories
We have explored the taxonomy of a VoiceXML document. The VoiceXML elements can also be categorized by function, as shown in Table 3-1, based on comments in the DTD. This partitioning can be summarized as follows:
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Audio Input
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Element types controlling how input is collected from the caller.
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Audio Output
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Element types controlling how audio is rendered to the caller.
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Call Control
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Element types that perform telephony hardware operations.
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Dialog
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Element types that define a dialog.
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Event
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Element types that produce or handle real-time events.
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Field
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Element types that define a form field.
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Flow Control
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Element types that control the execution flow of a VoiceXML application.
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Miscellaneous
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Element types that provide access to ECMAScript, native objects, and run-time logging.
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Prompt
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Element types controlling the prompting of the caller.
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Root
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Element types used to declare a VoiceXML document and provide document-level metadata.
Table 3-1. All of the VoiceXML element types organized by category
|
Element type |
Category |
Section |
|---|---|---|
|
example |
Audio Input |
3.14, “example,” |
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grammar |
Audio Input |
3.20, “grammar,” |
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item |
Audio Input |
3.24, “item,” |
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one-of |
Audio Input |
3.35, “one-of,” |
|
record |
Audio Input |
3.43, “record,” |
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rule |
Audio Input |
3.46, “rule,” |
|
ruleref |
Audio Input |
3.47, “ruleref,” |
|
token |
Audio Input |
3.55, “token,” |
|
audio |
Audio Output |
3.2, “audio,” |
|
break |
Audio Output |
3.4, “break,” |
|
emphasis |
Audio Output |
3.11, “emphasis,” |
|
mark |
Audio Output |
3.28, “mark,” |
|
paragraph |
Audio Output |
3.37, “paragraph,” |
|
phoneme |
Audio Output |
3.39, “phoneme,” |
|
prosody |
Audio Output |
3.42, “prosody,” |
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say-as |
Audio Output |
3.48, “say-as,” |
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sentence |
Audio Output |
3.50, “sentence,” |
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voice |
Audio Output |
3.59, “voice,” |
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disconnect |
Call Control |
3.8, “disconnect,” |
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transfer |
Call Control |
3.56, “transfer,” |
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choice |
Dialog |
3.6 “choice” |
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form |
Dialog |
3.18, “form,” |
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menu |
Dialog |
3.29, “menu,” |
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catch |
Event |
3.5, “catch,” |
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error |
Event |
3.13, “error,” |
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help |
Event |
3.21, “help,” |
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link |
Event |
3.26, “link,” |
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noinput |
Event |
3.32, “noinput,” |
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nomatch |
Event |
3.33, “nomatch,” |
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throw |
Event |
3.54, “throw,” |
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assign |
Field |
3.1, “assign,” |
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block |
Field |
3.3, “block,” |
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clear |
Field |
3.7, “clear,” |
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field |
Field |
3.16, “field,” |
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initial |
Field |
3.23, “initial,” |
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option |
Field |
3.36, “option,” |
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value |
Field |
3.57, “value,” |
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var |
Field |
3.58, “var,” |
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else |
Flow Control |
3.9, “else,” |
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elseif |
Flow Control |
3.10, “elseif,” |
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exit |
Flow Control |
3.15, “exit,” |
|
filled |
Flow Control |
3.17, “filled,” |
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goto |
Flow Control |
3.19, “goto,” |
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if |
Flow Control |
3.22, “if,” |
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param |
Flow Control |
3.38, “param,” |
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return |
Flow Control |
3.45, “return,” |
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subdialog |
Flow Control |
3.51, “subdialog,” |
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submit |
Flow Control |
3.52, “submit,” |
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log |
Miscellaneous |
3.27, “log,” |
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object |
Miscellaneous |
3.34, “object,” |
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property |
Miscellaneous |
3.41, “property,” |
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script |
Miscellaneous |
3.49, “script,” |
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enumerate |
Prompt |
3.12, “enumerate,” |
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prompt |
Prompt |
3.40, “prompt,” |
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reprompt |
Prompt |
3.44, “reprompt,” |
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meta |
Root |
3.30, “meta,” |
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vxml |
Root |
3.60, “vxml,” |