Editing External Grammar Access Properties

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	Editing External Grammar Access Properties

Because an external grammar is not created and does not reside within the Dialog Designer environment, if an external grammar is used, you must only instruct the Dialog Designer speech application where to locate the grammar and what type of grammar it is.

The Grammar File Editor for an external grammar has the following fields:
External Grammar File Editor Properties

Field/Option

Description
URI

Name and port, in URL format, to the system that must gain access to the external grammar. This name and port information must be of the format:

http://localhost:nnnn
where:

localhost is the IP address or fully qualified domain name of the computer on which the external grammar resides.

nnnn is the port number the Dialog Designer application is to use to gain access to the grammar.

Media Type

An Internet mail extension (MIME) type. Select the media type that applies to the external grammar, or enter your own media type in the field.

If you need to enter another media type, see your ASR server documentation for the appropriate type, and enter it in this field.

Note: Currently, Dialog Designer has only one predefined media type: application/srgs+xml. This type supports the SRGS specification.
Test

This option uses the information entered in the External Grammar Editor to try and reference the grammar from the designated application server and display it in a Web page (assuming the application server is running). This tests that you entered the path to the grammar correctly.

Note: This button does not work when using parameter substitution for the external variable (for example, %DDVAR_<variablename>%; %runtime_Platform%; %runtime_ASR%).
Column/Slots Names

When defining the column names/slots, variables are specified from the grammar interpretation which are going to be returned to the application. If none are specified, then the grammar interpretation returns the standard interpretations (utterance, confidence, input mode, value, and interpretation).

Use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to manage the grammar data in the list box where slots are defined, as necessary.

Field/Option	Description
URI	Name and port, in URL format, to the system that must gain access to the external grammar. This name and port information must be of the format: http://localhost:nnnn where: localhost is the IP address or fully qualified domain name of the computer on which the external grammar resides. nnnn is the port number the Dialog Designer application is to use to gain access to the grammar.
Media Type	An Internet mail extension (MIME) type. Select the media type that applies to the external grammar, or enter your own media type in the field. If you need to enter another media type, see your ASR server documentation for the appropriate type, and enter it in this field. Note: Currently, Dialog Designer has only one predefined media type: application/srgs+xml. This type supports the SRGS specification.
Test	This option uses the information entered in the External Grammar Editor to try and reference the grammar from the designated application server and display it in a Web page (assuming the application server is running). This tests that you entered the path to the grammar correctly. Note: This button does not work when using parameter substitution for the external variable (for example, %DDVAR_<variablename>%; %runtime_Platform%; %runtime_ASR%).
Column/Slots Names	When defining the column names/slots, variables are specified from the grammar interpretation which are going to be returned to the application. If none are specified, then the grammar interpretation returns the standard interpretations (utterance, confidence, input mode, value, and interpretation). Use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to manage the grammar data in the list box where slots are defined, as necessary.