Platform Certification Program
Certification Test Report


VoiceXML version:

VoiceXML Version 2.0
W3C Recommendation - March 16, 2004
Test Suite version: VoiceXML Forum VoiceXML 2.0 Certification Test Suite,
Version 1.0.1c
Date Certified: March 2008

Vendor Information

Vendor Information
Vendor VerizonBusiness
Address 2424 Garden of the Gods Road Colorado Springs, CO 80919
Contact: Kevin Witzman
Email: Kevin.Witzman@verizonbusiness.com
Phone: 719-535-1313
Fax: 719-535-5611


Implementation Under Test

The following implementation is certified by the VoiceXML Forum as having passed all required assertions and all vendor-supported optional assertions (except those optional features designated as omitted).
Platform Configuration
Implementation Name: VerizonBusiness Hosted IVR
Implementation Identifier: 8.4
Operating System Version: Red Hat Enterprise ES release 3
Telephony Configuration: Clear Channel T1 (remote testing via PSTN)


Optional assertions

Tested? ID Spec. Reference Abstract
No 207 [2.2] When the accept attribute of choice is set to "approximate", or is not set and the accept attribute of its enclosing menu is set to "approximate", then the text of the choice element defines an approximate recognition phrase, as defined under "Grammar Generation" in section 2.2.
239 [2.3.1] The type attribute, if present, specifies the name of one of the following builtin grammar types from Appendix P: boolean, date, digits, currency, number, phone, time.
250 [2.3.1.2] A builtin URI of the form "builtin:grammar/<type>" references a builtin speech grammar.
251 [2.3.1.2] [optional] A builtin URI of the form "builtin:dtmf/<type>" references a builtin DTMF grammar.
252 [2.3.1.2] [optional] A field containing two builtin grammar elements, one referring to the builtin speech grammar and the other referring to the builtin DTMF grammar of the same type is equivlent to a field whose type attribute is set to the equivalent type.
No 286 [2.3.6] If the caller is silent for finalsilence milliseconds during a recording, the recording is terminated.
288 [2.3.7] A VoiceXML document can initiate a transfer to another entity using the transfer tag, such that the Interpreter remains connected to the original caller and interpretation resumes upon termination of the transfer.
289 [2.3.7] A VoiceXML document can initiate a transfer to another entity using the transfer tag, such that the Interpreter disconnects from the caller immediately upon attempting the transfer and continues execution as it would under termination of the Session.
No 290 [2.3.7] A bridged transfer can contain speech grammars such that the interpreter listens to the original caller for the duration of the transfer, terminating the transfer as soon as a spoken utterance matches an active speech grammar.
No 291 [2.3.7] During a bridged transfer, any speech grammars outside the transfer element are not active and cannot be matched.
292 [2.3.7] A transfer element that specifies both a 'dest' and 'destexpr' attribute results in an 'error.badfetch' upon loading of the document containing it.
293 [2.3.7] A transfer element specifying a 'cond' attribute that evaluates to false upon selection of the element by the FIA is not executed.
294 [2.3.7] A transfer element not specifying a 'bridge' attribute is executed as a blind transfer.
295 [2.3.7] A bridged transfer specifying a 'connecttimeout' attribute with a W3C time specification will terminate a transfer attempt if the destination entity cannot be connected to within that period of time.
296 [2.3.7] A bridged transfer specifying a 'maxtime' attribute with a W3C time specification will terminate a transfer after that period of time has elapsed after connecting to the destination entity if it has not already been terminated for other reasons.
297 [2.3.7] A bridged transfer specifying a 'transferaudio' attribute with valid URI to an audio file wil play that audio from the beginning of the transfer attempt until the attempt is terminated or the destination entity is connected to.
298 [2.3.7] Upon a successful blind transfer, a 'connection.disconnect.transfer' event is thrown and the transfer name variable remains undefined.
300 [2.3.7] If the originating caller hangs up during a bridged transfer, a 'connection.disconnect.hangup' event is thrown and the transfer name variable remains undefined.
301 [2.3.7] If the Interpreter is unable to connect to the destination entity when attempting a transfer because it is busy, the transfer name variable is filled with the value 'busy'.
No 304 [2.3.7] If a transfer is terminated because the original caller matches an active DTMF grammar, the transfer name variable is filled with the value 'near_end_disconnect'.
No 305 [2.3.7.2.2] If a transfer is terminated because the destination entity disconnects, the transfer name variable is filled with the value 'far_end_disconnect'.
307 [2.3.7.2.2] If a bridge transfer is terminated by the Interpreter because the 'maxtime' has expired without the transfer being terminated, the transfer name variable is filled with the value 'maxtime_disconnect'.
308 [2.3.7] Upon termination of bridge transfer, the shadow variable 'name$.duration' (where name is the name attribute of the transfer element) is set to the number of seconds from the time the destination entity was connected to and the transfer was terminated.
No 309 [2.3.7.2] Upon termination of bridge transfer due to the caller matching an active speech grammar ('near_end_disconnect'), the 'name$.inputmode' shadow variable is set to 'voice'.
No 310 [2.3.7] Upon termination of bridge transfer due to the caller matching an active DTMF grammar ('near_end_disconnect'), the 'name$.inputmode' shadow variable is set to 'dtmf'.
No 311 [2.3.7] Upon termination of a bridge transfer due to the caller matching an active speech grammar ('near_end_disconnect'), the 'name$.utterance' shadow variable is set to utterance text.
No 334 [3.1.1] A grammar can be specified in the format of the Augmented BNF (ABNF) Form of the W3C Speech Recognition Grammar Specification.
379 [4.1.5] When set to false, the bargein attribute on the prompt the user should be unable to interrupt the playback of the contents of the prompt.
380 [4.1.5] If bargein occurs during any prompt in a sequence, all subsequent prompts are not played. This is required when barge-in is supported by a platform.
382 [4.1.5] If the bargein attribute is not specified, then the value of the bargein property is used if set.
No 387 [4.1.5] A nomatch event will never be generated in the case of hotword barge-in.
409 [5.1.4] session.connection.local.uri returns a URI which addresses the local interpreter context device.
No 410 [5.1.4] session.connection.remote.uri returns a URI which addresses the remote caller device.
411 [5.1.4] session.connection.protocol.name returns the name of the connection protocol.
No 412 [5.1.4] session.connection.protocol.version returns the version of the connection protocol.
No 413 [5.1.4] session.connection.redirect returns an array representing the connection redirection paths. The first element is the original called number, the last element is the last redirected number. Each element of the array contains a uri, pi (presentation information), si (screening information), and reason property. The reason property can be either "unknown", "user busy", "no reply", "deflection during alerting", "deflection immediate response", "mobile subscriber not reachable".
No 414 [5.1.4] session.connection.aai returns an application-to-application information passed during connection setup.
No 415 [5.1.4] session.connection.originator returns the local or remote property. (For instance, the following ECMAScript would return true if the remote party initiated the connection: var caller_initiate = connection.originator == connection.remote;
No 491 [5.2.6] With universal grammars active, requesting to cancel playing of the current prompt throws the cancel event.
No 492 [5.2.6] With universal grammars active, asking to exit throws the exit event.
No 493 [5.2.6] With universal grammars active, asking for help throws the help event.
495 [5.2.6] When the user has been transferred unconditionally to another line and will not return the connection.disconnect.transfer event is thrown.
579 [6.1.3] When an interpreter context does prefetch a resource, it must ensure that the resource fetched is precisely the one needed.
601 [6.3.4] The value of the bargein property controls whether barge-in is allowed by default for prompts.
No 624 [2.3.7] A bridged transfer can contain DTMF grammars such that the interpreter listens to the original caller for the duration of the transfer, terminating the transfer as soon as DTMF input matches an active DTMF grammar.
No 630 [1.2.5] The interpreter MAY support other formats such as the JSpeech Grammar Format [JSGF] or proprietary formats.
1015 [2.3.6] If no audio input is received from the user before the timeout period expires, then record variable is not defined, and a timeout event is thrown.
No 1021 [2.3.6] Speech input not matching any active speech grammar is ignored (and therefore does not terminate or otherwise affect recording).
1027 [2.3] The form item object has a result variable, specified by the name attribute. This variable may be given an initial value with the expr attribute.
1029 [2.3] The form item transfer has a result variable, specified by the name attribute. This variable may be given an initial value with the expr attribute.
1034 [2.3] The form item 'object' has a guard condition specified with the cond attribute. A form item is visited if it is not filled and its cond is not specified or evaluates, after conversion to boolean, to true.
1039 [2.3] The input item object may contain the filled element. Filled elements contain an action to execute after the result input item variable is filled in.
1041 [2.3] The input item transfer may contain the filled element. Filled elements contain an action to execute after the result input item variable is filled in.
1044 [2.3] The input item 'object' may contain the property element. Property elements specify properties that are in effect for this input item
1046 [2.3] The input item 'transfer' may contain the property element. Property elements specify properties that are in effect for this input item.
1049 [2.3] The input item 'object' may contain the prompt element. Prompt elements specify prompts to play when visiting this input item.
1051 [2.3] The input item 'transfer' may contain the prompt element. Prompt elements specify prompts to play when visiting this input item.
1054 [2.3] The input item 'transfer' may contain the grammar element. Grammar elements specify allowable spoken and character input for this input item.
1057 [2.3] The input item 'object' may contain the catch element, which is in effect for this input item.
1058 [2.3] The input item 'transfer' may contain the catch element, which is in effect for this input item.
No 1141 [2.3.7.2.2] Upon termination of a bridged transfer due to the caller matching an active DTMF grammar ('near_end_disconnect'), application.lastresult$ is assigned to the DTMF result.
No 1165 [2.3.7.2.2] Upon termination of a bridged transfer due to the caller matching an active speech grammar ('near_end_disconnect'), application.lastresult$.utterance is assigned the same value as the transfer's utterance shadow.
1166 [2.3.7.2.2] If a bridged transfer is terminated due to a reason other than the caller matching an active speech or DTMF grammar ('near_end_disconnect'), application.lastresult$ is undefined.
No 1172 [2.3.1.3] When the accept attribute of an option element is set to "approximate", the user may say a subphrase of the specified PCDATA for the option to be selected.
1180 [2.3.7] A transfer element that specifies both a 'aai' and 'aaiexpr' attribute results in an 'error.badfetch' upon loading of the document containing it.
No 1181 [2.3.7.3] If the destination URI is malformed, a error.connection.baddestination error is thrown.
No 1182 [2.3.7.3] If the destination URI type is not supported, a error.unsupported.uri error is thrown.
No 1184 [2.3.7.3] If the caller has insufficient permission to perform a call transfer (e.g. not allowed to make long distance calls, not permitted to make any transfers, etc.), destination URL is malformed, a error.connection.noauthorization error is thrown.
1185 [5.1.4] The name (session.connection.protocol.name) also represents the subobject name for protocol specific information. For instance, if session.connection.protocol.name is 'q931', session.connection.protocol.q931.uui might specify the user-to-user information property of the connection.
No 2000 [2.3.7] During a bridged transfer, any DTMF grammars outside the transfer element are not active and cannot be matched.
2001 [2.3] The input item 'transfer' may contain the grammar element specifying allowable DTMF input for this input item.


Required assertions

ID Spec. Reference Abstract
1 [1.2.5] For each HTTP request, the interpreter identifies itself using the User-Agent header in the format "name/version".
2 [1.2.5] The interpreter must be able to freely sequence TTS and audio output.
7 [1.2.5] The interpreter must be able to receive speech recognition grammar data dynamically.
8 [1.2.5] The interpreter must be able to record audio received from the user.
11 [1.3] If a URI does not refer to a document, the current document is assumed.
12 [1.3] If a URI does not refer to a dialog, the first dialog is assumed.
18 [1.3.1] A menu contains choices that can define transitions when matched.
19 [1.3.1] A subdialog invokes a new dialog that once done, returns to the original context.
20 [1.3.1] Upon return to the calling context all variable instances, grammars, and state information are restored.
24 [1.3.3] An application root document's variables are defined and reachable via the application scope upon the loading of a document that specifies it as the application root.
25 [1.3.3] An application root document's variables are not reinitialized as the user transitions between documents that both specify it as the application root.
26 [1.3.3] An application root document's variables are no longer reachable from the application scope when the user transitions to a document not in that application.
27 [1.3.3] An application root document's grammars are active during each time the interpreter listens, until it is unloaded.
28 [1.3.4] A dialog can receive input matching a single grammar such that no other grammars are active.
29 [1.3.4] A dialog can receive input matching one of several active grammars.
30 [1.3.4] A user can direct interpretation in scenarios where grammars outside the current dialog are active, by matching one of these grammars, at which point execution transitions to the dialog containing the matched grammar.
32 [1.3.5] The platform can throw a semantic error upon encountering an error in VoiceXML semantics.
36 [1.3.5] Catch elements are inherited by enclosing elements by copy.
37 [1.3.6] A link specifies a grammar that is active whenever a user is in the scope of the link.
41 [1.5] A document may have meta elements.
42 [1.5] A document may have var elements.
43 [1.5] A document may have script elements.
44 [1.5] A document may have property elements.
45 [1.5] A document may have catch elements.
46 [1.5] A document may have link elements.
48 [1.5.1] The next dialog is determined by the previous dialog.
50 [1.5.1] The version attribute is required on the vxml tag.
52 [1.5.1] The xml:base attribute must be allowed on the vxml tag.
53 [1.5.1] The xml:lang attribute must be allowed on the vxml tag.
54 [1.5.1] The application attribute must be allowed on the vxml tag.
55 [1.5.1] The value of xml:lang must be inherited down the document hierarchy by elements which also define the xml:lang attribute and do not have an alternative value.
56 [1.5.2] The interpreter supports having an application root document and an application leaf document.
58 [1.5.2] When a leaf document causes a root document to be loaded, none of the dialogs in the root document are executed.
59 [1.5.2] Application root document variables are available for use by the leaf document.
61 [1.5.2] Common ECMAScript code can be defined in the application root and used in leaf documents.
62 [1.5.2] Application root catch handlers are default handlers for leaf documents.
72 [1.5.2] When transitioning between two leaf documents that both specify the same application fully resolved URI then the transition must preserve the application root document's variables for use by the second leaf document.
73 [1.5.2] A transition from an application leaf document to its own application root document caused by a 'goto' must preserve the application root document's variables for use by the root document.
74 [1.5.2] If a transition occurs as the result of a submit between an application leaf document and its own application root document the application root document's variables must be re-initialized.
75 [1.5.2] If a transition occurs from an application root document to itself then it must reinitialize the application root document's variables.
76 [1.5.2] If a transition occurs from an application root document to a different application root document it must initialize the new application root document and use the new application root document's variables.
77 [1.5.2] When a subdialog is invoked the original document and root document must be preserved for the completion of the subdialog.
80 [1.5.2] If a document refers to a non-existent application root document, an error.badfetch event is thrown.
82 [1.5.3] A document may contain a subdialog element.
83 [1.5.3] A document may contain a return element.
84 [1.5.3] Subdialogs add a new executable context when they are invoked.
85 [1.5.3] A subdialog can be a new dialog within the existing document.
86 [1.5.3] A subdialog can be a new dialog within a new document.
87 [1.5.3] A subdialog can be composed of several documents.
88 [1.5.3] A subdialog's new context may itself invoke a subdialog.
89 [1.5.4] A VoiceXML interpreter may continue executing even after it no longer has a connection to the user.
93 [2.1] A form may contain form items, which are subdivided into input items ( <field>, <record>, <transfer>, <object>, <subdialog>) and control items (<block> and <initial>).
96 [2.1] A form may contain <var> elements.
97 [2.1] A form may contain event handlers: <catch>, <error>, <help>, <noinput>, and <nomatch>.
98 [2.1] A form may contain <filled> elements.
99 [2.1] A form may specify an id attribute.
100 [2.1] A form may specify a scope attribute which specifies the default scope of the form's grammars.
111 [2.1.6.2.3] FIA ends when it encounters a <goto>.
112 [2.1.6.2.3] FIA ends when it encounters a <submit>.
113 [2.1.6.2.3] FIA ends when it encounters an <exit>.
114 [2.1.6.2.3] FIA ends when it encounters a <return>.
138 [2.1.6.1] The value of the name attribute of a form item defines a dialog-scoped variable that holds the value of the form item, i.e., dialog.name is a reference to the form item variable.
143 [2.1.6.1] A form item variable does not need to have a name attribute.
145 [2.1.5] A form may have one or more initial form items.
147 [2.1.5] If a form has a form level grammar, its input items can be filled in any order.
148 [2.1.5] If a form has a form level grammar, more than one input item can be filled as a result of any one user utterance.
149 [2.1.5] A form-level grammar can fill the following form items: <field>, <record>, <transfer>, <object> and <subdialog>.
152 [2.1.6.2.1] For all types of form item, if the form item is assigned a value, that form item is not eligible to be visited by the FIA (unless/until it is subsequently set to undefined).
153 [2.1.6.2.1] Using the clear tag on a form item variable will make it eligible to be visited by the FIA (provided that it does not have a cond attribute evaluating to false).
154 [2.1.6.2.1] Using the goto nextitem will force the FIA to immediately transition to the chosen form item.
163 [2.1.6.2.1] If the last main FIA loop resulted in a goto nextitem or goto expritem then the specified form item is selected.
165 [2.1.6.2.1] If the last main FIA loop did not result in a goto nextitem and there is no form item which is eligible to be visited then an implicit exit is generated.
183 [2.1.6.2.3] If in the collect phase an event occurs the appropriate catch element is identified and executed in the process phase.
185 [2.1.6.2.3] If an event handler, executed after an event is thrown while processing a form item, transfers control with a <goto> or <submit>, the FIA resumes in the new form at the initialisation phase.
186 [2.1.6.2.3] If an event handler, executed after an event is thrown while processing a form item, does not transfer control with a <goto> or <submit> the FIA resumes in the current form at the selection phase.
187 [2.1.6.2.3] If an input from the collect phase matches a link than the associated link's transition is executed if present.
188 [2.1.6.2.3] If an input from the collect phase matches a link than the associated link's event is thrown if present.
189 [2.1.6.2.3] If a link throws an event the event is processed in the context of the current form item.
190 [2.1.6.2.3] If an input matches a grammar in a form other than the current form, then the FIA terminates and the other form is initialized.
192 [2.1.6.2.3] If an input matches a grammar in a form other than the current form then that form's FIA starts with this input in its process phase.
195 [2.1.6.2.3] If an input matches a grammar in the form then each identified filled action is executed in document order.
197 [2.1.6.2.3] While executing a filled, processing of filled actions continues after a <reprompt>.
198 [2.1.6.2.3] If an event is thrown during the execution of a <filled>, event handler selection starts in the scope of the <filled>, which could be a form item or the form itself, and then proceeds outward by enclosing dialog scopes.
200 [2.2] If a menu is given an id attribute, the menu can be referenced using goto.
201 [2.2] If a menu's scope attribute is set to "dialog", the menu's grammars are active only when the user transitions into the menu.
202 [2.2] If a menu's scope attribute is set to "document", the menu's grammars are active over the whole document (or if the menu is in the application root document, any loaded document in the application).
203 [2.2] If a menu's dtmf attribute is set to "true", the first nine choices that have not explicitly specified a value for the dtmf attribute are given the implicit ones "1", "2", etc. Remaining choices that have not explicitly specified a value for the dtmf attribute will not be assigned DTMF values (and thus cannot be matched via a DTMF keypress).
204 [2.2] The dtmf attribute of choice can specify a sequence of DTMF digits. Whitespace is ignored.
205 [2.2] When the DTMF associated with the choice is matched, the appropriate action is taken based on the next, expr, event or eventexpr attribute.
206 [2.2] When the accept attribute of choice is set to "exact", or is not set and the accept attribute of its enclosing menu is set to "exact", or neither choice's accept attribute nor menu's is set, then the text of the choice element defines the exact phrase to be recognized. The user must say the entire phrase in the same order in which it occurs in the choice element phrase for matching this element.
208 [2.2] Exactly one of the next, expr, event, and eventexpr attributes must be specified. Otherwise an error.badfetch event is thrown.
209 [2.2] When the grammar associated with a choice element is matched, the URI associated with the "next" or "expr" element is fetched and transitioned to.
210 [2.2] When the grammar associated with a choice element is matched, the event associated with the event or eventexpr attribute is thrown.
211 [2.2] When "next" or the result of "expr" is not a correct URI, error.badfetch is thrown.
212 [2.2] The message attribute defines a string that is available as the variable _message inside a catch element that catches the event being thrown.
213 [2.2] The messageexpr attribute is an ECMAScript expression evaluating to the variable _message inside the catch element which catches the event being thrown.
215 [2.2] If a grammar element is specified in choice, then the external grammar is used instead of an automatically generated grammar.
216 [2.2] The enumerate element without content inside a prompt lists all the choices, following the order in which they appear in the menu.
217 [2.2] The enumerate element with content defines a template specifier that will list all the choices. Two special variables are defined
218 [2.2] An enumerate element can be used inside prompts associated with a menu element.
219 [2.2] An enumerate element can be used inside catch element elements associated with a menu element.
220 [2.2] An enumerate element can be used inside prompts associated with a field element that contain option elements.
221 [2.2] An enumerate element can be used inside catch element elements associated with a field element that contain option elements.
222 [2.2] If an enumerate element is used elsewhere, an error.semantic event is thrown.
223 [2.2] Grammar matches within menu will update the application.lastresult$ array.
224 [2.2] If the event handler called after matching a choice with an event or eventexpr attribute does not cause the interpreter to exit or transition control, then the FIA will clear the form item variable of the menu's anonymous field, causing the menu to be executed again.
232 [2.3.1] The variable associated with the name attribute of the field holds the recognition result.
233 [2.3.1] The named variable associated with the field must be unique among form items in the form; otherwise, error.badfetch is thrown.
234 [2.3.1] If specified, the value of the expr attribute is evaluated and serves as the form item variable's initial value.
235 [2.3.1] The default value of the expr attribute is ECMAScript undefined.
236 [2.3.1] If the form item is initialized to a value via evaluation of the expr attribute, the form item will not be visited unless the form item variable is cleared.
237 [2.3.1] If the cond attribute is present and its value evaluates to boolean false, the field is not visited.
238 [2.3.1] The form item can also be visited if the cond attribute is not specified.
240 [2.3.1] The value of the slot attribute defines the name of the grammar slot used to populate the form item variable of the field.
241 [2.3.1] If the slot attribute is absent, the interpreter uses the value associated with the name attribute of the field to map the grammar slot to the form item variable.
242 [2.3.1] If the value of the modal attribute is false, all active grammars are turned on while collecting this field.
243 [2.3.1] If the value of the modal attribute is true, then only the field's grammars are enabled, and all other grammars are temporarily disabled.
244 [2.3.1] The field element exposes a shadow variables named confidence, utterance, inputmode, and interpretation. The values of the utterance and inputmode shadow variables correspond to the values of the corresponding properties of the first object in the application-scoped lastresult$ array.
245 [2.3.1] The confidence shadow variable is the confidence level for the name field of this interpretation and may range from 0.0-1.0. A value of 0.0 indicates minimum confidence, and a value of 1.0 indicates maximum confidence.
246 [2.3.1.1] A field may contain a grammar element whose src attribute can specify an absolute or relative URI.
247 [2.3.1.1] A grammar can be specified inline.
248 [2.3.1.1] error.badfetch is thrown if a grammar specifies a src attribute and an inline grammar.
254 [2.3.1.3] The PCDATA contained by an option element within a field generates a speech grammar.
255 [2.3.1.3] When an option is chosen, the value attribute determines the interpretation value for the field's shadow variable and for application.lastresult$.
256 [2.3.1.3] The dtmf attribute of an option element defines the DTMF sequence required for the option to be selected.
257 [2.3.1.3] When the accept attribute of an option element is set to "exact", the PCDATA of the option defines the exact phrase to be recognized for the option to be selected.
258 [2.3.1.3] Both option and grammar elements may be specified within a field.
259 [2.3.2] The interpreter executes content contained in the block.
260 [2.3.2] The interpreter visits the block when the cond attribute evaluates to true and the form item variable associated with the block is undefined.
261 [2.3.2] The interpreter ignores the block when the form item variable associated with the block is defined via expr.
262 [2.3.2] The interpreter ignores the block when the form item variable associated with the block is set via an assign.
263 [2.3.4] The interpreter executes the subdialog associated with the src or srcexpr attribute.
267 [2.3.4] If the called subdialog is in a separate document then variables from the calling document, and dialog scope are inaccessible to the subdialog.
268 [2.3.4] The variables passed to the subdialog via the <param> element are accessible as variables within the dialog scope of the invoked subdialog. A <param> overrides the corresponding <var> expr attribute which is ignored.
269 [2.3.4] The interpreter throws error.badfetch after the specified fetchtimeout when the URL associated with the src or srcexpr attribute points to a non-existent resource.
270 [2.3.4] Exactly one of "src" or "srcexpr" must be specified; otherwise, an error.badfetch event is thrown.
271 [2.3.4] If the subdialog returns a namelist, the filled element contained by the subdialog is executed upon return from the subdialog.
272 [2.3.5] If an object element refers to an unknown object, the error.unsupported.objectname event is thrown.
273 [2.3.6] Any DTMF keypress matching an active grammar terminates recording.
274 [2.3.6] DTMF keypresses not matching an active grammar are ignored (and therefore do not terminate or otherwise affect recording).
275 [2.3.6] If the termination grammar matched is a local DTMF grammar, the recording is placed in the record variable.
277 [2.3.6] The variable associated with the name attribute references the recorded audio, and the audio can be played back using audio expr.
278 [2.3.6] The variable associated with the name attribute of the record element can be submitted via the namelist of the submit element. The submitted audio is valid.
279 [2.3.6] If a recording is created, the name$.duration shadow variable holds the duration (positive integer) of the recording in milliseconds.
281 [2.3.6] The name$.size variable holds the size (positive integer) of the recording in bytes.
282 [2.3.6] If the dtmfterm attribute is true, and the user terminates the recording by pressing a DTMF key which doesn't match any active DTMF grammar, then the name$.termchar shadow variable is set to the key pressed.
283 [2.3.6] If the dtmfterm attribute is false, and user presses a key which does not match any active DTMF grammar, then recording is not terminated and the name$.termchar shadow variable is undefined when the recording terminates
284 [2.3.6] name$.maxtime shadow variable is true if the recording was terminated because the duration specified by the maxtime attribute was reached.
312 [2.4] When <filled> is a child of a <form>, and the mode attribute is set to "any", the filled is executed when any of the form items specified in the namelist has been filled.
313 [2.4] When <filled> is a child of a <form>, and the mode attribute is set to "all", the filled is executed when all of the form items specified in the namelist have been filled.
314 [2.4] A <filled> element within an input item cannot specify a mode.
315 [2.4] A <filled> element within an input item cannot specify a namelist.
316 [2.4] Control items may not be specified in the namelist of the <filled> element.
317 [2.5] A link element may have one or more grammars that are scoped to the element containing the link.
319 [2.5] When a link specifying next or expr is matched, the interpreter transitions to the document or dialog specified by next or expr.
320 [2.5] A link can be a child of vxml, form, or of the form items field and initial.
321 [2.5] A link at the form level has grammars active while the user is in that form.
322 [2.5] If an application root document has a document-level link, its grammars are active no matter what document of the application is being executed.
323 [2.5] A link at the vxml level has grammars that are active throughout the document.
324 [2.5] If execution is in a modal form item, then link grammars at the form or document level are not active. [Not application?]
325 [2.5] When a link that specifies event or eventexpr is matched, the specified event is thrown.
326 [2.5] Events thrown as a result of matching a link are thrown at the current location in the execution, not at the location where the link is specified.
327 [2.5] When a link is matched, application.lastresult$ is assigned.
328 [2.5] A link may specify a message or messageexpr attribute providing additional context about the event being thrown. The message is available as the value of the _message variable within the scope of the catch element the interpreter selects to handle the event.
329 [2.5] A link may specify a dtmf attribute that identifies the sequence of DTMF digits that cause the interpreter to activate the link.
330 [2.5] Exactly one of next, expr, event or eventexpr must be specified; otherwise, an error.badfetch event is thrown.
331 [2.5] Exactly one of message or messageexpr may be specified; otherwise, an error.badfetch event is thrown.
332 [3.1.1] During a dialog, the interpreter can receive input from the user via the user's spoken utterance, such that the spoken utterance is one of those described by an active grammar.
333 [3.1.1] A grammar can be specified in the format of the XML Form of the W3C Speech Recognition Grammar Specification (SRGS).
336 [3.1.1.1] A grammar element can contain child XML elements, such that those elements taken in context of the enclosing grammar element comprise a proper SRGS grammar.
337 [3.1.1.2] A grammar element can specify a 'src' attribute specifying a URI which returns the data of a grammar.
338 [3.1.1.2] A document containing a grammar element specifying both a 'src' attribute and an inline grammar description causes the Interpreter to throw an 'error.badfetch' event upon fetching of the document.
344 [3.1.2] During a dialog, the Interpreter can receive input from the user via a set of dual tone multi frequency (DTMF) key presses, such that the sequence of presses is one of those described by an active grammar.
345 [3.1.2] A DTMF grammar can be specified using the XML form of the SRGS grammar format, as described in the SRGS specification.
346 [3.1.2] A "xml:lang" attribute can be specified on a DTMF grammar, but has no effect upon the grammar handling.
348 [3.1.3] A grammar element specifying a "scope" attribute as a child of a field item throws an "error.badfetch" upon parsing. [This tests scope="dialog".]
357 [3.1.3] A grammar element specifying a "scope" attribute as a child of a link element throws an "error.badfetch" upon parsing.
359 [3.1.3] A grammar element specifying a "scope" attribute as a child of a menu element throws an "error.badfetch" upon parsing.
361 [3.1.6] If a grammar matches but does not return a semantic interpretation, the raw text string for the utterance will be used.
362 [3.1.6.1] If a form-level grammar matches and returns a semantic interpretation for a field name or slot that is a non-scalar ECMAScript variable, the field will be filled with that non-scalar ECMAScript value. The selected property may be a compound object.
363 [3.1.6.1] The slot attribute of the field element can be used to select a sub-property of the result.
364 [3.1.6.1] A specific slot value can fill more than one field if the slot names of the fields are the same.
365 [3.1.6.2] If the result from a field-level grammar is a simple result, it is assigned to the input item variable.
366 [3.1.6.2] If the result from a field-level grammar is a structure and the slot name matches a property, this property is assigned to the input item variable.
367 [3.1.6.2] If the result from a field-level grammar is neither a simple result nor a structure with a property that matches the slot name, the entire semantic result is assigned to the input item variable.
369 [4.1.3] The interpreter fetches and plays the URI associated with the src attribute of the audio element.
370 [4.1.3] If src and expr are specified on an audio element, error.badfetch is thrown.
371 [4.1.3] The interpreter evaluates, fetches, and plays the URI associated with the expr attribute of the audio element.
372 [4.1.3] If expr is set to ECMAScript undefined the audio element is ignored.
373 [4.1.3] If the URI associated with src is unavailable, the interpreter renders the content contained by the audio element.
374 [4.1.3] If the URI associated with expr is unavailable, the interpreter renders the content contained by the audio element.
375 [4.1.3] If the URI associated with src is unavailable, and the audio element doesn't contain content, no error is thrown.
376 [4.1.3] If the URI associated with expr is unavailable, and the audio element doesn't contain content, no error is thrown.
377 [4.1.4] If the expr attribute specifies a valid ECMAScript expression, the value element evaluates it correctly.
378 [4.1.4] If the expr attribute specifies an invalid ECMAScript expression, error.semantic is thrown.
381 [4.1.5] When the bargein attribute is set to false on a prompt, any DTMF input buffered in a transition state is deleted from the buffer
388 [4.1.7] If the interval specified by the timeout attribute of the prompt element is exceeded, the platform will throw a noinput event. The default is the value specified by the timeout property
389 [4.1.7] If several prompts are queued before a field input, the timeout of the last prompt is used.
390 [5.1] VoiceXML variables and ECMAScript variables are contained in the same variable space.
391 [5.1] VoiceXML variables can be used in a script. Variables defined in a script can be used in VoiceXML.
392 [5.1] script can appear everywhere that var can appear.
393 [5.1] Variable names that violate ECMAScript rules cause an error.semantic event to be thrown.
394 [5.1.1] Variables declared without an explicit initial value are initialized to ECMAScript undefined.
395 [5.1.1] Variables must be declared prior to use. Assigning to an undeclared variable does not automatically create it. Instead, it results in error.semantic being thrown.
396 [5.1.1] In a form, variables declared by var and by form items are initialized every time the form is entered. These initializations take place in document order.
397 [5.1.2] Variables can be declared in application, document, dialog and anonymous scopes. Variables declared at one scope are visible at that scope and all more local scopes.
398 [5.1.2] Variables in session scope can be read but not written by VoiceXML documents.
399 [5.1.2] var and script elements that are children of VoiceXML Forum - Conformance Test Report - Verizon Business

Platform Certification Program
Certification Test Report


VoiceXML version:

VoiceXML Version 2.0
W3C Recommendation - March 16, 2004
Test Suite version: VoiceXML Forum VoiceXML 2.0 Certification Test Suite,
Version 1.0.1c
Date Certified: March 2008

Vendor Information

Vendor Information
Vendor VerizonBusiness
Address 2424 Garden of the Gods Road Colorado Springs, CO 80919
Contact: Kevin Witzman
Email: Kevin.Witzman@verizonbusiness.com
Phone: 719-535-1313
Fax: 719-535-5611


Implementation Under Test

The following implementation is certified by the VoiceXML Forum as having passed all required assertions and all vendor-supported optional assertions (except those optional features designated as omitted).
Platform Configuration
Implementation Name: VerizonBusiness Hosted IVR
Implementation Identifier: 8.4
Operating System Version: Red Hat Enterprise ES release 3
Telephony Configuration: Clear Channel T1 (remote testing via PSTN)


Optional assertions

Tested? ID Spec. Reference Abstract
No 207 [2.2] When the accept attribute of choice is set to "approximate", or is not set and the accept attribute of its enclosing menu is set to "approximate", then the text of the choice element defines an approximate recognition phrase, as defined under "Grammar Generation" in section 2.2.
239 [2.3.1] The type attribute, if present, specifies the name of one of the following builtin grammar types from Appendix P: boolean, date, digits, currency, number, phone, time.
250 [2.3.1.2] A builtin URI of the form "builtin:grammar/<type>" references a builtin speech grammar.
251 [2.3.1.2] [optional] A builtin URI of the form "builtin:dtmf/<type>" references a builtin DTMF grammar.
252 [2.3.1.2] [optional] A field containing two builtin grammar elements, one referring to the builtin speech grammar and the other referring to the builtin DTMF grammar of the same type is equivlent to a field whose type attribute is set to the equivalent type.
No 286 [2.3.6] If the caller is silent for finalsilence milliseconds during a recording, the recording is terminated.
288 [2.3.7] A VoiceXML document can initiate a transfer to another entity using the transfer tag, such that the Interpreter remains connected to the original caller and interpretation resumes upon termination of the transfer.
289 [2.3.7] A VoiceXML document can initiate a transfer to another entity using the transfer tag, such that the Interpreter disconnects from the caller immediately upon attempting the transfer and continues execution as it would under termination of the Session.
No 290 [2.3.7] A bridged transfer can contain speech grammars such that the interpreter listens to the original caller for the duration of the transfer, terminating the transfer as soon as a spoken utterance matches an active speech grammar.
No 291 [2.3.7] During a bridged transfer, any speech grammars outside the transfer element are not active and cannot be matched.
292 [2.3.7] A transfer element that specifies both a 'dest' and 'destexpr' attribute results in an 'error.badfetch' upon loading of the document containing it.
293 [2.3.7] A transfer element specifying a 'cond' attribute that evaluates to false upon selection of the element by the FIA is not executed.
294 [2.3.7] A transfer element not specifying a 'bridge' attribute is executed as a blind transfer.
295 [2.3.7] A bridged transfer specifying a 'connecttimeout' attribute with a W3C time specification will terminate a transfer attempt if the destination entity cannot be connected to within that period of time.
296 [2.3.7] A bridged transfer specifying a 'maxtime' attribute with a W3C time specification will terminate a transfer after that period of time has elapsed after connecting to the destination entity if it has not already been terminated for other reasons.
297 [2.3.7] A bridged transfer specifying a 'transferaudio' attribute with valid URI to an audio file wil play that audio from the beginning of the transfer attempt until the attempt is terminated or the destination entity is connected to.
298 [2.3.7] Upon a successful blind transfer, a 'connection.disconnect.transfer' event is thrown and the transfer name variable remains undefined.
300 [2.3.7] If the originating caller hangs up during a bridged transfer, a 'connection.disconnect.hangup' event is thrown and the transfer name variable remains undefined.
301 [2.3.7] If the Interpreter is unable to connect to the destination entity when attempting a transfer because it is busy, the transfer name variable is filled with the value 'busy'.
No 304 [2.3.7] If a transfer is terminated because the original caller matches an active DTMF grammar, the transfer name variable is filled with the value 'near_end_disconnect'.
No 305 [2.3.7.2.2] If a transfer is terminated because the destination entity disconnects, the transfer name variable is filled with the value 'far_end_disconnect'.
307 [2.3.7.2.2] If a bridge transfer is terminated by the Interpreter because the 'maxtime' has expired without the transfer being terminated, the transfer name variable is filled with the value 'maxtime_disconnect'.
308 [2.3.7] Upon termination of bridge transfer, the shadow variable 'name$.duration' (where name is the name attribute of the transfer element) is set to the number of seconds from the time the destination entity was connected to and the transfer was terminated.
No 309 [2.3.7.2] Upon termination of bridge transfer due to the caller matching an active speech grammar ('near_end_disconnect'), the 'name$.inputmode' shadow variable is set to 'voice'.
No 310 [2.3.7] Upon termination of bridge transfer due to the caller matching an active DTMF grammar ('near_end_disconnect'), the 'name$.inputmode' shadow variable is set to 'dtmf'.
No 311 [2.3.7] Upon termination of a bridge transfer due to the caller matching an active speech grammar ('near_end_disconnect'), the 'name$.utterance' shadow variable is set to utterance text.
No 334 [3.1.1] A grammar can be specified in the format of the Augmented BNF (ABNF) Form of the W3C Speech Recognition Grammar Specification.
379 [4.1.5] When set to false, the bargein attribute on the prompt the user should be unable to interrupt the playback of the contents of the prompt.
380 [4.1.5] If bargein occurs during any prompt in a sequence, all subsequent prompts are not played. This is required when barge-in is supported by a platform.
382 [4.1.5] If the bargein attribute is not specified, then the value of the bargein property is used if set.
No 387 [4.1.5] A nomatch event will never be generated in the case of hotword barge-in.
409 [5.1.4] session.connection.local.uri returns a URI which addresses the local interpreter context device.
No 410 [5.1.4] session.connection.remote.uri returns a URI which addresses the remote caller device.
411 [5.1.4] session.connection.protocol.name returns the name of the connection protocol.
No 412 [5.1.4] session.connection.protocol.version returns the version of the connection protocol.
No 413 [5.1.4] session.connection.redirect returns an array representing the connection redirection paths. The first element is the original called number, the last element is the last redirected number. Each element of the array contains a uri, pi (presentation information), si (screening information), and reason property. The reason property can be either "unknown", "user busy", "no reply", "deflection during alerting", "deflection immediate response", "mobile subscriber not reachable".
No 414 [5.1.4] session.connection.aai returns an application-to-application information passed during connection setup.
No 415 [5.1.4] session.connection.originator returns the local or remote property. (For instance, the following ECMAScript would return true if the remote party initiated the connection: var caller_initiate = connection.originator == connection.remote;
No 491 [5.2.6] With universal grammars active, requesting to cancel playing of the current prompt throws the cancel event.
No 492 [5.2.6] With universal grammars active, asking to exit throws the exit event.
No 493 [5.2.6] With universal grammars active, asking for help throws the help event.
495 [5.2.6] When the user has been transferred unconditionally to another line and will not return the connection.disconnect.transfer event is thrown.
579 [6.1.3] When an interpreter context does prefetch a resource, it must ensure that the resource fetched is precisely the one needed.
601 [6.3.4] The value of the bargein property controls whether barge-in is allowed by default for prompts.
No 624 [2.3.7] A bridged transfer can contain DTMF grammars such that the interpreter listens to the original caller for the duration of the transfer, terminating the transfer as soon as DTMF input matches an active DTMF grammar.
No 630 [1.2.5] The interpreter MAY support other formats such as the JSpeech Grammar Format [JSGF] or proprietary formats.
1015 [2.3.6] If no audio input is received from the user before the timeout period expires, then record variable is not defined, and a timeout event is thrown.
No 1021 [2.3.6] Speech input not matching any active speech grammar is ignored (and therefore does not terminate or otherwise affect recording).
1027 [2.3] The form item object has a result variable, specified by the name attribute. This variable may be given an initial value with the expr attribute.
1029 [2.3] The form item transfer has a result variable, specified by the name attribute. This variable may be given an initial value with the expr attribute.
1034 [2.3] The form item 'object' has a guard condition specified with the cond attribute. A form item is visited if it is not filled and its cond is not specified or evaluates, after conversion to boolean, to true.
1039 [2.3] The input item object may contain the filled element. Filled elements contain an action to execute after the result input item variable is filled in.
1041 [2.3] The input item transfer may contain the filled element. Filled elements contain an action to execute after the result input item variable is filled in.
1044 [2.3] The input item 'object' may contain the property element. Property elements specify properties that are in effect for this input item
1046 [2.3] The input item 'transfer' may contain the property element. Property elements specify properties that are in effect for this input item.
1049 [2.3] The input item 'object' may contain the prompt element. Prompt elements specify prompts to play when visiting this input item.
1051 [2.3] The input item 'transfer' may contain the prompt element. Prompt elements specify prompts to play when visiting this input item.
1054 [2.3] The input item 'transfer' may contain the grammar element. Grammar elements specify allowable spoken and character input for this input item.
1057 [2.3] The input item 'object' may contain the catch element, which is in effect for this input item.
1058 [2.3] The input item 'transfer' may contain the catch element, which is in effect for this input item.
No 1141 [2.3.7.2.2] Upon termination of a bridged transfer due to the caller matching an active DTMF grammar ('near_end_disconnect'), application.lastresult$ is assigned to the DTMF result.
No 1165 [2.3.7.2.2] Upon termination of a bridged transfer due to the caller matching an active speech grammar ('near_end_disconnect'), application.lastresult$.utterance is assigned the same value as the transfer's utterance shadow.
1166 [2.3.7.2.2] If a bridged transfer is terminated due to a reason other than the caller matching an active speech or DTMF grammar ('near_end_disconnect'), application.lastresult$ is undefined.
No 1172 [2.3.1.3] When the accept attribute of an option element is set to "approximate", the user may say a subphrase of the specified PCDATA for the option to be selected.
1180 [2.3.7] A transfer element that specifies both a 'aai' and 'aaiexpr' attribute results in an 'error.badfetch' upon loading of the document containing it.
No 1181 [2.3.7.3] If the destination URI is malformed, a error.connection.baddestination error is thrown.
No 1182 [2.3.7.3] If the destination URI type is not supported, a error.unsupported.uri error is thrown.
No 1184 [2.3.7.3] If the caller has insufficient permission to perform a call transfer (e.g. not allowed to make long distance calls, not permitted to make any transfers, etc.), destination URL is malformed, a error.connection.noauthorization error is thrown.
1185 [5.1.4] The name (session.connection.protocol.name) also represents the subobject name for protocol specific information. For instance, if session.connection.protocol.name is 'q931', session.connection.protocol.q931.uui might specify the user-to-user information property of the connection.
No 2000 [2.3.7] During a bridged transfer, any DTMF grammars outside the transfer element are not active and cannot be matched.
2001 [2.3] The input item 'transfer' may contain the grammar element specifying allowable DTMF input for this input item.


Required assertions

ID Spec. Reference Abstract
1 [1.2.5] For each HTTP request, the interpreter identifies itself using the User-Agent header in the format "name/version".
2 [1.2.5] The interpreter must be able to freely sequence TTS and audio output.
7 [1.2.5] The interpreter must be able to receive speech recognition grammar data dynamically.
8 [1.2.5] The interpreter must be able to record audio received from the user.
11 [1.3] If a URI does not refer to a document, the current document is assumed.
12 [1.3] If a URI does not refer to a dialog, the first dialog is assumed.
18 [1.3.1] A menu contains choices that can define transitions when matched.
19 [1.3.1] A subdialog invokes a new dialog that once done, returns to the original context.
20 [1.3.1] Upon return to the calling context all variable instances, grammars, and state information are restored.
24 [1.3.3] An application root document's variables are defined and reachable via the application scope upon the loading of a document that specifies it as the application root.
25 [1.3.3] An application root document's variables are not reinitialized as the user transitions between documents that both specify it as the application root.
26 [1.3.3] An application root document's variables are no longer reachable from the application scope when the user transitions to a document not in that application.
27 [1.3.3] An application root document's grammars are active during each time the interpreter listens, until it is unloaded.
28 [1.3.4] A dialog can receive input matching a single grammar such that no other grammars are active.
29 [1.3.4] A dialog can receive input matching one of several active grammars.
30 [1.3.4] A user can direct interpretation in scenarios where grammars outside the current dialog are active, by matching one of these grammars, at which point execution transitions to the dialog containing the matched grammar.
32 [1.3.5] The platform can throw a semantic error upon encountering an error in VoiceXML semantics.
36 [1.3.5] Catch elements are inherited by enclosing elements by copy.
37 [1.3.6] A link specifies a grammar that is active whenever a user is in the scope of the link.
41 [1.5] A document may have meta elements.
42 [1.5] A document may have var elements.
43 [1.5] A document may have script elements.
44 [1.5] A document may have property elements.
45 [1.5] A document may have catch elements.
46 [1.5] A document may have link elements.
48 [1.5.1] The next dialog is determined by the previous dialog.
50 [1.5.1] The version attribute is required on the vxml tag.
52 [1.5.1] The xml:base attribute must be allowed on the vxml tag.
53 [1.5.1] The xml:lang attribute must be allowed on the vxml tag.
54 [1.5.1] The application attribute must be allowed on the vxml tag.
55 [1.5.1] The value of xml:lang must be inherited down the document hierarchy by elements which also define the xml:lang attribute and do not have an alternative value.
56 [1.5.2] The interpreter supports having an application root document and an application leaf document.
58 [1.5.2] When a leaf document causes a root document to be loaded, none of the dialogs in the root document are executed.
59 [1.5.2] Application root document variables are available for use by the leaf document.
61 [1.5.2] Common ECMAScript code can be defined in the application root and used in leaf documents.
62 [1.5.2] Application root catch handlers are default handlers for leaf documents.
72 [1.5.2] When transitioning between two leaf documents that both specify the same application fully resolved URI then the transition must preserve the application root document's variables for use by the second leaf document.
73 [1.5.2] A transition from an application leaf document to its own application root document caused by a 'goto' must preserve the application root document's variables for use by the root document.
74 [1.5.2] If a transition occurs as the result of a submit between an application leaf document and its own application root document the application root document's variables must be re-initialized.
75 [1.5.2] If a transition occurs from an application root document to itself then it must reinitialize the application root document's variables.
76 [1.5.2] If a transition occurs from an application root document to a different application root document it must initialize the new application root document and use the new application root document's variables.
77 [1.5.2] When a subdialog is invoked the original document and root document must be preserved for the completion of the subdialog.
80 [1.5.2] If a document refers to a non-existent application root document, an error.badfetch event is thrown.
82 [1.5.3] A document may contain a subdialog element.
83 [1.5.3] A document may contain a return element.
84 [1.5.3] Subdialogs add a new executable context when they are invoked.
85 [1.5.3] A subdialog can be a new dialog within the existing document.
86 [1.5.3] A subdialog can be a new dialog within a new document.
87 [1.5.3] A subdialog can be composed of several documents.
88 [1.5.3] A subdialog's new context may itself invoke a subdialog.
89 [1.5.4] A VoiceXML interpreter may continue executing even after it no longer has a connection to the user.
93 [2.1] A form may contain form items, which are subdivided into input items ( <field>, <record>, <transfer>, <object>, <subdialog>) and control items (<block> and <initial>).
96 [2.1] A form may contain <var> elements.
97 [2.1] A form may contain event handlers: <catch>, <error>, <help>, <noinput>, and <nomatch>.
98 [2.1] A form may contain <filled> elements.
99 [2.1] A form may specify an id attribute.
100 [2.1] A form may specify a scope attribute which specifies the default scope of the form's grammars.
111 [2.1.6.2.3] FIA ends when it encounters a <goto>.
112 [2.1.6.2.3] FIA ends when it encounters a <submit>.
113 [2.1.6.2.3] FIA ends when it encounters an <exit>.
114 [2.1.6.2.3] FIA ends when it encounters a <return>.
138 [2.1.6.1] The value of the name attribute of a form item defines a dialog-scoped variable that holds the value of the form item, i.e., dialog.name is a reference to the form item variable.
143 [2.1.6.1] A form item variable does not need to have a name attribute.
145 [2.1.5] A form may have one or more initial form items.
147 [2.1.5] If a form has a form level grammar, its input items can be filled in any order.
148 [2.1.5] If a form has a form level grammar, more than one input item can be filled as a result of any one user utterance.
149 [2.1.5] A form-level grammar can fill the following form items: <field>, <record>, <transfer>, <object> and <subdialog>.
152 [2.1.6.2.1] For all types of form item, if the form item is assigned a value, that form item is not eligible to be visited by the FIA (unless/until it is subsequently set to undefined).
153 [2.1.6.2.1] Using the clear tag on a form item variable will make it eligible to be visited by the FIA (provided that it does not have a cond attribute evaluating to false).
154 [2.1.6.2.1] Using the goto nextitem will force the FIA to immediately transition to the chosen form item.
163 [2.1.6.2.1] If the last main FIA loop resulted in a goto nextitem or goto expritem then the specified form item is selected.
165 [2.1.6.2.1] If the last main FIA loop did not result in a goto nextitem and there is no form item which is eligible to be visited then an implicit exit is generated.
183 [2.1.6.2.3] If in the collect phase an event occurs the appropriate catch element is identified and executed in the process phase.
185 [2.1.6.2.3] If an event handler, executed after an event is thrown while processing a form item, transfers control with a <goto> or <submit>, the FIA resumes in the new form at the initialisation phase.
186 [2.1.6.2.3] If an event handler, executed after an event is thrown while processing a form item, does not transfer control with a <goto> or <submit> the FIA resumes in the current form at the selection phase.
187 [2.1.6.2.3] If an input from the collect phase matches a link than the associated link's transition is executed if present.
188 [2.1.6.2.3] If an input from the collect phase matches a link than the associated link's event is thrown if present.
189 [2.1.6.2.3] If a link throws an event the event is processed in the context of the current form item.
190 [2.1.6.2.3] If an input matches a grammar in a form other than the current form, then the FIA terminates and the other form is initialized.
192 [2.1.6.2.3] If an input matches a grammar in a form other than the current form then that form's FIA starts with this input in its process phase.
195 [2.1.6.2.3] If an input matches a grammar in the form then each identified filled action is executed in document order.
197 [2.1.6.2.3] While executing a filled, processing of filled actions continues after a <reprompt>.
198 [2.1.6.2.3] If an event is thrown during the execution of a <filled>, event handler selection starts in the scope of the <filled>, which could be a form item or the form itself, and then proceeds outward by enclosing dialog scopes.
200 [2.2] If a menu is given an id attribute, the menu can be referenced using goto.
201 [2.2] If a menu's scope attribute is set to "dialog", the menu's grammars are active only when the user transitions into the menu.
202 [2.2] If a menu's scope attribute is set to "document", the menu's grammars are active over the whole document (or if the menu is in the application root document, any loaded document in the application).
203 [2.2] If a menu's dtmf attribute is set to "true", the first nine choices that have not explicitly specified a value for the dtmf attribute are given the implicit ones "1", "2", etc. Remaining choices that have not explicitly specified a value for the dtmf attribute will not be assigned DTMF values (and thus cannot be matched via a DTMF keypress).
204 [2.2] The dtmf attribute of choice can specify a sequence of DTMF digits. Whitespace is ignored.
205 [2.2] When the DTMF associated with the choice is matched, the appropriate action is taken based on the next, expr, event or eventexpr attribute.
206 [2.2] When the accept attribute of choice is set to "exact", or is not set and the accept attribute of its enclosing menu is set to "exact", or neither choice's accept attribute nor menu's is set, then the text of the choice element defines the exact phrase to be recognized. The user must say the entire phrase in the same order in which it occurs in the choice element phrase for matching this element.
208 [2.2] Exactly one of the next, expr, event, and eventexpr attributes must be specified. Otherwise an error.badfetch event is thrown.
209 [2.2] When the grammar associated with a choice element is matched, the URI associated with the "next" or "expr" element is fetched and transitioned to.
210 [2.2] When the grammar associated with a choice element is matched, the event associated with the event or eventexpr attribute is thrown.
211 [2.2] When "next" or the result of "expr" is not a correct URI, error.badfetch is thrown.
212 [2.2] The message attribute defines a string that is available as the variable _message inside a catch element that catches the event being thrown.
213 [2.2] The messageexpr attribute is an ECMAScript expression evaluating to the variable _message inside the catch element which catches the event being thrown.
215 [2.2] If a grammar element is specified in choice, then the external grammar is used instead of an automatically generated grammar.
216 [2.2] The enumerate element without content inside a prompt lists all the choices, following the order in which they appear in the menu.
217 [2.2] The enumerate element with content defines a template specifier that will list all the choices. Two special variables are defined
218 [2.2] An enumerate element can be used inside prompts associated with a menu element.
219 [2.2] An enumerate element can be used inside catch element elements associated with a menu element.
220 [2.2] An enumerate element can be used inside prompts associated with a field element that contain option elements.
221 [2.2] An enumerate element can be used inside catch element elements associated with a field element that contain option elements.
222 [2.2] If an enumerate element is used elsewhere, an error.semantic event is thrown.
223 [2.2] Grammar matches within menu will update the application.lastresult$ array.
224 [2.2] If the event handler called after matching a choice with an event or eventexpr attribute does not cause the interpreter to exit or transition control, then the FIA will clear the form item variable of the menu's anonymous field, causing the menu to be executed again.
232 [2.3.1] The variable associated with the name attribute of the field holds the recognition result.
233 [2.3.1] The named variable associated with the field must be unique among form items in the form; otherwise, error.badfetch is thrown.
234 [2.3.1] If specified, the value of the expr attribute is evaluated and serves as the form item variable's initial value.
235 [2.3.1] The default value of the expr attribute is ECMAScript undefined.
236 [2.3.1] If the form item is initialized to a value via evaluation of the expr attribute, the form item will not be visited unless the form item variable is cleared.
237 [2.3.1] If the cond attribute is present and its value evaluates to boolean false, the field is not visited.
238 [2.3.1] The form item can also be visited if the cond attribute is not specified.
240 [2.3.1] The value of the slot attribute defines the name of the grammar slot used to populate the form item variable of the field.
241 [2.3.1] If the slot attribute is absent, the interpreter uses the value associated with the name attribute of the field to map the grammar slot to the form item variable.
242 [2.3.1] If the value of the modal attribute is false, all active grammars are turned on while collecting this field.
243 [2.3.1] If the value of the modal attribute is true, then only the field's grammars are enabled, and all other grammars are temporarily disabled.
244 [2.3.1] The field element exposes a shadow variables named confidence, utterance, inputmode, and interpretation. The values of the utterance and inputmode shadow variables correspond to the values of the corresponding properties of the first object in the application-scoped lastresult$ array.
245 [2.3.1] The confidence shadow variable is the confidence level for the name field of this interpretation and may range from 0.0-1.0. A value of 0.0 indicates minimum confidence, and a value of 1.0 indicates maximum confidence.
246 [2.3.1.1] A field may contain a grammar element whose src attribute can specify an absolute or relative URI.
247 [2.3.1.1] A grammar can be specified inline.
248 [2.3.1.1] error.badfetch is thrown if a grammar specifies a src attribute and an inline grammar.
254 [2.3.1.3] The PCDATA contained by an option element within a field generates a speech grammar.
255 [2.3.1.3] When an option is chosen, the value attribute determines the interpretation value for the field's shadow variable and for application.lastresult$.
256 [2.3.1.3] The dtmf attribute of an option element defines the DTMF sequence required for the option to be selected.
257 [2.3.1.3] When the accept attribute of an option element is set to "exact", the PCDATA of the option defines the exact phrase to be recognized for the option to be selected.
258 [2.3.1.3] Both option and grammar elements may be specified within a field.
259 [2.3.2] The interpreter executes content contained in the block.
260 [2.3.2] The interpreter visits the block when the cond attribute evaluates to true and the form item variable associated with the block is undefined.
261 [2.3.2] The interpreter ignores the block when the form item variable associated with the block is defined via expr.
262 [2.3.2] The interpreter ignores the block when the form item variable associated with the block is set via an assign.
263 [2.3.4] The interpreter executes the subdialog associated with the src or srcexpr attribute.
267 [2.3.4] If the called subdialog is in a separate document then variables from the calling document, and dialog scope are inaccessible to the subdialog.
268 [2.3.4] The variables passed to the subdialog via the <param> element are accessible as variables within the dialog scope of the invoked subdialog. A <param> overrides the corresponding <var> expr attribute which is ignored.
269 [2.3.4] The interpreter throws error.badfetch after the specified fetchtimeout when the URL associated with the src or srcexpr attribute points to a non-existent resource.
270 [2.3.4] Exactly one of "src" or "srcexpr" must be specified; otherwise, an error.badfetch event is thrown.
271 [2.3.4] If the subdialog returns a namelist, the filled element contained by the subdialog is executed upon return from the subdialog.
272 [2.3.5] If an object element refers to an unknown object, the error.unsupported.objectname event is thrown.
273 [2.3.6] Any DTMF keypress matching an active grammar terminates recording.
274 [2.3.6] DTMF keypresses not matching an active grammar are ignored (and therefore do not terminate or otherwise affect recording).
275 [2.3.6] If the termination grammar matched is a local DTMF grammar, the recording is placed in the record variable.
277 [2.3.6] The variable associated with the name attribute references the recorded audio, and the audio can be played back using audio expr.
278 [2.3.6] The variable associated with the name attribute of the record element can be submitted via the namelist of the submit element. The submitted audio is valid.
279 [2.3.6] If a recording is created, the name$.duration shadow variable holds the duration (positive integer) of the recording in milliseconds.
281 [2.3.6] The name$.size variable holds the size (positive integer) of the recording in bytes.
282 [2.3.6] If the dtmfterm attribute is true, and the user terminates the recording by pressing a DTMF key which doesn't match any active DTMF grammar, then the name$.termchar shadow variable is set to the key pressed.
283 [2.3.6] If the dtmfterm attribute is false, and user presses a key which does not match any active DTMF grammar, then recording is not terminated and the name$.termchar shadow variable is undefined when the recording terminates
284 [2.3.6] name$.maxtime shadow variable is true if the recording was terminated because the duration specified by the maxtime attribute was reached.
312 [2.4] When <filled> is a child of a <form>, and the mode attribute is set to "any", the filled is executed when any of the form items specified in the namelist has been filled.
313 [2.4] When <filled> is a child of a <form>, and the mode attribute is set to "all", the filled is executed when all of the form items specified in the namelist have been filled.
314 [2.4] A <filled> element within an input item cannot specify a mode.
315 [2.4] A <filled> element within an input item cannot specify a namelist.
316 [2.4] Control items may not be specified in the namelist of the <filled> element.
317 [2.5] A link element may have one or more grammars that are scoped to the element containing the link.
319 [2.5] When a link specifying next or expr is matched, the interpreter transitions to the document or dialog specified by next or expr.
320 [2.5] A link can be a child of vxml, form, or of the form items field and initial.
321 [2.5] A link at the form level has grammars active while the user is in that form.
322 [2.5] If an application root document has a document-level link, its grammars are active no matter what document of the application is being executed.
323 [2.5] A link at the vxml level has grammars that are active throughout the document.
324 [2.5] If execution is in a modal form item, then link grammars at the form or document level are not active. [Not application?]
325 [2.5] When a link that specifies event or eventexpr is matched, the specified event is thrown.
326 [2.5] Events thrown as a result of matching a link are thrown at the current location in the execution, not at the location where the link is specified.
327 [2.5] When a link is matched, application.lastresult$ is assigned.
328 [2.5] A link may specify a message or messageexpr attribute providing additional context about the event being thrown. The message is available as the value of the _message variable within the scope of the catch element the interpreter selects to handle the event.
329 [2.5] A link may specify a dtmf attribute that identifies the sequence of DTMF digits that cause the interpreter to activate the link.
330 [2.5] Exactly one of next, expr, event or eventexpr must be specified; otherwise, an error.badfetch event is thrown.
331 [2.5] Exactly one of message or messageexpr may be specified; otherwise, an error.badfetch event is thrown.
332 [3.1.1] During a dialog, the interpreter can receive input from the user via the user's spoken utterance, such that the spoken utterance is one of those described by an active grammar.
333 [3.1.1] A grammar can be specified in the format of the XML Form of the W3C Speech Recognition Grammar Specification (SRGS).
336 [3.1.1.1] A grammar element can contain child XML elements, such that those elements taken in context of the enclosing grammar element comprise a proper SRGS grammar.
337 [3.1.1.2] A grammar element can specify a 'src' attribute specifying a URI which returns the data of a grammar.
338 [3.1.1.2] A document containing a grammar element specifying both a 'src' attribute and an inline grammar description causes the Interpreter to throw an 'error.badfetch' event upon fetching of the document.
344 [3.1.2] During a dialog, the Interpreter can receive input from the user via a set of dual tone multi frequency (DTMF) key presses, such that the sequence of presses is one of those described by an active grammar.
345 [3.1.2] A DTMF grammar can be specified using the XML form of the SRGS grammar format, as described in the SRGS specification.
346 [3.1.2] A "xml:lang" attribute can be specified on a DTMF grammar, but has no effect upon the grammar handling.
348 [3.1.3] A grammar element specifying a "scope" attribute as a child of a field item throws an "error.badfetch" upon parsing. [This tests scope="dialog".]
357 [3.1.3] A grammar element specifying a "scope" attribute as a child of a link element throws an "error.badfetch" upon parsing.
359 [3.1.3] A grammar element specifying a "scope" attribute as a child of a menu element throws an "error.badfetch" upon parsing.
361 [3.1.6] If a grammar matches but does not return a semantic interpretation, the raw text string for the utterance will be used.
362 [3.1.6.1] If a form-level grammar matches and returns a semantic interpretation for a field name or slot that is a non-scalar ECMAScript variable, the field will be filled with that non-scalar ECMAScript value. The selected property may be a compound object.
363 [3.1.6.1] The slot attribute of the field element can be used to select a sub-property of the result.
364 [3.1.6.1] A specific slot value can fill more than one field if the slot names of the fields are the same.
365 [3.1.6.2] If the result from a field-level grammar is a simple result, it is assigned to the input item variable.
366 [3.1.6.2] If the result from a field-level grammar is a structure and the slot name matches a property, this property is assigned to the input item variable.
367 [3.1.6.2] If the result from a field-level grammar is neither a simple result nor a structure with a property that matches the slot name, the entire semantic result is assigned to the input item variable.
369 [4.1.3] The interpreter fetches and plays the URI associated with the src attribute of the audio element.
370 [4.1.3] If src and expr are specified on an audio element, error.badfetch is thrown.
371 [4.1.3] The interpreter evaluates, fetches, and plays the URI associated with the expr attribute of the audio element.
372 [4.1.3] If expr is set to ECMAScript undefined the audio element is ignored.
373 [4.1.3] If the URI associated with src is unavailable, the interpreter renders the content contained by the audio element.
374 [4.1.3] If the URI associated with expr is unavailable, the interpreter renders the content contained by the audio element.
375 [4.1.3] If the URI associated with src is unavailable, and the audio element doesn't contain content, no error is thrown.
376 [4.1.3] If the URI associated with expr is unavailable, and the audio element doesn't contain content, no error is thrown.
377 [4.1.4] If the expr attribute specifies a valid ECMAScript expression, the value element evaluates it correctly.
378 [4.1.4] If the expr attribute specifies an invalid ECMAScript expression, error.semantic is thrown.
381 [4.1.5] When the bargein attribute is set to false on a prompt, any DTMF input buffered in a transition state is deleted from the buffer
388 [4.1.7] If the interval specified by the timeout attribute of the prompt element is exceeded, the platform will throw a noinput event. The default is the value specified by the timeout property
389 [4.1.7] If several prompts are queued before a field input, the timeout of the last prompt is used.
390 [5.1] VoiceXML variables and ECMAScript variables are contained in the same variable space.
391 [5.1] VoiceXML variables can be used in a script. Variables defined in a script can be used in VoiceXML.
392 [5.1] script can appear everywhere that var can appear.
393 [5.1] Variable names that violate ECMAScript rules cause an error.semantic event to be thrown.
394 [5.1.1] Variables declared without an explicit initial value are initialized to ECMAScript undefined.
395 [5.1.1] Variables must be declared prior to use. Assigning to an undeclared variable does not automatically create it. Instead, it results in error.semantic being thrown.
396 [5.1.1] In a form, variables declared by var and by form items are initialized every time the form is entered. These initializations take place in document order.
397 [5.1.2] Variables can be declared in application, document, dialog and anonymous scopes. Variables declared at one scope are visible at that scope and all more local scopes.
398 [5.1.2] Variables in session scope can be read but not written by VoiceXML documents.
399 [5.1.2] var and script elements that are children of