Dear Readers,

October 23, 2001 was a historical day for the VoiceXML community, as the W3C released the first public working draft of VoiceXML 2.0. You can access a copy of the 2.0 specification and MOU signed by W3C and the VoiceXML Forum at http://www.w3c.org/voice. In December we will deviate from our previously published editorial calendar, to publish a special issue on "what's new in 2.0" with articles written by key contributors from the Voice Browser Working Group.

Now that the 2.0 specification has been made public, the conformance-related activities that has been taking shape within the VoiceXML Forum's Conformance Program really become critical. This month, Ken Rehor (chairman of the Forum's Conformance Committee) and Gerald Karam author our feature article entitled, Building the VoiceXML Forum Certification Program.The article provides an overview of what the conformance program entails, who is involved, and the steps vendors will follow in order to certify their product conforms to the VoiceXML specifications.

In the Speak & Listen column this month, Jeff Kunins addresses a question on conformance. In addition, Jeff responds in detail to your questions on how VoiceXML interacts with HTTP, cookies, caching and more. Send your VoiceXML 2.0 questions to our resident expert: speak.and.listen@voicexmlreview.org.

In the First Words column Rob Marchand provides a comprehensive treatment of the VoiceXML <record> tag. The article covers new features for <record> in VoiceXML 2.0 and gives code examples illustrating both the server and client side aspects of recording audio in VoiceXML applications.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Engelsma
Editor-in-Chief, VoiceXML Review
Jonathan.Engelsma@voicexmlreview.org

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