<rule>

A <rule> element can surround any expansion (<rule>, <one-of>, <ruleref>, <tag>, <token>) to permit a repeat attribute or language identifier to be attached. The weight attribute of rule is ignored unless the element appears within a <one-of> element.

Syntax

<rule id="string" scope="scopetype" />

Attributes

id

A unique identifier.

scope

Defines whether it is local (private) to the grammar in which it is defined or whether it may be referenced within other grammars (public).

Children

<example>, <one-of>, <ruleref>, <tag>, and <token>.

Parents

<one-of> and <ruleref>.

Example

The following example illustrates using rule elements.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<!DOCTYPE grammar PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD GRAMMAR 1.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/speech-grammar/grammar.dtd">

<grammar xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/06/grammar"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.w3.org/2001/06/grammar http://www.w3.org/TR/speech-grammar/grammar.xsd"
    xml:lang="En" version="1.0" mode="voice" >
   <rule id="city">
      <one-of>
         <item>Atlanta</item>
         <item>Miami</item>
         <item>New York</item> 
      </one-of>
   </rule>
</grammar>