<script>

A <script> element specifies a block of ECMAScript client-side scripting logic.

Syntax

<script charset="encoding"
        fetchhint="type"
        fetchtimeout="secondsormilliseconds"
        maxage="seconds"
        maxstale="seconds"
        src="uri"
        srcexpr="expression" />

Attributes

charset

The character encoding of the script designated by src. UTF-8 and UTF-16 encodings of ISO/IEC 10646 must be supported (as in [XML]) and other encodings, as defined in the [IANA], may be supported. The default value is UTF-8.

fetchhint

Defines when the interpreter context should retrieve content from the server. prefetch indicates a file may be downloaded when the page is loaded. safe indicates a file that should only be downloaded when actually needed. If not specified, a value derived from the innermost relevant fetchhint property is used. The default value is the audiofetchhint property.

Fetch Type	Description
prefetch	Indicates a file may be downloaded when the page is loaded.
safe	Indicates a file that should only be downloaded when actually needed.

fetchtimeout

The interval to wait for the content to be returned before throwing an error.badfetch event. The value is a Time Designation. The default value is the fetchtimeout property.

maxage

Indicates that the document is willing to use content whose age is no greater than the specified time in seconds. The default value is the audiomaxage property.

maxstale

Indicates that the document is willing to use content that has exceeded its expiration time. The default value is the audiomaxstale property.

src

The URI of the audio prompt.

Children

none

Parents

<block>, <catch>, <error>, <filled>, <form>, <help>, <if>, <menu>, <noinput>, <nomatch>, <prompt>, <vxml>.

Variables

none

Version Information

Supported in: VoiceXML 1.0, VoiceXML 2.0, and VoiceXML 2.1.