Meeting minutes
debbie: talking at Voice Summit, October 11
bev: virtual?
debbie: no
debbie: jon talking on ethics in voice
bev: could invite debbie to give a talk at her Information Architecture Gateway
… would be virtual, probably in early November, Tuesday evening or afternoon
… pick a date
debbie: the second item is the W3C workshop
debbie: jim and debbie have tried to get something going without success
bev: what is the problem?
debbie: seem to be too busy
jim: possibly voice is not a priority
debbie: could look into other options
bev: distributed identity working group
debbie: look at other options
bev (from zoom chat) https://
tpac
debbie: will be in Vancouver
… will have a remote option
… will send registration information to the list
debbie: meeting or breakout session
jim: distributed voice, is the time now?
… distributed voice, what's it all about?
… distributed conversational AI
… conversational ai, is the time now?
jim: Alexa Live had a lot of interesting information
comments
debbie: would like to put together requirements document
jim: also embed decisions into discussion
debbie: could discuss more unusual decisions directly in the document
ACTION: debbie to draft requirements
jim: a session begins when the user decides they want to have a session and ends when the user decides the interaction is done
… that might be accomplished in a couple of turns
… a session represents the activities of a user and maintains continuity
… user-activity oriented
… user's identification at the beginning of a session
… user can take care of other activities
… for example, work on your shopping list, then go back to vacation
… a session is a period of time during which the user performs a task and it requires continuity of context while performing the task
debbie: what is a task?
jim: like working on a paper
jim: a task might be make travel reservations, shopping
debbie: a task can have subtasks
jim: task has a general goal
jim: this is useful because it emphasizes continuity
debbie: do we need another word for a quick interaction
jim: a session involves creating context and releasing context when you're done
… maybe a session spans periods of inactivity
… a session covers a major task
… the task has a completion criterion
debbie: does OVON have a definition of a session?
jim: check in OVON https://
jim: (from Google) a period of time devoted to a particular activity
… a series of user applications that are tracked by a system, tracks user states