Re: ABNF: "public" does too much

Jim,

Thank you for your comments on SRGS. I'm sorry for the delay in
replying.

(This is the reply from the Voice Browser Working Group to the
following mail:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-voice/2003JanMar/0002.html)

As you mentioned, the SRGS spec does not distinguish between the
notions "top-level" and "activation". Therefore, "public" has just
the following two meanings:
- A public rule may be referenced by other grammars;
- A public rule may be activated for recognition (as top-level syntax
  of spoken input)

A possible distinction of these two meanings is one of the "Features
under Consideration for Future Versions" listed in Appendix I of the
SRGS spec. 

If you have any further questions, please feel free to ask.

Regards,
Stefan Krause (ScanSoft)
on behalf of the Voice Browser Working Group