Inter-IVA Communication Standard [via Voice Interaction Community Group]

I was talking to Debbie the other day about one of her upcoming sessions and it
got me thinking about how standards could be applied (at a high level at this
point) to the IVA specialists of the world that are being created as I write
this post.  I'll put the initial thoughts here and maybe stir up a conversation
from there.

.....as of now I see folks writing new skills for Amazon because they have one
in their house, and the other person writing API.ai extensions for Google
Home...because they have one.  When the conversation changes to more of the
person, or company or service provider, wanting to expose their services for
anyone who wants them, this[standard communication mechanism] will be very an
important topic.

Standards will have to cover things like interface contracts, what to send and
what to expect in return.  A standard like an "IVAXML", for example, would be
helpful so folks can expose their "experts" and be consumed by anyone who wants
to interact.

I also think the ability to search for an "expert" by service criteria will be a
much needed standard, almost like an intent-handler search.  For example, you
may want to ask "What's the balance in my checking account".  There could be
hundreds of banking experts, and you'd want to search for your bank in a
specific domain.  Imagine the power of such a system where you can drag and
drop "experts" into Siri and Alexa so if you're on your phone or at home you can
ask the same question and get the same response.

This gives rise to the importance of the Gateway IVA that can route your
question or command via intent inference to the correct handler, or expert. 
You can choose your group of IVS (specialists) that is specific to you.  Also,
this brings about the need for an authentication standard around IVA/S systems
so they know who they are talking to in a secure, extensible way.



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