Using the GE ASKE System Dialog User Interface

Note that the GE ASKE System Dialog user interface is an extension of the SADL user interface and so documentation of SADL is relevant. The Dialog IDE is Xtext-based.

Creating a new Dialog file

A Dialog file must exist in a project, so the first step is to create, if one does not already exist, a Resource project:

1. File -> New -> Project...
2. General -> Project, Next
3. Enter project name (no spaces or other characters that would require URL encoding please), Finish.

Create a new Project (if needed)

1. File -> New -> Other...
2. General -> File, Next
3. Enter a file name ending in ".dialog" ((no spaces or other characters that would require URL encoding please), Finish.

Give the conversation a URI

1. With the focus in the newly opened Dialog editor window and the cursor at the beginning of the file, content assist (cntrl-space) should cause "uri " to be added to the first line.
2. Enter a quoted URI (must start with "http://") for the file. Content assist should provide a valid name based on the file name given.
3. Add " alias " to the line, where is replaced with a short alias for the conversation.
4. End the statement with a period.
5. Note that white space is not significant. The period ends a statement. The statement may have multiple newlines in it or none.

Import a Domain Model (if desired)

1. Begin a new statement with "import ".
2. Add a quoted URI which identifies a domain model (SADL or OWL file, see SADL documentation).

Start the conversation!

See examples in reports, see Dialog grammar, SADL grammar.