Definitive VoiceXML™

3.23. initial

Element type	initial
Attributes	cond | expr | name
Parents	form
Children	PCDATA | audio | catch | enumerate | error | help | link | noinput | nomatch | prompt | property | value
Description	Encloses the form items that are visited by the Form Interpretation Algorithm upon entry into the containing form. After executing an initial block, the interpreter will wait until this initial element's form item variable is set before visiting the next form item in the form.

DTD

<!ELEMENT initial 
  (%audio; | %event.handler; | link | prompt | property)* >
<!ATTLIST initial
  %item.attrs; >

Language model

Attributes

cond : expression = true

A guard condition ...