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Changes between Version 35 and Version 36 of dialogmanager

v35	v36
8	8	The dialog manager is a tool to create and execute dialogs with a human user.
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10		It can be seen as a sort of program. The basic syntax is json, the higher level syntax is defined by the DialogSpecification and its contents. The advantage of the dialogmanager over a straight program is that everything is json-serializable, allowing the ~~entire dialog state to be put into a file for storage~~, inspection and later continuation. It also helps to separate the dialog specification from dialog presentation, flow handling and to decouple it from all kind of client-server considerations. Finally it makes the whole dialog testable.
	10	It can be seen as a sort of program. The basic syntax is json, the higher level syntax is defined by the DialogSpecification and its contents. The advantage of the dialogmanager over a straight program is that everything is json-serializable, allowing the program itself plus the current execution state to be put into a file for storage, archivation, inspection and later continuation. It also helps to separate the dialog specification from dialog presentation, flow handling and to decouple it from all kind of client-server considerations. Finally it makes the whole dialog testable.
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12	12	The basic dialog cycle as represented in DialogState and implemented in DemoApp is like this