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ovos_spec_tools-0.0.1a2/PKG-INFO

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+Metadata-Version: 2.4
+Name: ovos-spec-tools
+Version: 0.0.1a2
+Summary: Reference implementation of the OVOS formal specifications
+Author-email: jarbasai <jarbasai@mailfence.com>
+License: Apache-2.0
+Project-URL: Homepage, https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-spec-tools
+Requires-Python: >=3.8
+Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
+License-File: LICENSE.md
+Provides-Extra: langcodes
+Requires-Dist: langcodes; extra == "langcodes"
+Provides-Extra: test
+Requires-Dist: pytest; extra == "test"
+Requires-Dist: langcodes; extra == "test"
+Dynamic: license-file
+
+# ovos-spec-tools
+
+Reference implementation of the OVOS [formal
+specifications](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/architecture) — the
+low-level, dependency-light primitives those specifications describe.
+
+OVOS components reimplement template expansion, resource loading, and language
+matching in several places, and the copies drift. This package is the single
+conformant implementation those components — and any third-party tool — can
+depend on.
+
+## Status
+
+| Tool | Spec | Code |
+|------|------|-------|
+| Sentence template expander | OVOS-INTENT-1 v2 | `expansion.py` |
+| Locale resource loader | OVOS-INTENT-2 |  `resources.py`  |
+| Dialog renderer | OVOS-INTENT-2 §4.2 |  `dialog.py`  |
+| Prompt renderer | OVOS-INTENT-2 §4.4 |  `prompt.py`  |
+| Language-tag matching | OVOS-INTENT-2 §2.2 |  `language.py` |
+| `ovos-spec-lint` locale linter | OVOS-INTENT-1 / -2 |  `lint.py`  |
+
+## Install
+
+```bash
+pip install ovos-spec-tools            # core — no dependencies
+pip install ovos-spec-tools[langcodes] # adds the smart language fallback
+```
+
+Requires Python 3.8+.
+
+## Quick taste
+
+```python
+from ovos_spec_tools import (expand, LocaleResources, render, render_prompt,
+                             closest_lang)
+
+expand("(turn|switch) [the] light")          # all 4 sentences it denotes
+res = LocaleResources("my-skill/locale")
+res.load_intent("play", "en-US")             # a skill's intent samples
+render(res.load_dialog("weather", "en-US"),  # a spoken response
+       slots={"temperature": 21})
+render_prompt(res.load_prompt("system", "en-US"),  # a language-model prompt
+              slots={"query": "what time is it"})
+closest_lang("en-AU", ["pt-BR", "en-US"])    # 'en-US'
+```
+
+```bash
+ovos-spec-lint my-skill/locale               # validate a locale folder
+```
+
+## Documentation
+
+A zero-to-hero guide lives in [`docs/`](docs/README.md):
+
+1. [Getting started](docs/getting-started.md) — install, and a first taste of
+   every tool.
+2. [Sentence templates](docs/templates.md) — the grammar: alternatives,
+   optionals, slots, vocabulary references, malformed forms.
+3. [Locale resources](docs/locale-resources.md) — the `locale/` folder, the
+   six file roles, loading across languages, override precedence.
+4. [Dialog](docs/dialog.md) — choosing and filling a spoken response, and
+   rendering language-model prompts.
+5. [Language matching](docs/language-matching.md) — tag standardization,
+   distance, and closest-match resolution.
+6. [Linting](docs/linting.md) — validating a locale folder, on the CLI or in CI.
+7. [API reference](docs/api-reference.md) — every public name, in brief.
+
+Runnable example scripts are in [`examples/`](examples/README.md).
+
+## Credits
+
+This package was produced as part of a documentation and interoperability
+effort for OpenVoiceOS, funded by NLnet's
+[NGI0 Commons Fund](https://nlnet.nl/project/OpenVoiceOS) under grant
+agreement No [101135429](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101135429).
+
+![NGI0 / NLnet](./ngi.png)
+
+## License
+
+Apache 2.0

ovos_spec_tools-0.0.1a2/README.md

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+# ovos-spec-tools
+
+Reference implementation of the OVOS [formal
+specifications](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/architecture) — the
+low-level, dependency-light primitives those specifications describe.
+
+OVOS components reimplement template expansion, resource loading, and language
+matching in several places, and the copies drift. This package is the single
+conformant implementation those components — and any third-party tool — can
+depend on.
+
+## Status
+
+| Tool | Spec | Code |
+|------|------|-------|
+| Sentence template expander | OVOS-INTENT-1 v2 | `expansion.py` |
+| Locale resource loader | OVOS-INTENT-2 |  `resources.py`  |
+| Dialog renderer | OVOS-INTENT-2 §4.2 |  `dialog.py`  |
+| Prompt renderer | OVOS-INTENT-2 §4.4 |  `prompt.py`  |
+| Language-tag matching | OVOS-INTENT-2 §2.2 |  `language.py` |
+| `ovos-spec-lint` locale linter | OVOS-INTENT-1 / -2 |  `lint.py`  |
+
+## Install
+
+```bash
+pip install ovos-spec-tools            # core — no dependencies
+pip install ovos-spec-tools[langcodes] # adds the smart language fallback
+```
+
+Requires Python 3.8+.
+
+## Quick taste
+
+```python
+from ovos_spec_tools import (expand, LocaleResources, render, render_prompt,
+                             closest_lang)
+
+expand("(turn|switch) [the] light")          # all 4 sentences it denotes
+res = LocaleResources("my-skill/locale")
+res.load_intent("play", "en-US")             # a skill's intent samples
+render(res.load_dialog("weather", "en-US"),  # a spoken response
+       slots={"temperature": 21})
+render_prompt(res.load_prompt("system", "en-US"),  # a language-model prompt
+              slots={"query": "what time is it"})
+closest_lang("en-AU", ["pt-BR", "en-US"])    # 'en-US'
+```
+
+```bash
+ovos-spec-lint my-skill/locale               # validate a locale folder
+```
+
+## Documentation
+
+A zero-to-hero guide lives in [`docs/`](docs/README.md):
+
+1. [Getting started](docs/getting-started.md) — install, and a first taste of
+   every tool.
+2. [Sentence templates](docs/templates.md) — the grammar: alternatives,
+   optionals, slots, vocabulary references, malformed forms.
+3. [Locale resources](docs/locale-resources.md) — the `locale/` folder, the
+   six file roles, loading across languages, override precedence.
+4. [Dialog](docs/dialog.md) — choosing and filling a spoken response, and
+   rendering language-model prompts.
+5. [Language matching](docs/language-matching.md) — tag standardization,
+   distance, and closest-match resolution.
+6. [Linting](docs/linting.md) — validating a locale folder, on the CLI or in CI.
+7. [API reference](docs/api-reference.md) — every public name, in brief.
+
+Runnable example scripts are in [`examples/`](examples/README.md).
+
+## Credits
+
+This package was produced as part of a documentation and interoperability
+effort for OpenVoiceOS, funded by NLnet's
+[NGI0 Commons Fund](https://nlnet.nl/project/OpenVoiceOS) under grant
+agreement No [101135429](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101135429).
+
+![NGI0 / NLnet](./ngi.png)
+
+## License
+
+Apache 2.0

ovos_spec_tools-0.0.1a2/ovos_spec_tools/__init__.py

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+"""Reference implementation of the OVOS formal specifications.
+
+`ovos-spec-tools` provides the low-level, dependency-light primitives the OVOS
+formal specifications describe:
+
+- :func:`~ovos_spec_tools.expansion.expand` — the OVOS-INTENT-1 sentence
+  template expander;
+- :class:`~ovos_spec_tools.resources.LocaleResources` — the OVOS-INTENT-2
+  locale resource-file loader;
+- :func:`~ovos_spec_tools.dialog.render` / :class:`~ovos_spec_tools.dialog.DialogRenderer`
+  — the OVOS-INTENT-2 §4.2 dialog renderer;
+- :func:`~ovos_spec_tools.prompt.render_prompt` / :class:`~ovos_spec_tools.prompt.PromptRenderer`
+  — the OVOS-INTENT-2 §4.4 ``.prompt`` renderer;
+- :func:`~ovos_spec_tools.language.standardize_lang`,
+  :func:`~ovos_spec_tools.language.lang_distance`, and
+  :func:`~ovos_spec_tools.language.closest_lang` — language-tag normalization,
+  distance, and closest-match resolution;
+- :func:`~ovos_spec_tools.lint.lint_locale` — a locale resource linter, also
+  exposed as the ``ovos-spec-lint`` command.
+"""
+from ovos_spec_tools.dialog import DialogRenderer, UnfilledSlot, render
+from ovos_spec_tools.expansion import MalformedTemplate, expand
+from ovos_spec_tools.language import (
+    closest_lang,
+    lang_distance,
+    standardize_lang,
+)
+from ovos_spec_tools.lint import Finding, lint_locale
+from ovos_spec_tools.prompt import PromptRenderer, render_prompt
+from ovos_spec_tools.resources import (
+    LocaleResources,
+    MalformedResource,
+    read_prompt_file,
+    read_resource_file,
+)
+from ovos_spec_tools.version import __version__
+
+__all__ = [
+    "expand",
+    "MalformedTemplate",
+    "LocaleResources",
+    "MalformedResource",
+    "read_resource_file",
+    "read_prompt_file",
+    "render",
+    "DialogRenderer",
+    "UnfilledSlot",
+    "render_prompt",
+    "PromptRenderer",
+    "standardize_lang",
+    "lang_distance",
+    "closest_lang",
+    "lint_locale",
+    "Finding",
+    "__version__",
+]

ovos_spec_tools-0.0.1a2/ovos_spec_tools/dialog.py

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+"""Reference dialog renderer for OVOS-INTENT-2 §4.2.
+
+This is the reference implementation of the **Dialog renderer** conformance
+role of OVOS-INTENT-1 §7. Rendering a dialog means: select one phrase from a
+loaded ``.dialog``, expand its ``(a|b)`` / ``[x]`` variety to a single variant,
+and fill every ``{name}`` slot with a value.
+
+Two interfaces are provided:
+
+- :func:`render` — a stateless one-shot function over explicit phrases;
+- :class:`DialogRenderer` — a stateful, **multilingual** object backed by a
+  :class:`~ovos_spec_tools.resources.LocaleResources`: the language is given
+  per :meth:`DialogRenderer.render` call, and the renderer avoids repeating
+  the phrase it chose last (independently per language).
+
+Only the single-brace slot form ``{name}`` is recognized; there is no ``{{ }}``
+form (OVOS-INTENT-2 §4.2). A slot with no value raises :class:`UnfilledSlot`.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import random as _random
+import re
+from typing import Dict, Optional, Protocol, Sequence
+
+from ovos_spec_tools.expansion import expand
+
+__all__ = ["render", "DialogRenderer", "Chooser", "UnfilledSlot"]
+
+_SLOT_TOKEN_RE = re.compile(r"\{([a-z][a-z0-9_]*)\}")
+
+
+class Chooser(Protocol):
+    """A source of random selection: anything with a ``choice`` method.
+
+    The :mod:`random` module and a :class:`random.Random` instance both
+    satisfy it. Inject a seeded ``random.Random`` for deterministic output.
+    """
+
+    def choice(self, seq: Sequence[str]) -> str:
+        ...
+
+
+class UnfilledSlot(ValueError):
+    """A chosen dialog phrase has a named slot with no value.
+
+    Per OVOS-INTENT-1 §5.1 the caller must supply a value for every slot in the
+    chosen phrase; a phrase with an unfilled slot must not be sent to TTS.
+    """
+
+
+def render(phrases: Sequence[str],
+           slots: Optional[Dict[str, object]] = None,
+           vocabularies: Optional[Dict[str, Sequence[str]]] = None,
+           rng: Optional[Chooser] = None) -> str:
+    """Render one phrase from a list of dialog phrases (stateless).
+
+    This is the language-agnostic primitive: the caller has already chosen and
+    loaded the phrases. For a multilingual, resource-backed renderer use
+    :class:`DialogRenderer`.
+
+    Args:
+        phrases: the phrase strings of a ``.dialog``.
+        slots: caller-supplied values for the phrase's named slots, keyed by
+            slot name. Values are converted to text.
+        vocabularies: vocabularies for any ``<name>`` references in the phrase.
+        rng: an object with a ``choice`` method, for phrase and variant
+            selection; defaults to the :mod:`random` module.
+
+    Returns:
+        One rendered phrase, ready for text-to-speech.
+
+    Raises:
+        UnfilledSlot: a slot in the chosen phrase has no value.
+        ValueError: ``phrases`` is empty.
+        MalformedTemplate: the chosen phrase is not a valid template.
+    """
+    if not phrases:
+        raise ValueError("no dialog phrases to render")
+    chooser = rng if rng is not None else _random
+    phrase = chooser.choice(list(phrases))
+    return _render_phrase(phrase, slots or {}, vocabularies, chooser)
+
+
+class DialogRenderer:
+    """A stateful, multilingual renderer for one named ``.dialog``.
+
+    Backed by a :class:`~ovos_spec_tools.resources.LocaleResources`: the dialog
+    name is fixed at construction, but the **language is given per**
+    :meth:`render` **call**, so one renderer serves every language the dialog
+    is shipped in. Each call loads that language's phrases, vocabularies, and
+    ``.entity`` value sets afresh.
+
+    Unlike the bare :func:`render`, it **avoids repeating the phrase it chose
+    on the previous call** — tracked independently per language — so a
+    repeatedly-spoken response does not sound mechanical. Repetition avoidance
+    is an implementation choice the spec explicitly allows (§4.2).
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, resources, name: str,
+                 rng: Optional[Chooser] = None,
+                 slots: Optional[Dict[str, object]] = None):
+        """
+        Args:
+            resources: a :class:`~ovos_spec_tools.resources.LocaleResources`
+                (or anything with ``load_dialog``, ``vocabularies`` and
+                ``entities`` methods taking a language).
+            name: the base name of the ``.dialog`` to render.
+            rng: an object with a ``choice`` method; defaults to :mod:`random`.
+            slots: **default** slot values, held for the renderer's lifetime
+                and reused on every :meth:`render` call. A per-call value
+                overrides a default.
+        """
+        self.resources = resources
+        self.name = name
+        self.rng = rng if rng is not None else _random
+        self.default_slots: Dict[str, object] = dict(slots or {})
+        self._last: Dict[str, str] = {}  # last phrase chosen, per language
+
+    def render(self, lang: str,
+               slots: Optional[Dict[str, object]] = None) -> str:
+        """Render one phrase of the dialog in ``lang``.
+
+        A slot is filled, in order of precedence, from: the per-call ``slots``;
+        then the renderer's default slots; then a random value from the slot's
+        ``.entity`` set for ``lang``. A slot none of these supply raises
+        :class:`UnfilledSlot`.
+
+        The phrase chosen on the previous call **for the same language** is
+        avoided when the dialog has more than one phrase.
+
+        Args:
+            lang: the BCP-47 language tag to render in.
+            slots: per-call slot values; each overrides a default.
+
+        Returns:
+            One rendered phrase, ready for text-to-speech.
+
+        Raises:
+            UnfilledSlot: a slot in the chosen phrase has no value.
+            FileNotFoundError: the dialog does not exist for ``lang``.
+            MalformedTemplate: the chosen phrase is not a valid template.
+        """
+        phrases = self.resources.load_dialog(self.name, lang)
+        effective = dict(self.default_slots)
+        if slots:
+            effective.update(slots)
+
+        last = self._last.get(lang)
+        choices = [p for p in phrases if p != last] or phrases
+        phrase = self.rng.choice(choices)
+        self._last[lang] = phrase
+
+        return _render_phrase(phrase, effective,
+                              self.resources.vocabularies(lang), self.rng,
+                              self.resources.entities(lang))
+
+
+def _render_phrase(phrase: str,
+                   slots: Dict[str, object],
+                   vocabularies: Optional[Dict[str, Sequence[str]]],
+                   chooser: Chooser,
+                   entities: Optional[Dict[str, Sequence[str]]] = None) -> str:
+    """Expand one phrase to a variant, then fill its slots.
+
+    Expansion keeps slots opaque (OVOS-INTENT-1 §4), so it runs first and a
+    slot value can never be parsed as grammar.
+    """
+    variant = chooser.choice(expand(phrase, vocabularies))
+    return _fill_slots(variant, slots, entities, chooser)
+
+
+def _fill_slots(variant: str,
+                slots: Dict[str, object],
+                entities: Optional[Dict[str, Sequence[str]]],
+                chooser: Chooser) -> str:
+    """Replace every ``{name}`` in ``variant`` with a value.
+
+    A value is taken from ``slots``; failing that, a random valid value from
+    the slot's ``.entity`` set in ``entities``; failing that, the slot has no
+    value and :class:`UnfilledSlot` is raised.
+    """
+
+    def replace(match: "re.Match") -> str:
+        name = match.group(1)
+        if name in slots:
+            return str(slots[name])
+        if entities and entities.get(name):
+            return str(chooser.choice(list(entities[name])))
+        raise UnfilledSlot(
+            f"dialog slot {{{name}}} has no value: it was not filled by the "
+            f"caller and has no .entity fallback")
+
+    return _SLOT_TOKEN_RE.sub(replace, variant)