Yseop template generator

This is the documentation for 4.2.0 version, which is not the latest version. Consider upgrading to 4.3.0.

Why

Yseop is a well-known NLG software vendor.

While RosaeNLG is a production grade NLG software, some users may prefer to switch to commercial software like Yseop for various reasons like:

Support
Consulting / Professionnal Services
Additionnal features
Friendly UI (called "Yseop Business Studio" at Yseop)
Additionnal languages (Spanish, Dutch, Japanese etc.)

RosaeNLG has the ability to generate Yseop templates. This feature should be used to migrate existing RosaeNLG templates to Yseop. This migration feature is aimed at users who started creating RosaeNLG templates and wish to switch their existing templates to Yseop.

Pug/RosaeNLG is based on Javascript while Yseop uses a proprietary language. The Javascript snippets in RosaeNLG will not be migrated automatically to Yseop YML language.

Usage

First add yseop:true as an option when using compileFile.

To first debug and test, use also string:true to generate a plain string containing all templates:

const rosaenlgPug = require('rosaenlg');

var yseopTemplates = rosaenlgPug.renderFile(`template.pug`, {yseop:true, string:true});
console.log(yseopTemplates);

To generate files (one per Yseop TextFunction), provide a path with the yseopPath option:

const rosaenlgPug = require('rosaenlg');
const fs = require('fs');

rosaenlgPug.renderFile(`template.pug`, {
    yseop:true,
    yseopPath:'./output'
  });

What is supported

Table 1. Basis
RosaeNLG	Yseop
`p` html tag	`\beginParagraph` `\endParagraph`
other html tags	`\beginStyle(→ XmlTree -→ elementName "…" -→ xmlNamespace YSEOP_TEXT_NAMESPACE;)` `\endStyle`
plain text (using `	`)
plain text	JavaScript inline code, single line or multi line (using `-`)
commented code to be migrated in YML	single line or multiple lines comments

Table 2. Structure
RosaeNLG	Yseop
`if` `else` condition	`\if` `\else` `\endIf` condition
standard Pug `case` `when`	`\switch` `\case` `\endSwitch`
standard Pug `each` loop	`\foreach` `\endForeach` loop
`eachz` loop	`\foreach` with `→ assembly` `\endForeach`
`itemz` `item` enumerations	`\beginList` with `→ assembly` `\nextItem` `\endList`
`synz` `syn` synonyms	`\beginSynonym` `\choice` `\endSynonym`
mixin definition, with or without arguments	`TextFunction` definition
mixin call, with or without arguments	`TextFunction` call
direct inclusion of pug files `include simple.pug` (specific to Pug)	inline included code

Table 3. Tags
RosaeNLG	Yseop
`recordSaid` `hasSaid` `deleteSaid`	`\setKeyVal(…)` `TEXT_CONTENT_EXECUTION_CONTEXT.getKeyVal(…)`
`syn` mixin	`\synonym(…)`
`agreeAdj` mixin	`adjective` tag
`thirdPossession` mixin	`\value` with `_OWNER` property
`value` mixin	`\value`; please note that this is a very complete tag in Yseop, and that many parameters have to be migrated manually
`verb` mixin	`\thirdAction`

What is supported

choosebest is not supported and is ignored, as it does not exist in Yseop.

Test suite

An extensive test suite is provided in rosaenlg/test-yseop:

unit: unit tests
templates: larger template files with RosaeNLG/Yseop correspondence