Abstract: A platform, method, and system for a digital assistant are disclosed. The digital assistant uses natural language processing to respond to user queries. The digital assistant is extensible, because it can interface with a variety of devices, with a variety of natural language understanding providers, and with a variety of handlers. One method includes receiving a query from a user device, standardizing the query, and transmitting it to one of a plurality of natural language understanding providers. The digital assistant then receives intent data related to the intent of the query. The digital assistant then transmits the intent data to one of a plurality of handlers. The handler processes the intent data and returns content to the digital assistant. The digital assistant then adapts the content and sends it to the user device.

Abstract: Various embodiments of a web-based, peer-to-peer system are disclosed to enable a rating of a target user or evaluatee, with a rating of the target user's professional performance. An overall composite score is thus provided which may consist of a predetermined number of individual scores. Ratings may either be accepted or archived by the target user and may not be rejected.