<
language, protocol, artificial intelligence> (KQML) A
language and
protocol, based on
SGML, for exchanging
information and
knowledge, proposed in 1993(?).
Work on KQML is led(?) by Tim Finin <
finin@umbc.edu> of the
University of Maryland Baltimore County, Lab for Advanced
Information Technology. It is part of the
ARPA {Knowledge
Sharing Effort}.
The KQML message format and protocol can be used to interact
with an intelligent system, either by an {application
program}, or by another intelligent system. KQML's
"performatives" are operations that agents perform on each
other's knowledge and
goal stores. Higher-level
interactions such as
contract nets and negotiation are built
using these. KQML's "communication facilitators" coordinate
the interactions of other agents to support knowledge sharing.
Experimental prototype systems support concurrent engineering,
intelligent design, intelligent planning, and scheduling.
http://cs.umbc.edu/kqml/.
(1999-09-28)