| Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language (KQML) A language and , based on , for exchanging and , proposed in 1993(?). Work on KQML is led(?) by Tim Finin of the University of Maryland Baltimore County, Lab for Advanced Information Technology. It is part of the . The KQML message format and protocol can be used to interact with an intelligent system, either by an , or by another intelligent system. KQML's "performatives" are operations that agents perform on each other's knowledge and stores. Higher-level interactions such as 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. {Home (http://www.cs.umbc.edu/kqml/)}. (1999-09-28) |