Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language

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 [email protected] of the

University of Maryland Baltimore County, Lab for Advanced

Information Technology. It is part of the ARPA KnowledgeSharing Effort.

The KQML message format and protocol can be used to interact

with an intelligent system, either by an applicationprogram, 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.

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(1999-09-28)