Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language definition
<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.
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knowledge-based system « knowledge level « Knowledge Management System « Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language » knowledge representation » Knowledge Sharing Effort » Knowledge Systems Laboratory
