KQML as an agent communication language
CIKM '94 Proceedings of the third international conference on Information and knowledge management
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The development of distributed high-bandwidth data networks at the home and business level allows many new distributed information services to be developed, based on the co-operation of autonomous agents and distributed information sources. Agents collaborate by passing messages in an agent communication language, such as KQML. The validity and meaning of these messages depends critically on the context of the communication of which they form a part. The conversation class to which the communication belongs determines this context. This paper describes some of the problems associated with conversation classes derived from a distance learning application. We discuss the mechanisms necessary to satisfy a number of complex scenarios within the application domain, and show how these conditions need to be specified in terms of the policies and strategies of particular agents.