1 KQML transport assumptions This chapter presumes a model of message transport. External Interfaces Working Group ARPA Knowledge Sharing Initiative. Specification of the KQML agent-communication language . Working paper, June 1993. One of the key areas identified by KSE was that of protocols for communication between separate knowledge based modules, as well as between knowledge based systems and databases.
Interaction is more than an exchange of messages.
Our focus in this paper is the formal description of the semantics of the language. We believe that a formal semantics is necessary for the unambiguous definition of the language, and its appropriate use. Furthermore , the semantic description is related to implementation issues. External Interfaces Working Group ARPA Knowledge Sharing Initiative. Specification of the KQML agentcommunication language .