from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language
KQML
<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} {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.
(http://cs.umbc.edu/kqml/).
(1999-09-28)