Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language


Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language

(language, protocol, artificial intelligence)(KQML) Alanguage and protocol, based on SGML, for exchanginginformation and knowledge, proposed in 1993(?).

Work on KQML is led(?) by Tim Finin of theUniversity of Maryland Baltimore County, Lab for AdvancedInformation Technology. It is part of the ARPA Knowledge Sharing Effort.

The KQML message format and protocol can be used to interactwith an intelligent system, either by an application program, or by another intelligent system. KQML's"performatives" are operations that agents perform on eachother's knowledge and goal stores. Higher-levelinteractions such as contract nets and negotiation are builtusing these. KQML's "communication facilitators" coordinatethe 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/.