Is it an Ontology or an Abstract Syntax? Modelling Objects, Knowledge and Agent Messages

摘要: Abstract This paper describes a system of interlinked ontologies to describe the concepts underly-ing FIPA agent communication. A meta-modelling approach is used relate object-orienteddomain and abstract models communication content languages andto them in single framework. The modelling language Unified Mod-eling Language, which extended by adding resource reference. Theresulting framework provides an elegant basis for development systems thatcombine object-oriented information representation with messaging protocols. 1 Introduction discusses issues relating use between softwareagents. In particular, we consider implications agents’ domains discourseusing how can integrate informationwith Foundation Intelligent Physical Agents (FIPA) [1] leadsus relationship different types objects that may exist agentsystem at run-time (domain objects, knowledge message objects) their re-spective (ontologies, languages) are relatedand be expressed same framework.Previously [2] have argued industry-standard modellinglanguage, Modeling Language (UML) [3], as ontolo-gies. advantages using UML include now widely accepted belief object-orientedmodelling fits well people’s intuitive world [4], fact has avery large rapidly growing user community, standard graphical formodels it (there also linear defined XMI specifi-cation [5]). An example simple ontology appears Figure 1.1