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Specification of the KQML

Agent-Communication Language

plus example agent policies and architectures

The DARPA Knowledge Sharing Initiative

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KQML APIs and Alternate Syntaxes

Architectures that use pre-existing message-passing platforms and agent implementations may find it easier and/or more efficient to use an alternative to the list syntax described in this specification.

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• The ABSE Lisp API
• The DRPI TCP/IP API
• KQeMaiL
• CORBA dynamic invocation interface