DARPA Agent Markup Language (DAML)

Mike Dean
Principal Investigator, DAML Integration and Transition
Chair, Joint US/EU ad hoc Agent Markup Language Committee
mdean@bbn.com

W3C RDF Interest Group Meeting
Cambridge, MA
26 February 2001

http://www.daml.org/2001/02/rdfig-f2f/Overview.html

$Id: all.htm,v 1.9 2001/02/26 12:28:10 mdean Exp $

Motivation

• support WWW content that is easily used by intelligent agents and other programs
• enable the Semantic Web
• build on W3C XML and RDF, OIL, SHOE, and related efforts

Efforts to Date

• several jumpstart efforts
• formal kickoff in August 2000
• 3 "homework" assignments to get everyone up to speed
  • project home pages
  • queries/life cycle
  • large-scale content
• 3 language releases
• various tools developed
• PI Meeting held Feb 13-15 in DC

DAML Language

• Joint Committee
  • US DAML and EU Semantic Web Technologies participants
• DAML+OIL
  • released January 2001
• draft DAML+OIL+DT
  • adds XML Schema data types
  • expected release in March 2001
• technical discussions take place on the www-rdf-logic@w3.org email list
• see here and subsequent slides

DAML+OIL vs. RDF, etc.

• language feature comparison
• a recent presentation from Ian Horrocks, editor of the DAML+OIL specification, is available here

DAML Language: Ontology Example

• see http://www.daml.org/2001/01/gedcom/gedcom.daml

DAML Language: Future Work

• finalize support for XML Schema data types
• incorporate feedback
• proposal(s) to new W3C Semantic Web Activity
• rules (working with RuleML)
• logic
• ...

DAML Program Research Areas

• language design
• ontology development: UML, PowerPoint, composition
• services: WWW gateways, description
• ontology translation
• distributed query processing / inference
• report generation
• security: signed XML, trust
• ...

DAML Tools

• DAML Ontology Library: clearinghouse
• RDF API: Java parser and serializer
• OilEd: ontology editor
• Chimaera: ontology analyzer
• DAML Validator (under development)
• DAML Crawler: spider
• DAML Viewer and PalmDAML: navigator GUIs
• ...

DAML Applications

• UMBC IT Talks
• ISI todo
• ...

Summary

• DAML program is off to a good start
• EU and W3C collaboration
• some results already available (language, tools, ontologies, content, applications)
• eager to work with W3C Semantic Web Activity
• more info is available at the recently revamped http://www.daml.org