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Beyond XML:Agent Semantics
lDARPA will lead the way with the
development of Agent markup
Language (DAML)
uA “semantic”
language that ties the information on a page to machine readable semantics
(ontology)
lCurrently being fielded at University level
uSHOE (Maryland),
Ontobroker(Karlsruhe),OWL(Washington Univ)
uLargely grows from
past DARPA programs (I3, ARPI)
lBut not transitioning
uEven with SW
activity, W3C membership focused on short-term gain:HTML/XML
<Title> Beyond XML
<subtitle> agent semantics </subtitle> </title>
<USE-ONTOLOGY ID=”PPT-ontology"
VERSION="1.0" PREFIX=”PP" URL=
"http://iwp.darpa.mil/ppt..html">
<CATEGORY NAME=”pp.presentation” FOR="http://iwp.darpa.mil/jhendler/agents.html">
<RELATION-VALUE POS1 = “Agents” POS2 = “/jhendler”>
<ONTOLOGY ID=”powerpoint-ontology"
VERSION="1.0" DESCRIPTION=”formal model for powerpoint
presentations">
<DEF-CATEGORY NAME=”Title"
ISA=”Pres-Feature" >
<DEF-CATEGORY NAME=”Subtitle"
ISA=”Pres-Feature" >
<DEF-RELATION NAME=”title-of"
SHORT="was written by">
<DEF-ARG POS=1 TYPE=”presentation">
<DEF-ARG POS=2 TYPE=”presenter" >