Title :
A standardization effort for agent technologies: The Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents and its activities
Author_Institution :
Comtec Corp., Sendai, Japan
Abstract :
The purpose of this paper is to advertise the activities of The Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents (FIPA). FIPA is established to promote the development of standard specifications of generic agent technologies that maximize the interoperability within and across agent-based applications. First, the paper touches the need of standardization for intelligent agents and introduces the framework of FIPA. Secondly, current technical outcome of FIPA´s standardization efforts, the FIPA 97 specifications, is discussed. Thirdly, relationship to other bodies and activities such as Agent Society, ARPA KSE and OMG is presented. Lastly, the paper outlines future plans and open issues which are currently (as of September, 1998) discussed to produce the next version of specifications: FIPA 97 version 2 and FIPA 98.
Keywords :
formal specification; open systems; software agents; standardisation; ARPA KSE; Agent Society; FIPA 97 specifications; OMG; The Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents; agent-based applications; generic agent technologies; intelligent agents; interoperability; standard specifications; standardization; Application software; Buildings; Communication standards; Databases; Intelligent agent; Logic; Personal digital assistants; Standardization; Standards development; Technology management;
Conference_Titel :
Systems Sciences, 1999. HICSS-32. Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Maui, HI, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0001-3
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1999.773093
