Ontology negotiation between intelligent information agents

Knowledge Engineering Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-19

  Bailin, Sidney C ^a   Truszkowski, Walt ^b  

^a Knowledge Evolution Inc   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; QUERY LANGUAGES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

KNOWLEDGE QUERY MARKUP LANGUAGE (KQML); ONTOLOGY;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0041838638     PISSN: 02698889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269888902000292     Document Type: Conference Paper

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