02353nas|a2200241 i 450000500170000000800410001703500150005810000300007324500700010326000520017330000140022549000270023950001420026650200570040852012960046565000350176170000330179670000440182970000520187371000620192581000590198785600650204620260817161836.0010817s2000    th  uzm rtt  00|  a1eng d  a.b118323070 aSupattra Jindadamrongwech13aAn agent communication language using XML declarative description  aBangkok :bAsian Institute of Technology,c2000  a57 leaves1 aThesis ;vno. IM-00-08  aA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Advanced of Technologies  aThesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology 2000  aSince many tasks that software agents have to perform on behalf of their users always require more than one single agent to be accomplished properly, the concept of Agent Communication Language (ACL) has been used for the communication among agents. However, many problems about the major components of ACL, which are the communication language, the content language, and the ontology, still exist. The problems are mainly about the practical use and the applicable of ACL with different applications. This study proposes a model, which encodes all ACL components with Extensible Markup Language Declarative Description (XML-DD). XML-DD is an applicable language for the entire ACL because it provided solutions for the problems addressed. However, the model still preserves the original ACL concept that considers each component independently from each other. The design of the model includes XML schemas for ACL and XML-DD statements representing the content of an example domain about business transactions. In order to validate the effectiveness of the model, a prototype system that applies the proposed model is developed. The analyzed features along with the practical aspects observed from the prototype system development reveal the validity and effectiveness of the proposed model. 0aXML (Document markup language)0 aVilas Wuwongse,eChairperson1 aPhan, Minh Dung,eExamination Committee0 aVatcharaporn Esichaikul,eExamination Committee2 aHis Majesty King Scholarship Program, eScholarship Donor2 aAsian Institute of Technology.tThesis ;vno. IM-00-08  3Full-Textuhttp://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B11651