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Summary
Here you can find many useful links about different issues related to the
AgentService framework and to agent oriented programming in general.
This page referes only to the most important links on the web about agent
oriented programming, a comprehensive repository of agent resources can be
found at AgentLink.
Communities and Organizations
Agent Link: AgentLink is the
premier Co-ordination Action for Agent Based Computing. It provides support for
the network of European researchers and developers with a common interest in
agent technology through events aimed at industry outreach, and standardisation
issues, as well as providing support for academic events and providing
resources.
Foundation of Intelligent Physical Agents
(FIPA): FIPA is a non-profit organisation aimed at producing standards
for the interoperation of heterogeneous software agents.
Agentcities: Agentcitites
is a worldwide initiative designed to help realise the commercial and research
potential of Agent based applications.
UMBC Agent Web: UMBC Agent
Web is an agent portal mantained by the University of Maryland Baltimore
County, where you can find classified informations about almost all the issues
related to agent oriented sofware development.
Platforms and Frameworks
Java Agent DEvelopment Framework
(JADE): JADE is a software framework fully implemented in Java
language. It simplifies the implementation of multi-agent systems through a
middle-ware that complies with the FIPA specifications and through a set of
graphical tools that supports the debugging and deployment phases.
JACK
Intelligent Agents: JACK is an environment for building, running and
integrating commercial-grade multi-agent systems using a component-based
approach.
Zeus:
Zeus is an agent programming framework developed in Java by British Telecom.
Agent
Tool: agentTool is a Java-based graphical development environment to
help users analyze, design, and implement multiagent systems. It is designed to
support the Multiagent Systems Engineering (MaSE) methodology.
FIPA-OS:
FIPA-OS is the first Open Source implementation of the FIPA standard.
Technology
Common Language Infrastructure (CLI): ISO standard and
ECMA standard
C# Language specification: ISO standard and
ECMA standard
Shared Source CLI
(SSCLI): shared source implementation of the CLI and of the C# compiler
given by Microsoft
.NET platform: .NET platform is an implementation of
the CLI specifications and the C# compiler given by Microsoft. .NET includes
also other features that are not directly addressed by the CLI specification
such as web development with ASP.NET, data access with ADO.NET, enterprise
services, XML and Geaphic User Interfaces.
Mono: open source
implementation of the CLI and of the C# compiler mantained by Ximian/Novell.
Mono also implements packages of the .NET framework that are not included in
CLI standard, like ADO.NET and ASP.NET