I hope that I have convinced the reader several strands of research in the fields of AI, World Wide Web languages, and multi-agent systems can be brought together in exciting and interesting ways. Many of the challenges inherent in bringing communicating multi-agent systems to the web require ontologies of the type being developed in DARPA’s DAML program and other efforts. More importantly, the integration of agent technology and ontologies may make significant impact on the use of web services and the ability to extend programs to more efficiently perform tasks for users with less human intervention. Unifying these research areas and bringing to fruition a web teeming with complex, “intelligent” agents is both possible and practical, although a number of research challenges still remain. The pieces are coming together, and thus, the semantic web of agents is no longer a science fiction future. It is a practical application on which to focus current efforts.

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