Agents and the Semantic Web

• DOI: 10.1109/5254.920597
• Publication Date: 2001-03-01
• Authors: James A. Hendler; J. Hendler
• Keywords: 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering; 02 engineering and technology

Many challenges of bringing communicating multi-agent systems to the World Wide Web require ontologies. The integration of agent technology and ontologies could significantly affect the use of Web services and the ability to extend programs to perform tasks for users more efficiently and with less human intervention.