<s>
and	O
protocol	O
for	O
communication	O
among	O
software	O
agents	O
and	O
knowledge-based	B-Language
systems	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Work	O
on	O
KQML	B-Language
was	O
led	O
by	O
Tim	O
Finin	O
of	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Maryland	O
,	O
Baltimore	O
County	O
and	O
Jay	O
Weber	O
of	O
EITech	O
and	O
involved	O
contributions	O
from	O
many	O
researchers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
KQML	B-Language
message	O
format	O
and	O
protocol	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
an	O
intelligent	O
system	O
,	O
either	O
by	O
an	O
application	B-Application
program	I-Application
,	O
or	O
by	O
another	O
intelligent	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KQML	B-Language
's	O
"	O
performatives	O
"	O
are	O
operations	O
that	O
agents	O
perform	O
on	O
each	O
other	O
's	O
knowledge	O
and	O
goal	O
stores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KQML	B-Language
's	O
"	O
communication	O
facilitators	O
"	O
coordinate	O
the	O
interactions	O
of	O
other	O
agents	O
to	O
support	O
knowledge	O
sharing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KQML	B-Language
is	O
superseded	O
by	O
FIPA-ACL	O
.	O
</s>
