> Something else the BL needs, in my view, is a standard to communicate > with other systems. For sure with neighboring instances of Piper, but > also with other systems. KQML seems to be the ideal candidate: it's > designed for intercommunication between agents, to share knowledge. > (Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language) > > ... > > So you can wait for me to do all the work, but I think the growing crowd of > people interested in Piper want to have something workable a bit sooner ;) > Have any comments on kqml? Is there something else\better? Do you want to take up > the coding of a library for piper? I've used KQML in the past. I'm not sure it fits... or maybe it is because I have bad KQML memories! What are you looking for and what would you like to achieve? Maybe I can help in choosing the proper language/tool by discussing the topic with you? -- Nicolas Chauvat http://www.logilab.com - "Mais où est donc Ornicar ?" - LOGILAB, Paris (France)