Combining Local and Global Access to Ontologies in a Multiagent System

Ramon Brena, and Hector G. Ceballos

Center for Intelligent Systems, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico

Received:

November 3, 2004

Accepted:

November 12, 2004

Published:

January 20, 2005

Keywords:

ontologies, multiagents

Abstract

As Ontologic knowledge gets more and more important in agent-based systems, its handling becomes crucial for successful applications. We propose a hybrid approach, in which part of the ontology is handled locally, using a "client component", and the rest of the ontological knowledge is handled by an "ontology agent", which is accessed by the other agents in the system through their client component. We propose specific methods for representing, storing, querying and translating ontologies for effective use in the context of the "JITIK" system, which is a multiagent system for knowledge and information distribution. We report as well a working prototype implementing our proposal.

Cite this article as:

R. Brena and H. Ceballos, “Combining Local and Global Access to Ontologies in a Multiagent System,” J. Adv. Comput. Intell. Intell. Inform., Vol.9 No.1, pp. 5-12, 2005.

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