'Scott Moore (samoore@umich.edu), a professor at University of Michigan, developed an XML-based language, FLBC (Formal Language for Business Communication) and was working on translating KQML's standard performatives into it. He presented some of the work at a workshop at the Haas school [here] at Berkeley last year. You can find a short paper describing his work at http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/~citm/cec/papers/moore/Moore.html -- with details on his views on KQML and how he thinks FLBC corrects some of KQML's deficiencies.' [communique from Jerome McDonough, Tue, 12 Jan 1999 09:48:16 -0800 XML-DEV]
"FLBC: Formal Language for Business Communication (FLBC) can be seen as a competitor to KQML. FLBC is a formal language that can be used for automated electronic communication (e.g., EDI or agent communications). The FLBC language and its associated message management system (MMS) both exploit linguistics throughout their design; it is this depth of integration, this usage of a wide range of influencing concepts, that is the real contribution of this system." [copied into a FAQ document]
References:
Position Statement Prepared for the "International Workshop on Component-based Electronic Commerce" at the Haas School of Business on July 25, 1998 by Scott A. Moore (samoore@umich.edu) of the Computer & Information Systems department, University of Michigan Business School. [local archive copy]
Formal Language for Business Communication - Scott Moore's references. [local archive copy]
KIF- Knowledge Interchange Format. And see: "A brief introduction to the knowledge interchange format."
