Agents Wiki

Task Group chair: Andrew Wilson

Status: This Task Group is currently active.

Purpose/Charter: (Proposed) The Task Group will identify and evaluate existing conventions for agent description against the draft functional requirements, and develop a recommendation for describing agents within the context of DCMES resource descriptions. If necessary, the Task Group will develop a DCAM-compliant Application Profile for agent descriptions.

Proposed Workplan
Task Volunteers Due
1. Revise functional requirements Andrew Wilson ?01 May 2007?
2. Investigate and assess feasibility of using FOAF for DC agent descriptions Tom Baker, Dan Brickley
3. Identify and evaluate other agent description mechanisms, eg VCard, OpenID etc
4. Recommend mechanism for describing agents within the context of DCMES resource descriptions
5. Liaise with DC Architecture regarding mechanisms for linking to agent descriptions from within resource descriptions
6. Develop application profile if necessary


NB. Both the charter and the workplan may be revised following a 27 February call for Advisory Board comments.

Comments received:

1. Switch order of tasks 4 and 5


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