System Name: Bee-gent - Bonding and Encapsulation Enhancement aGENT
Current Version: Beta1.2
Organization: TOSHIBA Corp.
Entry status: authoritative
Supported platforms:
All platforms supporting Java 1.1 or 1.2
Supported languages:
Java 1.1 or 1.2
Implemented standards: FIPA(but, not 100%)
Type of migration:
Weak
How many threads or processes are possible per agent? Unlimited number of threads per agent
Local communication mechanisms and format of data:
Asynchronous Communication via Java Object Reference,
XML messages based on any DTDs
Global communication mechanisms:
Asynchronous Communication via HTTP,
XML messages based on any DTDs
How the communication partner can be addressed:
Agent name plus its Http address,
which is statically registered by configuration file, and/or
which is dynamically registered by registration method.
Resource access control mechanism:
None
Agent tracking:
Local register
Directory of services:
Local trading
Type of code migration:
On demand from sending host
Other special features:
- Mediation Agents which have mobility coordinate interactions
between various applications(DB, WWW, Legacy sysytem and so on),
which are agentified by Agent Wrappers.
- The methods of information exchange and communication are
highly suited to Internet and Web-Top computing.
- GUI-based Interaction Protocol development tool.
- Conformance to the FIPA Spec. of the agent technology.
Availability:
Binary
License terms:
See license terms
Article that describe the current system best:
Kawamura,T., Yoshioka,N., Hasegawa,T., Ohsuga,A. and Honiden,S.,
"Bee-gent : Bonding and Encapsulation Enhancement Agent Framework
for Development of Distributed Systems ",
In Proceedings of the 6th Asia-Pacific Software Engneering Conference, 1999.
To appear.
Year of first publication of systems description: 1999
Project URL: http://www2.toshiba.co.jp/beegent/index.htm
Contacts Email Address: beegent-support@ssel.toshiba.co.jp
Last modification date of this entry: Fri Sep 17 09:29:42 MET DST 1999