1. Why a FIPA platform? (I) We inherit the benefits of FIPA standardization. We ensure a high degree of compatibility with other FIPA compliant agents build by third party programmers. The current FIPA platforms offer a repertorie of useful tools to visualize and monitor the status of its agents. Infohabitants developed in different languages can also be connected to the communication platform. Together with the multi-threading capabilities of the CIAO prolog, allows large-scale experiments.

2. Why a FIPA platform? (II) JADE and CIAO are freely distributed. The connection of non JAVA agents is not trivial.

3. The FIPA platform Internal Platform Message Transport Agent Management System (AMS) Directory Facilitator (DF)

4. FIPA platform Inter-agent Socket connection Using Prolog agents Thread Incoming messages Outgoing messages Prolog agent

5. FIPA platform Inter-agent Connecting to the platform Prolog agent Starter 1300

6. FIPA platform Inter-agent Connecting to the platform Prolog agent Starter I need an Inter-agent Create a new Inter-agent Create a new Inter-agent Inter-agent 1457 1300

7. FIPA platform Inter-agent Connecting to the platform Prolog agent Starter Give me the port Inter-agent 1457 1300

8. FIPA platform Inter-agent Connecting to the platform Prolog agent Starter The port is 1457 Inter-agent 1457 You have an inter-agent at port 1457 1300

9. FIPA platform Inter-agent Connecting to the platform Prolog agent Starter Inter-agent 1457 1300

10. FIPA platform Inter-agent Socket connection Large-scale experiments Thread Ag1Ag2Agn Shared memory Ag1Ag2Agn PROLOG