MAF IDL Types (I)

typedef short AgentSystemType;

struct ClassName {

string name;

OctetString discriminator;

};

typedef sequence<ClassName> ClassNameList;

typedef sequence<Octet> OctetString;

typedef OctetString Authority;

typedef OctetString Identity;

struct Name {

Authority authority;

Identity identity;

AgentSystemType agent_system_type;

};

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Name has three attributes. The aim is to generate a globally-unique name.

Authority defines the person or organization the agent or system represents.

CORBA uses the term principal.

AgentSystemType distinguishes one agent system from another with same

authority and identity.

ClassName has human-readable name plus a discriminator to make it unique

across scope of its usage. Remember, we’re in a multi-language world here.

Minimally, class names should be unique within an agent system. Ideally, we’d

like it to be unique within the scope of a MAFFinder.