exception handling


Subject: exception handling
From: Andrey Ustyuzhanin (uj@cs.mipt.ru)
Date: Wed Jan 22 2003 - 20:05:48 MET


Hi, Jaders,

I'd like to clear the following issue.
As FIPA Interaction Protocol specification states:

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Interaction Protocols are not intended to cover every desirable 
interaction type. Individual IPs do not address a number of common 
real-world issues in agent interaction, such as exception handling, 
messages arriving out of sequence, dropped messages, timeouts, 
cancellation, etc. Rather, the IPs defined in this document set should 
be viewed as interaction patterns, to be elaborated according to the 
context of the individual application. This strategy means that adhering 
to the stated IPs does not necessarily ensure interoperability; further 
agreement between agents about the issues above is required to ensure 
interoperability in all cases.
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So, the question is, who shall address real-world issues in agent interaction as ones listed above? Does it mean that each use-case shall be thoroughly scrutinized and all possible exceptions, timeouts, cancelations shall be mentioned explicitly?

-- With best regards, Andrey.



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