A FIPA compliant agent platform for federated information systems

A Territorial Framing Plan (TFP) is an open and cooperative system, outlining a reference model that allows describing social, economical and cultural phenomena coming into the plan and their actual manifestations. In the light of current research insights and available technology, it appears that a TFP may be adequately modeled through a Federated Information System approach. In this paper we will discuss the implementation of a platform based on software agents for federated information systems. The platform has been developed trying to fulfil the FIPA specifications with special emphasis on: portability, use of standard protocols both for intra and extra platform communication, autonomy and dinamicity, support of cooperation among agents.