Agents and grid computing are distinct standards each defined by its own specifications. Semantic grid aims at providing semantic annotations for grid entities, WSMO is a language for semantic markup of grid services and provide semantic layer over grid resources. On the other hand, agents are intelligent software entities that can act semantically for interoperation with other agents in MAS. FIPA provides standard for MAS where agents speak FIPA ACL as the communication language while FIPA SL is the semantic language. Both FIPA SL and WSMO differ in terms of syntax, semantics and implementation constraints, which prevents interoperability between agents and grid services. This research addresses the issue of interoperability between FIPA agents and grid services by proposing a communication framework for interoperation; SOA compliant FIPA ACL ontology is developed; that provides the necessary vocabulary that not only adheres to the FIPA specifications but is also used by grid services.
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