document: Agent-based product-support logistics system using XML and RDF The capability of the timely provision of maintenance services and service parts is critical to the competitiveness of industrial systems . To enhance the timely operations in a product-support logistics chain , business partners -LRB- equipment manufacturers , parts distributors , customers -RRB- may have to collaborate for the efficient exchange of relevant information . We propose the architecture of an agent-based product-support logistics system . Emphasis is placed on the problems of sharing and exchanging information through agent communication . We adopt the Resource Description Framework -LRB- RDF -RRB- schema for information modelling in product-support logistics domain . The eXtensible Markup Language -LRB- XML -RRB- serialization generates messages for agent communication . The use of XML and RDF enables software agents to understand the contents of messages correctly and consistently . We demonstrate the feasibility of our agent architecture using a scenario in logistical support processes . We believe that the approach can provide a promising way to the automation of business processes in product-support logistics through seamless communication among the partners
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extractive_keyphrases: xml rdf service parts industrial systems maintenance services information modelling extensible markup language software agents
abstractive_keyphrases: agent-based product-support logistics system resource description framework schema