CMU College Finder HotDAML Proposal

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CMU College FinderHotDAML Proposal

• Katia P. Sycara
• Terry R. Payne

Carnegie Mellon University http//www.daml.ri.cmu.
edu/site/hotdaml.html
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Off to School?
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College Finder Proposal

• HOTCollege.org
• DAML enabled site that students with personalized
  support students in finding
• Helps schedule tests, visits, application
  deadlines etc.

SAT/ACT etc classes College Info
Application Forms Admission Guidelines
Scholarships Apartments
City/Survival Guides etc
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Agent Portal to DAML Services
Provide Centralized Database Service?
HotCollege.org
Environment of DAML Web Services Agents
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Proposed Prototype _at_ CMU

• Develop DAML-S Web Services, and markup
  information about
• Scholarships
• Entrance Examinations Timetables
• Course Information Admission Guidelines
• Develop Agents that
• Locate and compose information
• Maintain personalized schedules

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Impact Advantages

• Millions of new potential users every year
• Inspire and involve intelligent, creative
  students in development of DAML annotate sites
• (Many student services are run by other motivated
  students!)
• Universities will be receptive to using DAML
• Large audience will encourage other information
  providers to markup pages with DAML
• Explosion of University and Other Heterogeneous
  Web Services advertised in DAML-S

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Support DAML-S Web Services