arXiv AI

Discoverable Agent Knowledge -- A Formal Framework for Agentic KG Affordances (Extended Version)

The paper proposes a four‑dimensional formal framework—Semantic Expressivity, Agentic Discoverability, Task‑Relative Grounding, and Epistemic Trust Scope—to extend current KG metadata standards (VoID and DCAT). It introduces the Agentic Affordance Profile (AAP), a semantic layer that enables agents to select, compose, and diagnose failures in knowledge graphs at planning time. A scholarly‑search example illustrates the framework and outlines a five‑point research agenda for scaling AAP‑based affordance matching.

arXiv AI
Aug 28

Knowledge Cards: Structured Knowledge for AI Systems

The paper introduces Knowledge Cards, a new structured artefact designed to capture validated knowledge about specific concepts that AI systems use to make decisions. Unlike existing model, data, and system cards, Knowledge Cards focus on the layer between inputs and outputs, documenting entities, relationships, reasoning patterns, conditions for validity, and provenance, all grounded in a formal domain ontology and signed off by a domain expert. Prototype cards have been created in the energy and pharmaceutical domains, and the schema is released as a public draft for community engagement.

By Liliana Ferreira
arXiv AI
Sep 15

Semantic Knowledge Technologies: what the Semantic Web lost sight of, and what it never had

The paper critiques the Semantic Web’s failure to deliver machine‑interpretable knowledge, arguing that its standards omitted key elements—conditions for claims, operational grounding, and coverage scope—making truth, applicability, and boundary recognition impossible. It proposes a new framework, Semantic Knowledge Technologies, with a seven‑layer architecture and five measurable tests of understanding (check, connect, derive, act, delimit). The authors introduce concepts such as Large Knowledge Models, SLKMs, and a falsifiable definition of Semantic Artificial General Intelligence, presenting a research agenda to address these gaps.

By Achille Zappa
arXiv AI
Aug 28

Five Primitives for Governing Autonomous AI Agents at Runtime

The paper proposes five runtime primitives—discovery, identity, governance, attestation, and supply chain—to manage autonomous AI agents in enterprise settings. It argues that traditional control models fail because agents are transient, model-driven, and self‑discoverable, making runtime governance essential. The authors detail an implementation that mediates agent actions against policy, authorizes them via a per‑tenant vocabulary, and records them in a verifiable ledger, noting the associated operational costs and partial deployment status.

By Jiten Oswal, John Cadeddu
arXiv AI
Jul 15

Agentic Service-Oriented Computing: A Manifesto for the Next Frontier of Service-Oriented Computing

arXiv:2607. 12619v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The rapid emergence of LLM-powered autonomous and semi-autonomous agents is reshaping software systems from static, request-response components into goal-directed, adaptive, and tool-using computational actors.

By Amin Beheshti, Rong N. Chang, Boualem Benatallah, Fabio Casati, Schahram Dustdar, Geoffrey Fox, Quan Z. Sheng, Yan Wang, Jian Yang, Albert Zomaya
arXiv AI
Aug 25

Walking on the DARKSIDE

arXiv:2608.23370v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) recognise patterns but do not natively track the path of exclusions that a coherent discourse demands. When an input rests...

By Aldo Gangemi, Emanuele Bottazzi
arXiv AI
Sep 25

Who Holds the Pen? Let Specifications, Not Agents, Sign Off

The paper argues that large language model agents should not be the sole authority on whether they have satisfied a task. It identifies two gaps—understanding–execution and state–authority—where agents may claim completion without actually meeting the specification. The authors propose SpecHarness, a framework that separates agent proposals from authoritative state by requiring evidence from qualified providers to confirm compliance, and demonstrate its effectiveness on guideline‑following and artifact‑generation tasks.

By Haiqing Li, Xin Ma, Yinhao Wu, Wenliang Zhong, Feng Jiang, Thao M. Dang, Xiao Hu, Hehuan Ma, Yuzhi Guo, Junzhou Huang