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A entity (can be a real person or a bot) interacting via an avatar with other avatars (representing other agents) and with one or more regions.
An Agent is a software resource which represents some portion of a [[Architecture_Working_Group_Glossary#user|user]] in the virtual world. Agents are hosted in agent servers. An agent may cause an avatar to be instantiated on behalf of a user.  


The portion of a users' identity that is managed by a domain.  An agent has persistent state ascribed to it: such as inventory, profile information, and L$ balance. For many users, they will have only one identity, and hence one agent.
Agents:
* Mediate the user's message traffic
* Mediate the user's asset inventory
* Act as a focal point for the user's access to services in other domains
* Act as a focal point for the user's access to utilties
 
Agents do not:
* Store persistent assets (They are stored in asset servers)

Revision as of 22:21, 19 October 2007

An Agent is a software resource which represents some portion of a user in the virtual world. Agents are hosted in agent servers. An agent may cause an avatar to be instantiated on behalf of a user.

Agents:

  • Mediate the user's message traffic
  • Mediate the user's asset inventory
  • Act as a focal point for the user's access to services in other domains
  • Act as a focal point for the user's access to utilties

Agents do not:

  • Store persistent assets (They are stored in asset servers)
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