User:Dzonatas Sol/AWG Agent/Description

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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)