Towards the Consolidation of a Diagramming Suite for Agent-Oriented Modelling Languages

Table 10

Example of a Prometheus scenario descriptor (after [60], reprinted by permission of the publisher  ©  IGI Global).

Name: new meeting scheduled
Description: the user adds a new meeting
Trigger: new meeting requested by user
Steps:
No.	Type	Name	Functionality	Data
1	Percept	Request meeting	User interaction
2	Goal	Propose time meeting user preferences	Meeting scheduler	MeetDB(R), Prefs(R)
3	Goal	Negotiate with other users	Negotiator	MeetDB(R), Prefs(R)
4	Goal	Update user's diary	Meeting manager	MeetDB(W)
5	Goal	Inform others of meeting	Contact notify
6	Other	Wait for day of meeting
7	Goal	Remind user of meeting	User notify	MeetDB(R), Prefs(R)
8	Goal	Remind others of meeting	Contact notify	ContactInfo(R)

Variations:
(i) Steps 2-3 may be repeated in order to obtain agreement.
(ii) If agreement on a meeting time is not reached then steps 4–8 are replaced with notifying the user that the meeting could not be scheduled.
(iii) The meeting can be rescheduled or cancelled during step 6 (waiting).
Key:
(i) MeetDB(R): meetings database read.
(ii) Prefs(R): user preferences read.
(iii) MeetDB(W): meetings database written.
(iv) ContactInfo(R): contact information read.