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1 | 1 | # Core Concepts
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| -ADS (Agent Directory Service) is a distributed directory service designed to |
| 3 | +The Agent Directory Service (ADS) is a distributed directory service designed to |
4 | 4 | store metadata for AI agent applications. This metadata, stored as directory
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5 | 5 | records, enables the discovery of agent applications with specific skills for
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6 | 6 | solving various problems.
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38 | 38 | ADS implements capability-based record discovery through a hierarchical skill
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39 | 39 | taxonomy. This architecture enables:
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| -1. Capability Announcement |
| 41 | +1. Capability Announcement: |
42 | 42 | 1. Multi-agent systems can publish their capabilities by encoding them as
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43 | 43 | skill taxonomies.
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44 | 44 | 2. Each record contains metadata describing the agent's functional abilities.
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| - 3. Skills are structured in a hierarchical format for efficient matching |
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| -2. Discovery Process: The system performs a two-phase discovery operation. |
| 45 | + 3. Skills are structured in a hierarchical format for efficient matching. |
| 46 | +2. Discovery Process: The system performs a two-phase discovery operation: |
47 | 47 | 1. Matches queried capabilities against the skill taxonomy to determine
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| - records by their identifier; |
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| - 2. Identifies the server nodes storing relevant records; |
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| -3. Distributed Resolution: Local nodes execute targeted retrievals based on |
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| - 1. Skill matching results: Evaluates capability requirements |
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| - 2. Server location information: Determines optimal data sources |
| 48 | + records by their identifier. |
| 49 | + 2. Identifies the server nodes storing relevant records. |
| 50 | +3. Distributed Resolution: Local nodes execute targeted retrievals based on: |
| 51 | + 1. Skill matching results: Evaluates capability requirements. |
| 52 | + 2. Server location information: Determines optimal data sources. |
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54 | 54 | ADS uses libp2p [Kad-DHT](https://docs.libp2p.io/concepts/discovery-routing/kaddht/)
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55 | 55 | for server and content discovery.
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57 | 57 | ## Distributed Object Storage
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| -ADS (Agent Directory Service) differs from block storage systems like |
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| -[IPFS](https://ipfs.tech/) in its approach to distributed object storage. Here's |
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| -how: |
| 59 | +ADS differs from block storage systems like |
| 60 | +[IPFS](https://ipfs.tech/) in its approach to distributed object storage. |
| 61 | +The differences are described in the following sections. |
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63 | 63 | ### Simplified Content Retrieval
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| -1. ADS directly stores complete records rather than splitting them into blocks |
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| -2. No special optimizations needed for retrieving content from multiple sources |
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| -3. Records are retrieved as complete units using standard OCI protocols |
| 65 | +1. ADS directly stores complete records rather than splitting them into blocks. |
| 66 | +2. No special optimizations needed for retrieving content from multiple sources. |
| 67 | +3. Records are retrieved as complete units using standard OCI protocols. |
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69 | 69 | ### OCI Integration
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71 | 71 | ADS leverages the OCI distribution specification for content storage and retrieval:
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| -1. Records are stored and transferred using OCI artifacts |
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| -2. Any OCI distribution-compliant server can participate in the network |
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| -3. Servers retrieve records directly from each other using standard OCI protocols |
| 73 | +1. Records are stored and transferred using OCI artifacts. |
| 74 | +2. Any OCI distribution-compliant server can participate in the network. |
| 75 | +3. Servers retrieve records directly from each other using standard OCI protocols. |
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77 | 77 | While ADS uses zot as its reference OCI server implementation, the system works
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78 | 78 | with any server that implements the OCI distribution specification.
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