Specification
Look System
kanonak.org
protocols@1.0.0
Protocol
Class
Protocol
A protocol - a named set of conventions governing how a system is used or implemented
Class
Instances
9
Protocol
Agent Client Protocol
An open protocol - jointly governed by Zed Industries and JetBrains under a BDFL model, with a stated aim of transitioning to an independent foundation - that…
acp
@
1.0.0
Protocol
Agent Network Protocol
An open protocol governed by a W3C Community Group that defines how AI agents identify themselves, describe their services, and discover peers across…
anp
@
1.0.0
Protocol
Agent-to-Agent Protocol
An open protocol created by Google and donated to the Linux Foundation that standardizes how autonomous AI agents discover each other, exchange tasks, and…
a2a
@
1.0.0
Protocol
AGENTS.md
A lightweight convention - originally introduced by OpenAI and now hosted under the Agentic AI Foundation - for giving AI coding agents project-specific…
agents-md
@
1.0.0
Protocol
Derivation Vocabulary Conventions
Authoring conventions for the kanonak.org/derivation vocabulary, with specific focus on the styling derivation patterns enabled by formats.stylesheet.…
derivation-conventions
@
1.0.0
Protocol
Kanonak Protocol
The Kanonak Protocol — an open protocol for defining, versioning, and sharing semantic ontologies across distributed publishers, with no central registry…
kanonak-protocol
@
3.1.0
Protocol
Model Context Protocol
An open protocol created by Anthropic that standardizes how AI applications connect to external tools, data sources, and prompts. MCP defines a JSON-RPC 2.0…
mcp
@
1.0.0
Protocol
Site Vocabulary Conventions
Authoring conventions for the kanonak.org/site vocabulary. Complements the foundational rules in kanonak.org/kanonak-protocol@2.0.0 by capturing site-specific…
site-conventions
@
1.0.0
Protocol
Transformations Vocabulary Conventions
Authoring conventions for the kanonak.org/transformations vocabulary. Complements the foundational rules in kanonak.org/kanonak-protocol@2.0.0 by capturing…
transformations-conventions
@
1.0.0
Referenced by
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Domain
Object Property
Complements
Links a protocol to another protocol it is designed to work alongside
Datatype Property
Created Date
ISO date (yyyy-mm-dd) on which the protocol was first published
protocols
@
2.0.0
Object Property
Has Convention
Links a protocol to a convention it defines
protocols
@
2.0.0
Object Property
Layer
Links a protocol to the layer of the agentic stack it occupies
protocols
@
2.0.0
Object Property
Merged Into
Links a protocol to another protocol that absorbed it
Datatype Property
Specification URL
A URL pointing to the canonical specification for the protocol
protocols
@
2.0.0
Object Property
Steward
Links a protocol to the organization that governs or maintains it. Accepts either a single Steward reference or a YAML list of Steward references when a…
protocols
@
2.0.0
Object Property
Superseded By
Links a protocol to a successor protocol that replaces it
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Range
Object Property
Complements
Links a protocol to another protocol it is designed to work alongside
Object Property
Merged Into
Links a protocol to another protocol that absorbed it
Object Property
Speaks
Protocols the agent uses to talk to tools or other agents. Typical values point at kanonak.org/mcp for tool access and kanonak.org/a2a for agent-to-agent…
agents
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1.0.0
Object Property
Superseded By
Links a protocol to a successor protocol that replaces it