(DARPA Agent Markup Language) - A language, built on XML and RDF, for the expression of ontologies. The latest version incorporates OIL and is called DAML+OIL. DAML+OIL together are the basis of OWL, and are expected to be superseded by OWL when it is is formally accepted. See DARPA, XML, RDF, OIL, OWL, and http://www.daml.org.
On the Semantic Web, the DARPA agent markup language (DAML) aims to enable the next generation of the web — a web that moves from simply displaying content to one that actually understands the meaning of the content. The DAML program has generated the DAML+OIL markup language. The submission of the DAML+OIL language to the World Wide Web consortium captures the work done by DAML contractors and the EU/U.S.