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Standardization

The Agent Definition Language (ADL) is being developed as an open specification with the goal of becoming a recognized industry standard for describing AI agents.

Current Status

ADL is currently in Community Draft phase. We are stabilizing the specification and gathering feedback from implementers.

Our Approach​

ADL follows a community-first development model:

  1. Open Development - The specification is developed in the open with public feedback and contributions welcome
  2. Reference Implementations - We prioritize working implementations over theoretical completeness
  3. Real-World Validation - The spec evolves based on actual deployment experience

Current Focus​

  • Stabilizing the core specification (v0.1.0)
  • Building reference tooling (validators, converters)
  • Gathering feedback from early adopters
  • Documenting interoperability with existing standards (A2A, MCP, OpenAPI)

Future Direction​

As the specification matures and gains adoption, we intend to pursue formal standardization through appropriate industry bodies. This will help ensure long-term stability, broad interoperability, and vendor-neutral governance.

The specific standardization path will be determined based on community input and the needs of adopters.

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