@Article{chesnevar06a,
  author =	 {Carlos Ches\~{n}evar and Jarred McGinnis and Sanjay
                  Modgil and Iyad Rahwan and Chris Reed and Guillermo
                  Simari and Matthew South and Gerard Vreeswijk and
                  Steven Willmott},
  title =	 {Towards and argument interchange format},
  journal =	 {The Knowledge Engineering Review},
  year =	 2006,
  volume =	 21,
  number =	 4,
  pages =	 {293--316},
  abstract =	 {The theory of argumentation is a rich,
                  interdisciplinary area of research straddling the
                  fields of artificial intelligence, philosophy,
                  communication studies, linguistics and
                  psychology. In the last few years, significant
                  progress has been made in understanding the
                  theoretical properties of different argumentation
                  logics. However, one major barrier to the
                  development and practical deployment of
                  argumentation systems is the lack of a shared,
                  agreed notation or `interchange format' for
                  argumentation and arguments. In this paper, we
                  describe a draft specification for an argument
                  interchange format (AIF) intended for representation
                  and exchange of data between various argumentation
                  tools and agent-based applications. It represents a
                  consensus `abstract model' established by
                  researchers across fields of argumentation,
                  artificial intelligence and multi-agent systems1. In
                  its current form, this specification is intended as
                  a starting point for further discussion and
                  elaboration by the community, rather than an attempt
                  at a definitive, all-encompassing model. However, to
                  demonstrate proof of concept, a use case scenario is
                  briefly described. Moreover, three concrete
                  realizations or `reifications' of the abstract model
                  are illustrated.},
  url = 	 {http://jmvidal.cse.sc.edu/library/chesnevar06a.pdf},
  doi = 	 {10.1017/S0269888906001044}
}