Interacting components as logic programs that play games

We present a framework for developing complex interacting components in computational logic. Interactive components are developed either as players making moves according to the rules of a game or as umpires that enforce the rules, thereby controlling the interactions of players. From building knowledge-based front-ends with multilingual support, we extend the framework to support the development of interfaces for connected community systems based on agents. The potential of the resulting programming methodology is that centralized organizations via umpires and decentralized organizations with autonomous players can be combined to produce interactive systems of a very complex nature.