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Title page; 1 Introduction; 2 The Knowledge Engineering (R)Evolution: from SAS to MAS; 3 Collaboration Styles within Organizations; 4 Agent and MAS Models; 5 The Ontological Library; 6 Ontology and Terminology Servers; 7 Conclusions; References