Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
Jump to content

Knowbot

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.

A knowbot is a kind of bot that collects information by automatically gathering certain specified information from web sites.

KNOWBOT is the acronym for Knowledge-Based Object Technology. This term, used as early as 1988[1] and known to have been implemented by December 1989 at the latest[2] describes computer-based objects developed for collecting and storing specific information, to use that information to accomplish a particular task, and to enable sharing that information with other objects or processes. An early use of knowbots was to provide a computerized assistant to users to complete redundant detailed tasks without a need to train the user in computer technology.

See also

  • Knowbot Information Service
  • Web crawler, a program that visits Web sites and gathers information according to some generalized criteria (as opposed to user-specified criteria) and subsequently indexes it[3]

References

  1. ^ "THE DIGITAL LIBRARY PROJECT VOLUME 1: The World of Knowbots (DRAFT) - An open architecture for a digital library system and a plan for its development" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-09-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "What is knowbot? - Definition from WhatIs.com". Archived from the original on 2015-11-19. Retrieved 2015-11-04.