Knowbot Explained

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 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.
2. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-09-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084329/http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Internet-documents/matrix/services/KIS-id.txt . 2016-03-04 . dead .
3. Web site: What is knowbot? - Definition from WhatIs.com. 2015-11-04. 2015-11-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20151119062214/http://searchsoa.techtarget.com/definition/knowbot. dead.