iPAM: Information Personalization Agent Manager

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The Information Personalization Agent Manager (iPAM) is an information administrators tool as well as a framework for information agents.

What is iPAM? - a software component developed under the CDA program.

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iPAM

The Information Personalization Agent Manager (iPAM) is a software framework that facilitates building information channels. iPAM serves as a "glue" layer between information suppliers and information dissemination tools. iPAM consists of information agents and a manager of those agents, built as a single Java "executable."

iPAM is an information administrators toolset that allows administrators to build information collection and dissemination services. Such services, or "channels" can be based on:

• Sources - FTP, HTTP, SMTP, POP, web sites, files, others
• Dissemination protocols and tools - FTP, HTTP, SMTP, email, BackWeb, Castanet, others
• Agents written in Java to retrieve, process, and forward information

iPAM is "glueware" that can be used to bridge information sources to sinks with dissimilar formats and/or protocols.

iPAM has an open architecture that allows administrators to write custom agents to get, process, or distribute information. Small custom Java agents can be added to the iPAM toolset and easily interconnected with existing ones.

iPAM is not an end user tool. It does not address content browsing, or subscribing for content. Many commercial tools by many vendors address those needs. iPAM is a tool for building "channels" of information.

Example channels:

• One that queries www.AltaVista.com once a week concerning portal technology. The findings are forwarded via email to several users
• One that checks a local travel advisory for accidents and forwards the accident notification in the morning and evening to a personal pager
• One that monitors a sofware distributors FTP site (perhaps weekly) and creates a message identifying changes to end users 
• One that takes your mail and sends subject lines to your pager

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