November 2003
Intermediate to advanced
496 pages
11h 59m
English
book
Lotus Instant Messaging/Web Conferencing (Sametime): Building Sametime Enabled Applications
by John Bergland, John Barrow, Jonas Covey, Washington Cabral, Carl Tyler, Yafit Sami, Rob Novak
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50 Lotus Instant Messaging/Web Conferencing (Sametime): Building Sametime-Enabled Applications
3.1 What is a bot?
The term bot is derived from the word robot, and is used to describe an
application that can take instructions from an end user and provide a suitable
response.
A Sametime Bot is a powerful extension of this idea, incorporating the
functionality of a normal bot application with the presence awareness and instant
messaging capability of Sametime. Bots extend the capability of the Sametime
instant messaging client to allow users to connect with applications as well as
people. They provide an intuitive, interactive, and text-based in ...