"Knowledge is power." This online documentation describes zHTTP, an Internet Server program that follows the HTTP 1.1 specifications for serving up World Wide Web pages on browsers like Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. (Such programs are commonly known as "webservers". Examples include Microsoft's IIS, O'Rielly's Website, or Netscape's Enterprise Server.) Unlike most webservers however, zHTTP has been designed to service a very special type of Internet Application known as a "Zimmerly Knowledge Base". (AKA a "ZKB" file). But the zHTTP server is much more than just a fast website server. It also functions as an Internet Agent (also commonly known as a Spider, Webcrawler, Robot, etc.) in that it can actively scan other websites for content that can be used in the updating of its own knowledge bases. For example, if your competitor's website lists a price for an item that you both sell, a zHTTP knowledge base can be set up with knowledge base rules to automatically update your own price to properly handle the change based on your own business rules!! (ex. Automatically undercut competitor's price by 2% down to a minimum of our cost plus 1%.) Such server technology is a powerful competitive edge in this new age where most buyers shop on the Internet, and buy based on the lowest price. (More on this as I continue to work on the server documentation...) |