From: Charles Lindsey (chl@clw.cs.man.ac.uk)
Date: Tue Nov 11 1997 - 04:52:22 CST
Simon Lyall <simon@darkmere.gen.nz wrote:
>x.x Definitions.
> An "authoring agent" is software that assists the author is
^^
in
> preparing the article.
What is the subtle difference between an "authoring agent" and a "posting
agent"? Do we actually mention "authoring agent" anywhere?
> A "posting agent" is software that assists posters to prepare
> articles, including determining whether the final article is
> compliant, passing it on to an injecting agent for for final
> checking and injection into the news stream if so, and informing
> the poster with an explanation if not or if the injection agent
> rejects the article.
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