Personage project page

Summary

Collection of information agents which can monitor internet data sources and communicate with personal agents to provide the interesting data to an end user.

Name origin

PERSONal AGEnt

The main intent of the project is to automate common tasks a person performs. I am selfish so I am designing it first to my behaviours but I expect it to be flexable enough to work for others also.

Definition

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Personage \Per"son*age\, n. [F. personnage.]
     1. Form, appearance, or belongings of a person; the external
        appearance, stature, figure, air, and the like, of a
        person. ``In personage stately.'' --Hayward.
  
              The damsel well did view his personage. --Spenser.
  
     2. Character assumed or represented. ``The actors and
        personages of this fable.'' --Broome. ``Disguised in a
        false personage.'' --Addison.
  
     3. A notable or distinguished person; a conspicious or
        peculiar character; as, an illustrious personage; a comely
        personage of stature tall. --Spenser.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  personage
       n 1: another word for person; a person not meriting
            identification; "a strange personage appeared at the
            door"
       2: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the
          course of events [syn: {important person}, {influential
          person}]

Status

This project is in the initial design and prototyping stage. It will most likely be an open source project but until prototype is done I am choosing to keep it closed.

[JHR] © 2005 Jeff Raubitschek Last Modified
January 30 2004