They authenticate and authorize the user who submitted the information. They verify the content of the files as original and unchanged. The initialization agents establish a sequence for the job context based on stored server-side files. Following execution of these agents, the data is passed on to the Processing Agents. Processing Agents - Processing agents regulate the automated processes used to convert documents, integrate information, and to maintain or manipulate information space.
Scribe agents convert the format and structure of a document into posting formats and files.
Integrator agents merge information from a variety of providers into a navigable framework which may be chronologically, topically, or geographically organized. Management Agents - Management agents install and remove agent modules. They update information stored in the control block data set. Management agents also control the server engine. These are specialized processing agents which can manipulate server side data files if invoked by authorized users such as system administrators.