Example Agent for 2.0r1

November 6, 2008

A friend suggested that we construct a simple agent that others could use to see the Open Source Zone Integration Server at work.  So we spent a weekend and constructed this simple agent that send out SIF Messages.  You will need to configure your Zone to include two agents a provider as well as a [...]

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Current SIF Versions Supported

September 26, 2008

Just wanted to quickly update those that are following the development of the Zone Integration Terminal.  As of today we are now supporting US SIF versions 1.5r1, 2.0r1, and 2.1. We are interested in working with anyone who is interested in seeing the UK SIF version supported.

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Hidden Improvements within

August 6, 2008

These past two weeks we have been working on a few improvements to our Zone Integration Terminal (ZIT), but these improvements are not visual, so its going to be hard to actually see our progress.  However, while doing these improvements we also added a new capabilities.  Now your Zone Integration Terminal can use both MySQL and Postgres as its database backend. We did [...]

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So what’s in a name?

July 17, 2008

One of the first questions we hear about our project is “what is a Zone Integration Terminal (ZIT)?” And I usually respond back “It’s a Zone Integration Server with less complexity.”  So what does that really mean. According to the SIF Specification, a Zone Integration Server (ZIS) allow an agent to contact a ZIS (Pull [...]

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Hello world! Introducing the ZIT Blog

July 17, 2008

Before I could even wrestle with questions like “What will OpenZIS first blog post be about” — the bigger question was “Would there be a OpenZIS blog at all?”  Well, at least one of those questions has been answered: OpenZIS will be blogging and this is our first post. So what exactly will this blog [...]

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