Web: Identification and Description of Techniques

Currently, adaptive systems are described with non-uniform methods, depending on the specific view on the system, the application, or other parameters. There is no common language for expressing adaptive functionality, hence these systems are difficult to compare and analyse, and lack of re-usability- which in fact is the key-capability for successfull personalization functionality for the Semantic Web. In the deliverables on adaptive functionality we aim at developing a logical description of adaptive functionality. Work in month 1–6 has concentrated on identifing some personalization techniques that are appropriate candidates for personalization on the Semantic Web, to provide a collection of detailed descriptions of identified personalization functionality, and to outline demands for architectures, supporting techniques, and rule and reasoning languages for the Semantic Web