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A Model for Feature-Based User Model Interoperability on the Web

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Advances in Ubiquitous User Modelling

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In this paper we present a model for User Model (UM) interoperability among feature-based adaptive applications on the Web. In order to enhance the interaction capabilities of such systems, we propose to exploit Web standards for interoperability, i.e. Web Services technologies and Semantic Web languages, together with negotiation techniques based on dialogue.

Our model is based on a Service Oriented Architecture(SOA), where a central UDDI registry, enhanced with UM specific capabilities, can be used to support the cooperation between user-adaptive applications. The proposed framework support a discovery mechanism, a simple request/response-based pattern of communication and a dialogue model.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Torino, Corso Svizzera 185, Torino, Italy

    Federica Cena & Roberto Furnari

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  1. Management Information Systems Department, The University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, 31905, Haifa, Israel

    Tsvi Kuflik

  2. Tasmanian ICT Centre, CSIRO, Castrayh Esplanade, 7001, Hobart, Australia

    Shlomo Berkovsky

  3. Depatment of Computer Science, University of Turin, Corso Svizzera 185, 10149, Turin, Italy

    Francesca Carmagnola

  4. German Reserach Center for Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent User Interfaces, Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3, 66123, Saarbrcken, Germany

    Dominikus Heckmann

  5. Innovative Retail Laboratory (IRL), German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany

    Antonio Krüger

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Cena, F., Furnari, R. (2009). A Model for Feature-Based User Model Interoperability on the Web. In: Kuflik, T., Berkovsky, S., Carmagnola, F., Heckmann, D., Krüger, A. (eds) Advances in Ubiquitous User Modelling. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5830. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05039-8_3

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