Mashups for semantic user profiles

ABSTRACT

In this paper, we discuss challenges and provide solutions for capturing and maintaining accurate models of user profiles using semantic web technologies, by aggregating and sharing distributed fragments of user profile information spread over multiple services. Our framework for profile management allows for evolvable, extensible and expressive user profiles. We have implemented a prototype, targeting the retail domain, on the HP Labs Retail Store Assistant.

REFERENCES

• 1: Hewlett-Packard Press Release, HP shows off system that affords every customer a personal shopper, May 2007
• 2: Houben, J., et al., State of the art: semantic interoperability for distributed user profiles, Telematica Institut Report, 2005.
• 3: Ghosh, R., Dekhil, M., "I, me and my phone: identity and personalization using mobile devices, HP Labs Technical Report HPL-2007-184, November 2007.
• 4: Ankolekar, A., Vrandecic, D., Personalizing web surfing with semantically enriched personal profiles, in Proceedings of the Semantic Web Personalization Workshop, Budva, 2006.
• 5: Windows Live ID, accountservices.passport.net/
• 6: Liberty Alliance, projectliberty.org/
• 7: Microsoft Connected Services Framework, microsoft.com/serviceproviders/solutions/connectedservicesframework.mspx

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.4 Systems and Software
          Subjects: User profiles and alert services

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.5 On-line Information Services
          Subjects: Data sharing

General Terms:
Design, Management

Keywords:
information management, personalization, semantic web, user profiles