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Integrating device independence and user profiles on the Web

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This paper describes research to enable appropriate knowledge to be automatically delivered to the right people at the right time at the right level of detail via a range of user devices (laptop PC, mobile telephone, wireless e-mail client, hand-held PC, etc). We describe a framework that integrates device profiles with user preference profiles and accessibility requirements to provide effective knowledge delivery to a range of end-user devices. The framework has two components — an ontology of device and user profiles, and a content adaptation engine for presenting information to the user in a suitable format.

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  1. T. Glover
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Glover, T., Davies, J. Integrating device independence and user profiles on the Web. BT Technol J 23, 239–248 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10550-005-0045-y

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