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Designing a Personalized Semantic Web Browser

Designing a Personalized Semantic Web Browser
Designing a Personalized Semantic Web Browser
Web browsing is a complex activity and in general, users are not guided during browsing. Our hypothesis is that by using Semantic Web technologies and personalization methods, browsing can be supported better. However, existing personalization mechanisms on the Web are obstructive; users need to log in to multiple websites and enter their personal information and preferences, and the profiles are different for each site. There is a need for generic user profiles, which can also support the user’s browsing. In this paper, we propose a novel Semantic Web browser using an ontology-driven user modeling architecture to enable semantic and adaptive links. We also introduce a new behavior-based user model. With our approach, users need to log in to their Web browser only and personalization is achieved on different websites.
Semantic Web Browser, Semantic Web, User Modeling, Ontology, Personalization
Sah, Melike
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Hall, Wendy
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De Roure, David C
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Sah, Melike
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Hall, Wendy
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De Roure, David C
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Sah, Melike, Hall, Wendy and De Roure, David C (2008) Designing a Personalized Semantic Web Browser. International Conference on Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-Based Systems, Lecture Notes In Computer Science (LNCS), Hannover, Germany. 28 Jul - 01 Aug 2008.

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Web browsing is a complex activity and in general, users are not guided during browsing. Our hypothesis is that by using Semantic Web technologies and personalization methods, browsing can be supported better. However, existing personalization mechanisms on the Web are obstructive; users need to log in to multiple websites and enter their personal information and preferences, and the profiles are different for each site. There is a need for generic user profiles, which can also support the user’s browsing. In this paper, we propose a novel Semantic Web browser using an ontology-driven user modeling architecture to enable semantic and adaptive links. We also introduce a new behavior-based user model. With our approach, users need to log in to their Web browser only and personalization is achieved on different websites.

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Published date: 2008
Additional Information: Event Dates: 28 July - 1 August 2008
Venue - Dates: International Conference on Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-Based Systems, Lecture Notes In Computer Science (LNCS), Hannover, Germany, 2008-07-28 - 2008-08-01
Keywords: Semantic Web Browser, Semantic Web, User Modeling, Ontology, Personalization
Organisations: Electronics & Computer Science

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Local EPrints ID: 265413
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/265413
PURE UUID: 74e62bc0-3c27-41bf-bdd0-d3eaa946e89e
ORCID for Wendy Hall: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4327-7811
ORCID for David C De Roure: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9074-3016

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Date deposited: 10 Apr 2008 15:18
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:33

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Author: Melike Sah
Author: Wendy Hall ORCID iD
Author: David C De Roure ORCID iD

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