Towards a Conceptual and Service-Based Adaption Model

1st Workshop on Dynamic and Adaptive Hypertext: Generic Frameworks, Approaches and Techniques

Martin Harrigan ; Vincent Wade

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PID  :  11329

来源: CEUR

【 摘 要 】

Current practice in adaption modeling assumes that concepts and relationships between concepts are the fundamental building blocks of any adaptive course or adaptive application. This assumption underlines many of the mismatches we find between the syntax of an adaptation model and the semantics of the 'real-world' entity it is trying to model, e.g. procedural knowledge modeled as a single concept and services or activities modeled as pockets of intelligent content. Furthermore, it results in adaptation models that are devoid of truly interactive services with workflow and dataflow between those services; it is impossible to capture the semantics of a process-oriented application, e. g. activity-based learning in education and Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) in the workplace. To this end, we describe a representation of a conceptual and service-based adaption model. The most significant departure from existing representations for adaption models is the reification of services. The goal is to allow for the adaption of the process itself and not just its constituent parts, e. g. and SOP can be adapted to the role or job fuction of a user. This expressive power will address the mismatches identified above and allow for activity-based and process-oriented adaptive applications.