Project

Context-Aware Annotation Proxy Based System (CAPS)

When browsing the Web, what quality information does the user have about the information underlying the links? The only hint behind links is that they change their color when visited. But a great deal of relevant knowledge possessed by colleagues is not exploited. The aim of this project is to develop a system for enhancing links in Web pages, based on the experience of the community. Using a mediator based on IBM WBI intermediary [1] as a platform, we developed a system that behaves like a proxy with some changes: first, it logs user requests, and builds a repository of access statistics and page metadata; second, it keeps user profiles based on their homepages; third, it ranks pages based on these access statistics and a matches with the expert profiles (based on the first two points); fourth, it uses this information to augment browsing via a unique user interface.