A structured evaluation to assess the reusability of models of user profiles

Abstract

In the creation of an adaptive mobile personalisation system it is useful to investigate whether existing models are applicable. Such models are usually structured as ontologies. We view existing ontologies from a reuse perspective, and have chosen to specialise the SEQUAL quality framework for evaluation of existing models. SEQUAL has previously been used for the evaluation of modelling languages and approaches, including the evaluation of ontologies. Using the semiotic quality categories in SEQUAL, an evaluation has been made of potential ontologies. The result of the evaluation is that none of the evaluated ontologies satisfies requirements as models that can be reused or built on, and the profile ontology has been created from scratch. © 2010 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.