Personnalisation de l'information: aperçu de l'état de l'art et définition d'un modèle flexible de profils

The goal of personalization is to facilitate the expression of the need for a particular user and to enable him to obtain relevant information when he accesses an information system. The relevance of the information is defined by a set of criteria and preferences specific to each user or community of users. The data describing the users is often gathered in the form of profiles. The content of the profile vary according to the approaches and the applications. The existing approaches answer partially the questions related to the personalization, but it misses a model giving a global vision on the aspects of the taking into account of the preferences of the users. In this article we propose a generic model of profile, which enables the classification of the profile’s contents. We also present some operators of profile manipulation and a platform for the profiles management. Key-words: personalization, generic profile model, operators, profile manipulation Categorie du texte : Chercheur Personnalisation de l'information: apercu de l'etat de l'art et definition d'un modele flexible de profils Mokrane Bouzeghoub, Dimitre Kostadinov Laboratoire PRiSM, Universite de Versailles 45, avenue des Etats-Unis, 78035 Versailles {Prenom.Nom@prism.uvsq.fr}