The goal of the Personal Reader project is to enhance the access to information in the (Semantic) Web. We believe that personalization is a key concept to reach this goal. Therefore, we designed a framework which simplyfies the developement of Semantic Web applications with personalization functionalities: The Personal Reader Framework.

The Personal Reader Framework enables developers to create Semantic Web applications in a plug & play manner. Our architecture (see figure above) is based on of different types of services: Syndication Services implement the application logic and via a central Connector Service they are enabled to bind Personalization Services dynamically. Those Personalization Services provide domain-specific RDF data. Both, Personalization and Syndication Services are able to gain personalization by querying a shared RDF-based user profile encapsulated by a User Modelling Service.