Adaptive Hypermedia System for Supporting Information Providers in Directing Users through Hyperspace

Abstract

This paper introduces an adaptive hypermedia system that provides a means for information providers to direct their users through hyperspace. With our system, the information providers are able to easily direct users to their own personalized navigation paths. Destination options are determined by hiding links and by applying rules so that the users are offered the best paths for them. In order to reduce the information providers' efforts in creating navigation rules, we simplified the format of these rules and offer an authoring tool that verifies the navigation rules and reports any errors if they exist. This tool not only allows the information providers to easily write navigation rules but also guarantees the adequacy of the navigation path.