This paper reviews existing techniques and standards to capture and transport capability and preference information, so-called profilesfor end-user devices with special emphasis on limited footprint, mobile, devices. It proceeds to present a model for composing profile information based on default values and profile differences applied to end-user device originating capability and preference profiles. An account on the implementation of a middleware software component to handle and manage composite profile information highlights some of the implementation issues and provides initial performance indications.
By: Carl Binding, Reto Hermann and Andreas Schade
Published in: RZ3407 in 2002
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