Mid Sweden University The Department of Information Technology and Media (ITM) Author: Felix Dobslaw Email address: [
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[email protected] Scope: 22244 words inclusive of appendices Date: 20090430 Mid Sweden University M.Sc. Thesis within Computer Science A, 30 points An Adaptive, Searchable and Extendable Context Model, enabling crossdomain Context Storage, Retrieval and Reasoning Architecture, Design, Implementation and Discussion Felix Dobslaw Felix Dobslaw Acknowledgement An Addaptive, Searchable and Extendable Context Model April 3rd 2009 Acknowledgement I would like to thank my first academic advisor Theo Kanter for inspiring discussions and my second academic advisor Ake˚ Malmberg for all the ef- forts, arranging a very pleasant room for me in Ostersund¨ and integrating me into the local staff. Special thanks to Annika Berggren and Patrik Oster-¨ berg, who helped me a lot with the administrative work. Thanks also to Aron Larsson for the very diverse discussions and brainstorming sessions. Further more I would like to thank the ITM department at the MidSwe- den University for covering my travel expenses. All your help is well appreciated. ii Felix Dobslaw Table of Contents An Addaptive, Searchable and Extendable Context Model April 3rd 2009 Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Importance of Context . .2 1.1.1 Theory and Practice . .3 1.2 Context of this Thesis . .4 1.3 Problem Statement . .5 1.4 Related Work . .6 1.5 Context on the Internet .