<mods:mods version="3.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-0.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>Discovering User Profiles</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">Riddhiman</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Ghosh</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">Mohamed</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Dekhil</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>In this paper we describe techniques for the discovery and&#13;
construction of user profiles. Leveraging from the emergent data web,&#13;
our system addresses the problem of sparseness of user profile&#13;
information currently faced by both asserted and inferred profile&#13;
systems. A profile mediator, that dynamically builds the most suitable&#13;
user profile for a particular service or interaction in real-time, is&#13;
employed in our prototype implementation.&#13;
</mods:abstract><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8061">2009-04</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Conference or Workshop Item</mods:genre></mods:mods>