The Web provides access to a wealth of information to
a huge diverse user population on a global scale. One
successful mechanism in dealing
with this diversity of users is to personalize Web
sites, services, and system content and customize for
a specific user. Since this process currently occurs
separately within each system, there are several
drawbacks over an integrated approach.

Cross system personalization (CSP) allows for sharing
information across different information systems in a
user-centric way and can overcome the
aforementioned problems. Information about users,
which...