A user model ontology for adaptive systems in cultural tourism domain

There is an increasing interest in using adaptive technologies in cultural heritage field to personalize and enhance the user's visit experience. However, personalizing the cultural experience is a challenging task that requires a deep knowledge of those user's aspects that influence the visit, such as some physical, sociocultural, and educational aspects. In other words, to be effective and to facilitate the learning process during the visit, personalized systems should consider differences between users. In this paper, we propose a user model ontology for cultural tourism applications with the aim at adapting their functionalities to the end-users' background and interests. © 2018 The authors and IOS Press. All rights reserved.