In information systems, proactive information delivery (PID) is a paradigm of supporting users in doing their work by delivering them information related to the current working situation.
Unlike
information search process
In library and information science, the information search process (ISP) is a six-stage process of information seeking behavior. The ISP was first suggested by Carol Kuhlthau in 1991.
It describes the thoughts, feelings and actions of the searcher, ...
where the user has to initiate the search, PID tries to identify the user's current information need.
Applications of PID
PID can be used for
Just-In-Time learning embedded in working processes.
Examples of systems providing PID features
Intellext Watson Watson is a software program for Microsoft Windows released by Intellext in 2005, which reads what the user is working on and uses pattern recognition
Pattern recognition is the automated recognition of patterns and regularities in data. It has ...
was a prominent tool illustrating the concept of lightweight PID.
Classification of PID methods
Classification of PID tools is given in
References
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