Context Awareness in the Networked Enterprise: Methodological and Technological Issues

The formidable amount of heterogeneous information, accessed by the networked enterprise through all the available channels, makes it difficult for users to find the right information at the right time and at the right level of detail. Contextual meta-data about the system and the users can be used to reduce this plethora of information, providing high-quality, focussed knowledge to users and applications at all decision-making points. We propose context-aware system design methodologies and techniques exemplified within the wine production scenario, where several classes of users access the networked-enterprise data sources, the sensors used for monitoring the productive cycle, and external sources of different nature.