A portal for the state of the art of content negotiation
Abstract
On the Web, it is possible to make a resource available using a uniform resource identifier (URI). This resource can have several representations described in different ways along a set of dimensions, forming a set of variants. Content negotiation (CN) is the mechanism for selecting the appropriate variant that conforms to a set of preferences (constraints). Over the years, various dimensions of CN, styles of CN, as well as ways to convey constraints have emerged to satisfy new requirements and solve new use cases. However, searching and finding these CN features and grouping or categorising them to classify and compare them to their predecessors for example is still a missing piece in the literature. This paper presents a new resource called Content Negotiation Theoretical Framework (CNTF). CNTF a website that collects and categorises CN features into different groups: styles, dimensions, etc. CNTF aims to collect use cases of CN, highlight existing solutions if available, or suggest plausible ways to advance them. CNTF also provides an ontology describing its content, and is also intended to be used to disseminate our new proposals for advancing CN, making it a sustainable and up-to-date digital survey of CN. Teaser video for the resource
Long demo of the resource