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Introduction to the ASK-IT project

Introduction to the ASK-IT project. Ivo Cré - Polis. What is ASK-IT. ASK-IT is a 4-year Integrated Project, started at the end of 2004. 50 partners currently involved

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Introduction to the ASK-IT project

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  1. Introduction to the ASK-IT project Ivo Cré - Polis

  2. What is ASK-IT • ASK-IT is a 4-year Integrated Project, started at the end of 2004. • 50 partners currently involved • It aims to develop an ambient intelligence environment for the integration of functions and services for mobility impaired users, enabling the provision of personalised, self-configurable, intuitive and context-related applications and services, while on the move. • ASK-IT focuses on geo-referenced and personalised transport and tourism services. • Emphasis is on seamless service provision, independent on the media, user location (i.e. indoors, outdoors, in a city, during a trip, etc.), user type and residual abilities. UNIACCESS CONFERENCE – 9 November 2006

  3. The problem • Mobility Impaired people have a wide variety of functional impairments, only 2-3 percent of disabled people are wheelchair users. • Any activity limitation that prohibits the free movement of a person can be regarded as a mobility impairment. • MI users are confronted with: • neglect of the "design for all" concept; • inappropriate and/or complex user interfaces, that are physically demanding for such users; • jargon-inhibiting and too-often irrelevant youth-oriented content. • ASK-IT Aim: To support MI users to safely and comfortably plan and execute a trip, being able to use all available infrastructure and services (whether personal or standard) while on the move. UNIACCESS CONFERENCE – 9 November 2006

  4. ASK-IT mobility impaired group • blind/partially sighted people; • deaf and people with hearing problems; • people unable to walk, i.e. wheelchair users; • people with difficulties in walking/bending limbs; • people with medical problems affecting balance and stamina; • people with cognitive impairments and learning difficulties; • people who are illiterate. UNIACCESS CONFERENCE – 9 November 2006

  5. ASK-IT characteristics • Mediation of services and content • Seamless environment management • User preference and context-related driven process • Flexible geo-referenced services • User confidence service environment UNIACCESS CONFERENCE – 9 November 2006

  6. Services to be offered • transport: bus routes, bus stops, parking, train/metro/platforms, airports, train stations • tourism & leisure: hotels, cultural sites, sport venues • personal support services: public buildings, online assistance • education support: accessible libraries • social & community building: local user group organisation with website, including local relevant events UNIACCESS CONFERENCE – 9 November 2006

  7. List of ASK-IT Use Cases • Category 0: System Administration • Category 1: Trip planning and guidance • Category 2: Stored info and POIs • Category 3: Transportation services • Category 4: Personal assistance services • Category 5: Environmental control • Category 6: E-Services • Category 7: Travel and Leisure services • Category 8: Social contacts and communities services • Category 9: Emergencies For each Category, there are several more specific sub-categories UNIACCESS CONFERENCE – 9 November 2006

  8. Services decomposition • Highest goal directing behaviour: Check-In • Sub-goals: Park car, transfer, check-in desk • Lowest level functional units: closing car door, wayfinding, etc. UNIACCESS CONFERENCE – 9 November 2006

  9. ASK-IT agents and architecture UNIACCESS CONFERENCE – 9 November 2006

  10. ASK-IT pilots • The application of the integrated ASK-IT service to 8 sites Europe-wide will be realised, in order to be tested in a wide range of urban and inter-urban (cross-site) scenarios, aiming to prove its usability, reliability and viability and to propose system improvements, modes of use and extensions. • The final sites and application scenarios per site are selected according to the available content and satisfaction of requirements, as well as to infrastructure availability. UNIACCESS CONFERENCE – 9 November 2006

  11. 7 Core sites, 1 Satellite site • Madrid • Genoa • Athens/Thessaloniki • Bucharest • Nuremberg • Helsinki • Newcastle • Den Haag UNIACCESS CONFERENCE – 9 November 2006

  12. Data Management Module A web-based application for allowing service providers to align their services with the ASK-IT model through WSDL pairing http://askit.iti.gr/ UNIACCESS CONFERENCE – 9 November 2006

  13. Publicly available ontology Ontology structure • Sub-ontology 1: General Purpose Concepts • Sub-ontology 2: Transport • Sub-ontology 3: Tourism and Leisure • Sub-ontology 4: Personal Support Services • Sub-ontology 5: Work, Business and Education • Sub-ontology 6: Social Relations and Community Building http://askit.iti.gr/ontology UNIACCESS CONFERENCE – 9 November 2006

  14. ASK-IT VIDEO • Overview of what the system can achieve in the best case scenario • A tool to get users (end users and technical users, service providers etc.) discussing the local test or targeted application • Available at www.youtube.com, myspace and • www.ask-it.org for all further information. UNIACCESS CONFERENCE – 9 November 2006

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