Monday, October 11, 2004

Tutorial 6 & 7

Tutorial 6

End of Chapter 6: questions 3 and 4.
3. Prepare a report on content management issues.
Content management system provide an infrustructure for creating and maintaining web site assets, including text contect, images, sound files and application components.

4. What is meant by personalisation and why is it important?
The act of recognising a customer, subscriber or visitor as an individual and modifying actions based upon information known about this customer.


Tutorial 7 - EPS
Discussion Question no. 5 (page 239)
Prepare a report on smart cards.
Smart cards are really microcomputers that rely on another medium or reader to supply the power source to make them work. Smart cards have a small chip embedded, usually in a plastic card. This chip acts like a microcomputer with a typical input/output device, a microprocessor and Rom and Ram memory. Smart cards or SVCs can store everything found in a wallet or purse. They operate mostly by transfering data or value from the card to a business system, usually without verification, which makes them different from online payment systems.
Privacy issues: As smart cards can store anything from university transcripts, personal records, medical information, hospital files, social security information, employment records. Privacy can become an issue. If someone has the ability to obtain a reader, they unauthorise access this information from unsuspecting people. Security of information will be affected and need to be tightened.
Anonymity:
Technology that protects and enhances privacy for smart card users:

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