Intimate Location Modeling for Context Aware Computing

This paper describes some of the complexity that needs be captured in any location model of an intimate environment. We take the position that a location model for such an environment must be part of a wider framework for handling context that includes knowledge of people, devices and their communication abilities. We present an ontology based on a general object model of people and devices to deal with the complexity of location modeling within an intimate environment and show how temporal events may be represented and reasoned with using standard modeling techniques based on time intervals.