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Heraclitus of Ephesus (535 - 475 BC) was a
pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. For Heraclitus
everything is "in flux", as exemplified in his
famous aphorism:
Πάντα ῥεῖ καὶ οὐδὲν μένει
Everything flows, nothing stands still
This saying expresses the very nature of the
constantly transforming World Wide Web. The
transformation approach of the Heraclitus
framework allows any visitor, even first time
ones, to benefit from the enhancements that have
been derived from all users. In addition, the
Heraclitus framework exploits the semantic
aspects of the web by addressing the evolution
of the site ontology. In Heraclitus, it is
assumed that the website ontology is initially
constructed by the webmaster, according to his
perception on the thematic organization of his
website. However, this ontology needs to evolve
over time in order to follow trends in the usage
of the website by its visitors.
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