Editing Talk:Preferences

==Some requested [[preferences]]-based [[features]]==

A '''preferences''' filter enables a consumer to specify what information s/he wishes to view and in what order in each case. Having scanned the [[RFID]]'s of the products available in a particular store, the consumer would like to score and filter these before attempting to select from them.

Preferences can be arranged and grouped in several ways, for example: 
* I want to filter products/services by supplier's eco-region, so I may shop locally.

::This can roughly be done by examining the [[Transportation]] [[Feature]]. The smaller the mileage recorded for a [[product]] the better?

* I want to select from among the more ecologically safe, more socially moral products.

::Listing [[product]]s within a [[product group]] by their composite rating from [[Opinion Wiki]] might be a partial solution. Perhaps [[Campaign]]s could have other attributes besides [[score]], [[campaigner]]s, [[vote]]s and non machine-readable textual descriptions ie. Some campaign classification scheme. [[Ecology]], [[Social]], [[Labor]], [[History]], [[Quality]]...

* I want to see only products/services that are approved by any two of my [[trusted auditor]]'s.

::You would have to access the total listing of [[product]]s in the [[store]]. Why not? This is a preference, but it's dependent on other [[preferences]]

* Give me the top ten environmentally friendly products in this store.

::See above. And also this cannot be resolved by a machine. Limit the scope so that you want to see top three [[product]]s of each [[product group]] in order of environmental friendliness and it can maybe done by utilizing composites from [[Opinion Wiki]]

:: Disagree; place [[RFID]] tags on products; Whenever I walk past a product, my [[mobile receiver]] will sniff [[product code]] and look up the product in a database, and process and score it according to stored preferences. It should give me directions to a reliable source of [[Kit-Kat McFlurry]], nearest to me right now.  I should like to order a truckload. [[User:207.112.24.153|207.112.24.153]] 04:13, 3 Dec 2003 (EET)

:::Nope. It's well known that for example [[vegetable]]s are more ecological then [[meat]] products in the sense of [[nutrient]]s consumed in producing a certain amount of nutrients for the [[consumer]] so automatic ordering of '''all products''' in a store by environmental friendliness is inresolavble when considering that different [[product group]]s fullfill different needs. mmkay? [[User:Juxo|Juxo]] 08:00, 3 Dec 2003 (EET)

:::I don't mean to imply a total ordering; I recognise that it's a partial ordering with mood, for instance and hunger, and other factors which the unit cannot sense at this moment. But I am the [[agency|agent]] in this relationship; faced with highlighted choices of top products by mood.. perhaps showing as different colours on my monitor screen. It is still my final decision as a consumer whether to [[purchase]]. [[User:142.154.114.227|142.154.114.227]] 06:04, 4 Dec 2003 (EET)