W5, W to the Fifth, is an automated assistant that understands the Who, What, When, Where and Why of Internet e-Commerce and man-computer interaction W5 interactively combines information provided by the user (Who) with stored context information already in the computer (What, When, Where, Why) to do away with data entry and typing A great example is filling out the kinds of forms that are essential to e-commerce W5 is implemented using XML, a relational database and AI based technologies carefully selected to be compatible with the broad base of modern computer applications While W5 works great with browser-based applications, the domain of its usefulness extends to all situations where a user needs to respond to a computer request for information Either W5 is busy remembering what you're doing and why, or its saving you the trouble by recalling just what's needed from its database What is completely unique about W5 is that it understands what the computer wants and it is capable of figuring out whether or not it already