title: Proactive information delivery
text: # Proactive information delivery
  
  In information systems, proactive information delivery (PID) is a paradigm of supporting users in doing their work by delivering them information related to the current working situation. Unlike information search process where the user has to initiate the search, PID tries to identify the user's current information need.
  
  ## Applications of PID
  
  PID can be used for Just-In-Time learning embedded in working processes.
  
  ## Examples of systems providing PID features
  
  Intellext Watson was a prominent tool illustrating the concept of lightweight PID.
  
  ## Classification of PID methods
  
  Classification of PID tools is given in
  
  