2. The method of claim 1 wherein: said modality preference indicates a format for said content, said markup tags including a modality markup tag associating said content with at least one modality.
1. A method for providing services to a user, the method comprising: receiving at a communication coordination system a request from a user for content; at a content management engine, obtaining a user preference defining a modality preference indicating a type of output the user wants to receive, the type of output including one of graphics, text, audio, animation, holograms and video, a paradigm preference indicating user-desired functionality to be associated with the content, the functionality including transactional functionality including the ability to purchase goods or services and navigational functionality including the ability to view content, the paradigm preference including a preference for hearing impaired content, and a service preference indicating types of services the user requests including one of e-mail, voice mail, paging and web access; wherein obtaining the user preference is performed by determining if the request includes the user preference and using the user preference that accompanied the request; if the request does not include the user preference, then determining if the user is associated with stored preferences and using the stored preferences as the user preference; and if the request does not include the user preference and the user is not associated with stored preferences, then using default preferences based on a visibility engine as the user preference; accessing content including markup tags associating said content with said user preference, said markup tags including a paradigm markup tag identifying said content as being with or without transactional functionality; retrieving content having markup tags corresponding to said user preference; executing processes identified with a process markup tag associating said processes with said user preference, an order of said processes being dependent on said user preferences; providing said retrieved content to said user.