Service Profiles

The ServiceProfile ontology supports the use of three types of information.
1. A human readable description of the service and its provider.
2. A specification of the functionalities that are provided by the service.
3. Attributes which provide additional information and requirements (e.g., quality guarantees, expected response, geographic constraints, etc.)
The functionalities are specified by declaring the IOPEs:
- The Inputs the service expects.
- The Output information returned.
- The Preconditions that have to be satisfied in order to use the service.
- The expected Effects from running the service.