Upper Ontology for Services

• Resources are available out in the net.
• The DAML-S ontology defines a Service as the central class for describing interfaces, part of the DAML-S Service Ontology.
• What does the service require and provide for the users? This is given by the ServiceProfile. An agent uses it to determine whether the service meets it's needs.
• How does it work? Given by the ServiceModel. Gives details.
• How is it used? Given by the Service Grounding. It tells how to access the service.

José M. Vidal .

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