Ontology - Framework

The essential components of Ontology based service discription

1. Ontology Description Language
2. Ontology Comparision Broker
3. Rule Set Engine

The flow

Describe the service in ontology based language ------> Publish the service ------>
Service Request ------> Ontology Comparision Broker examines the request in its reposiory --->
Checks with the rule set engine for validation ----> responds back to the service request orinator for validaion of the new service ontology (if changed)

Resources
www.topicmaps.org
www.semanticweb.org
www.tm4j.org