Domain ontology for trustworthy context-dependent services

In recent publications, we have introduced two main concepts. The first is a new service model called ConfiguredService. ConfiguredService extends traditional service models to formally define a service contract to include trustworthiness while considering contextual information. The second concept is a new service provision framework called FrSeC. FrSeC supports the provision of trustworthy context-dependent services. This paper discusses one of the main elements of FrSeC which is the service registry. It utilizes ontology to represent domain knowledge that is used by both service providers and requesters.