A Cloud Repository and Discovery Framework Based on a Unified Business and Cloud Service Ontology

Cloud computing introduces a fundamental shift in service delivery. A market registry, flexibility, exchangeability and integration of services are important issues for its success. In this work we introduce a unified Cloud and business service ontology with querying capabilities. Our framework addresses two aspects: on the one hand it gives answer to leading question how we can structure the term Cloud computing (as a question of basic research) and how we can enable a matching between offered Cloud services and demand. It closes the gap how we can summarize and describe Cloud services in a standardized way. On the other hand, it particularly addresses the demand for flexibility and exchangeability by the Cloud Computing paradigm and can serves as a repository of services.