A Systematic Mapping of the Ontology-Based Modeling Phase of Context Life Cycle

The context life cycle demonstrates how context information moves around each phase into a system, from context modeling until context dissemination. The modeling phase turns context data gathered from sensors into a higher level information which in most cases is modeled through ontologies. This paper presents a systematic mapping of the state of art (2009-2015) about ontological context modeling-related services. The aim is to ground the development of those services, especially ontology-based context representation, storage and history, as part of a broad context management system. A systematic mapping protocol is described phase by phase and concludes with macro-architectural and general design principles, quality of design attributes, and open issues, all regarding the design of ontological context services.