A Resource Discovery Framework for Semantic Grids Based on the Interface-Based Modular Ontology Formalism

Abstract

Semantic grids refer to those grids that their resources and services have been described by the means of semantic meta data and ontologies. In this paper we propose a resource discovery framework for semantic grids using the notion of modular ontologies. We exploit interface-based modular ontology formalism whose through ontologies can be described and be accessed by a set of interfaces. We show how this formalism help looking for distributed resources in semantic grids. We describe the architecture of the resource managers nodes and their resource discovery algorithms.