]> $Id: ServiceCategory.daml,v 1.0 2002/03/22 00:35:25 terryp Exp $ Service Category Ontology Created by Terry Payne (terryp@cs.cmu.edu). Represents a high level ontology for service categories. Typically refered to by the DAML-S profile property serviceCategory (see DAML-S profile extension below). This ontology is embryonic, and is subject to change!!! If you have suggestions, modifications or requests, please contact terryp@cs.cmu.edu Category This represents the top level concept for service categories, which provide abstract descriptions to broad types of services. Interoperation This represents the class of services which support interoperation between agents and other services. OntologyTranslation This category refers to the class of services that can be used to translate markup and concept instances from one ontology to another. See the description of the DMA2FOAF service for an example: http://www.daml.ri.cmu.edu/site/projects/DMATranslation/ont/DMA2FOAF.daml Commercial This represents the class of categories that are offered by commercial organisations and hence may charge for their services Retail This represents the class of services that provide some form of retail service, such as those that sell products online. Information This represents the class of services that provide information about a particular topic.