%0 Conference Paper %A Dobson, Glen %A Lock, Russell %A Sommerville, Ian %D 2011 %T QoSOnt: a QoS ontology for service-centric systems %U https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/conference_contribution/QoSOnt_a_QoS_ontology_for_service-centric_systems/9422333 %2 https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/ndownloader/files/17043131 %K untagged %K Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified %X This paper reports on the development of QoSOnt: an ontology for Quality of Service (QoS). Particular focus is given to its application in the field of service-centric systems. QoSOnt is being developed to promote consensus on QoS concepts, by providing a model which is generic enough for reuse across multiple domains. As well as the structure of the ontology itself, an example application currently in development - SQRM (Service QoS Requirements Matcher) - is discussed. This application is used to highlight some of the advantages of the ontology including standardisation and the level of machine understanding of QoS specifications which can be achieved. %I Loughborough University