Ontology for Call Control

Abstract

An ontology provides a common vocabulary through which to share information in a particular area of knowledge, including the key terms, their semantic interconnections and certain rules of inference. Using OWL (The Web Ontology Language), an ontology has been developed describing the domain of (Internet) call control. In particular, the ontology focuses on the use of call control in conjunction with its application within the ACCENT policy-based management system. The structure of the ontology builds heavily on previously developed ontologies genpol [4] and wizpol [20]. These describe generic aspects of the system, including the core policy description language on which it is based. This report presents a technical overview of the ontology for (Internet) call control, illustrated by way of graphical depictions of OWL class and property implementation.