Application of Ontologies in Cloud Computing: The State-Of-The-Art

TL;DR

This survey reviews how ontologies are applied in cloud computing to enhance decision support, interoperability, and understanding, highlighting their potential to advance the field and inspire future research.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of ontologies in cloud computing and discusses their roles, significance, and future research directions.

Findings

Ontologies improve decision support in cloud services.

Ontologies facilitate interoperability among cloud systems.

The survey identifies gaps and future opportunities in the field.

Abstract

This paper presents a systematic survey on existing literature and seminal works relevant to the application of ontologies in different aspects of Cloud computing. Our hypothesis is that ontologies along with their reasoning capabilities can have significant impact on improving various aspects of the Cloud computing phenomena. Ontologies can promote intelligent decision support mechanisms for various Cloud based services. They can also provide effective interoperability among the Cloud based systems and resources. This survey can promote a comprehensive understanding on the roles and significance of ontologies within the overall domain of Cloud Computing. Also, this project can potentially form the basis of new research area and possibilities for both ontology and Cloud computing communities.