Service discovery suite for user-centric service creation

Two emerging trends are impacting the CIT world: service orientation and user centricity. The OPUCE project aims at developing a platform to mix together both philosophies into an environment where end-users are capable of building highly personalized services integrating Information Technologies and communication capabilities. Such a platform has the potential to become an open marketplace in order for telco operators to implement innovative business models, and as such imposes specific requirements over the discovery mechanisms to help users locate services fitting their needs. This paper presents the discovery suite implemented in the OPUCE platform.