n Registering a service with a directory
l Restrict who can see this service.
l For those who can see it: Who can use it and under what condition?
l Security for meta-services (such as registration) as well as
application services
n Compliance of service policies and user requirements
l E.g.: A service requires user/password. Another (sub)service
provides user/password, but requires email.
l Backward chaining and inference could be used by an agent to
decide whether the service matches  user requirements
n Compatibility of preconditions/effects  of service with user
restrictions
l E.g., reading news service will have the effect to store your email