Towards Regulating Electronic Communities with Contracts

[摘要] We present work-in-progress towards a high-level e- commerce architecture for the electronic marketplace. We separate out the main components responsible for trading based on contractual relationships and trusted service delivery. In this setting, we view an enterprise as an autonomous entity that interacts with others according to their private utility function and a set of shared goals expressed as normative statements contained within contracts. The Governance component provides a regulated environment where the citizen's behaviour can be monitored and compared against agreed contracts. Regulatory mechanisms can be deployed by the Governance to maintain contractual integrity of transactions. 7 Pages

[发布机构] HP Development Company

[学科分类] 计算机科学（综合）

[关键词] contract;electronic community;governance;e-commerce architecture