DocLog: an electronic contract representation language

Author

Tan, Yao-Hua ; Thoen, Walter

Author_Institution

Erasmus Univ., Rotterdam, Netherlands

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1069

Lastpage

1073

Abstract

The legal aspects of electronic commerce have attracted widespread attention. Many organisations have expressed their concern regarding the legal framework of the Internet and electronic commerce in particular. For small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) electronic commerce presents other challenges than those recognised by legal experts. SMEs will have to learn to trade in global markets. This requires legal knowledge about international trade regulations and international trade contracts. We describe DocLog, an electronic contract representation language. DocLog uses concepts from deontic logic and legal knowledge representation research to accomplish this

Keywords

contracts; electronic commerce; international trade; knowledge representation languages; legislation; DocLog; Internet; deontic logic; electronic commerce; electronic contract representation language; global markets; international trade contracts; international trade regulations; legal aspects; legal knowledge representation; small and medium sized enterprises; Consumer electronics; Contracts; Electronic commerce; Globalization; International trade; Internet; Knowledge representation; Law; Legal factors; Logic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Database and Expert Systems Applications, 2000. Proceedings. 11th International Workshop on

Conference_Location

London

ISSN

1529-4188

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0680-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DEXA.2000.875159

Filename

875159