Title :
Contract Modelling for Digital Business Ecosystems
Author :
Finnegan, Jason ; Malone, Paul ; Maranon, A.E. ; Guillen, Pedro Bueso
Author_Institution :
Waterford Inst. of Technol., Waterford
Abstract :
The aim of this paper is to discuss the legal and technical issues of creating legally binding contracts in a digital ecosystem and to present the solution created for the DBE (Digital Business Ecosystem) project. We investigate the legal implications of electronic contracts and digital signatures, and also take a brief look at the types of clauses that make up a contract. The DBE contract model for creating contracts and contract templates is presented, along with the tools created for editing these contracts as part of the DBE project.
Keywords :
contract law; digital signatures; electronic commerce; legislation; DBE contract model; DBE project; digital business ecosystems; digital signatures; electronic contracts; legal issues; Business; Contracts; Digital signatures; Ecosystems; Internet; Law; Legal factors; Legislation; Licenses; Software systems;
Conference_Titel :
Digital EcoSystems and Technologies Conference, 2007. DEST '07. Inaugural IEEE-IES
Conference_Location :
Cairns
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0470-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0470-3
DOI :
10.1109/DEST.2007.371949
