Exchanging Data Agreements in the DaaS Model

Rich types of data offered by data as a service(DaaS) in the cloud are typically associated with different and complex data concerns that DaaS service providers, data providers and data consumers must carefully examine and agree with before passing and utilizing data. Unlike service agreements, data agreements, reflecting conditions established on the basis of data concerns, between relevant stakeholders have got little attention. However, as data concerns are complex and contextual, given the trend of mixing data sources by automated techniques, such as data mash up, data agreements must be associated with data discovery, retrieval and utilization. Unfortunately, exchanging data agreements so far has not been automated and incorporated into service and data discovery and composition. In this paper, we analyze possible steps and propose interactions among data consumers, DaaS service providers and data providers in exchanging data agreements. Based on that, we present a novel service for composing, managing, analyzing data agreements for DaaS in cloud environments and data marketplaces.