On Design and Implementation of a Contract Monitoring Facility

  • Authors:
  • Z. Milosevic;S. Gibson;P. F. Linington;J. Cole;S. Kulkarni.

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Queensland;University of Queensland;University of Kent;University of Queensland;University of Queensland

  • Venue:
  • WEC '04 Proceedings of the First IEEE International Workshop on Electronic Contracting
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

In this paper we present a solution to the problem of designing and implementing a contract monitoring facility as part of a larger cross-organisational contract management architecture. We first identify key technical requirements for such a facility and then present our contract language and architecture that address key aspects of the requirements. The language is based on a precise model for the expression of behaviour and policies in the extended enterprise and it can be used to build models for a particular enterprise contract environment. These models can be executed by a contract engine that supports the contract management life cycle at both the contract establishment and contract execution phases