Department of Information Systems Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration Towards a Conceptual Framework for Digital Contract Composition and Fulfillment Susanne Guth, Gustaf Neumann, Mark Strembeck {susanne.guth,gustaf.neumann, New Media Lab

Susanne Guth, Gustaf Neumann, Mark Strembeck - Virtual Goods, Ilmenau/Germany, 2003 Toward a Conceptual Framework for Digital Contract Composition and Fulfillment Agenda Motivate the need of a conceptual framework for the composition and fulfillment of digital contracts The contract life cycle: An overview 1.offer creation 2.offer confirmation/conclusion of contract 3.fulfillment of duties/execution of rights 4.archiving Contract content and usage Phase 1 & 2: Scenario specific contract composition Phase 3: Execution of rights via electronic tickets Conclusion and future work

Susanne Guth, Gustaf Neumann, Mark Strembeck - Virtual Goods, Ilmenau/Germany, 2003 Toward a Conceptual Framework for Digital Contract Composition and Fulfillment Motivation Information model for electronic contracts Usage scenarios for electronic contracts Tailored composition of electronic contracts Definition of specific contract terms

Susanne Guth, Gustaf Neumann, Mark Strembeck - Virtual Goods, Ilmenau/Germany, 2003 Toward a Conceptual Framework for Digital Contract Composition and Fulfillment Basic Contract States and State Transitions

Susanne Guth, Gustaf Neumann, Mark Strembeck - Virtual Goods, Ilmenau/Germany, 2003 Toward a Conceptual Framework for Digital Contract Composition and Fulfillment Contract Life Cycle 1.Specification of terms and conditions and signature of rights holder. 2.Accepting terms and conditions by signature of consumer. 3.By the execution of rights the contract is completed. 4.Archiving of contract

Susanne Guth, Gustaf Neumann, Mark Strembeck - Virtual Goods, Ilmenau/Germany, 2003 Toward a Conceptual Framework for Digital Contract Composition and Fulfillment Core Objects of Digital Contracts Constraint Role

Susanne Guth, Gustaf Neumann, Mark Strembeck - Virtual Goods, Ilmenau/Germany, 2003 Toward a Conceptual Framework for Digital Contract Composition and Fulfillment Mapping Usage Scenarios to Contract Objects

Susanne Guth, Gustaf Neumann, Mark Strembeck - Virtual Goods, Ilmenau/Germany, 2003 Toward a Conceptual Framework for Digital Contract Composition and Fulfillment Scenario-specific Contract Composition

Susanne Guth, Gustaf Neumann, Mark Strembeck - Virtual Goods, Ilmenau/Germany, 2003 Toward a Conceptual Framework for Digital Contract Composition and Fulfillment Different Software Services access Digital Contracts

Susanne Guth, Gustaf Neumann, Mark Strembeck - Virtual Goods, Ilmenau/Germany, 2003 Toward a Conceptual Framework for Digital Contract Composition and Fulfillment Derivation of Digital Tickets from Contracts

Susanne Guth, Gustaf Neumann, Mark Strembeck - Virtual Goods, Ilmenau/Germany, 2003 Toward a Conceptual Framework for Digital Contract Composition and Fulfillment Conclusion and Future Work 1.Implementation of contract composition tool (extension of existing contract phrasing tool) 2.Continue definition of contract objects and their mapping to usage scenarios 3.(Semi-automated) derivation of digital tickets from digital contracts