Bob
I have similar questions for our Super EC project which involves long term
fund manager to fund manager contracts and employer to fund manager
electronic contracts.
Two organisations which I have made a mental note to look at which you have
not mentioned are UNCITRAL and the International Chamber of Commerce.
Regards
Andrew
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Andrew Macpherson
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Infews Pty Ltd
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LMG Solicitors & Attorneys
Sydney NSW 2000
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> From: Bob Haugen <[email protected]>
> To: '[email protected]'
> Subject: Request for info about contract implementations
> Date: Thursday, 27 April 2000 22:19
>
> The BP metamodel has the classes Contract Type
> and Contract, for defining contractual trading relationships.
> Also, the auto procurement example uses contracts.
> This message is a request for info about implementations
> of long-term contracts in ecommerce.
>
> The Contract class in the metamodel is abstract,
> and is meant to cover everything from yearly contracts
> to short-term commitments like purchase and delivery orders.
>
> Existing ecommerce frameworks have covered purchase
> orders many times. I'm interested in the implementations
> of longer-term contracts in ecommerce - where the
> contracts themselves are formed via electronic
> transactions, and then referenced in the events
> that execute the contracts.
>
> I am aware that RosettaNet has embodied legal
> requirements for contract formation in their
> BusinessTransaction class, which is included
> in the current metamodel. I understand that
> Edifecs has done further work on defining the
> contracts themselves.
>
> I am aware that tpaML has also worked on contracts
> and their relationships to long transactions.
>
> Other implementations-in-progress are CPFR and
> OAG's Forecast work group. Also, FreeMarkets
> auctions off contracts.
>
> Are there other implementations of contracts that
> would be useful to look at for working out the
> details? Especially, are there any companies
> (who are willing to talk) now using longer-term contracts
> formed via ecommerce?
>
> Thanks,
> Bob Haugen
