- From: Bob Haugen <rhaugen@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 16:34:50 -0500
- To: <public-ws-chor@w3.org>
Graduated degrees of "contract-ness": * A choreography as a technical contract, as in Design By Contract. * A choreography as an agreement between business partners as to how they will conduct electronic commerce. * A choreography for how business partners will form legally binding contracts. * A choreography referenced in an economic contract, for example a yearly supply chain replenishment contract, governing electronic transactions under the contract. * A choreography referenced in an economic contract applying financial penalties for failure to fulfill commitments. Each graduation increases the legal implications of the choreography. And probably the number of lawyers involved. E.g. see UNECE Recommended Electronic Commerce Agreement: http://www.unece.org/cefact/rec/rec31/rec31_2000_00tr257.pdf It specifies lots of rules for how to conduct a legally binding offer-acceptance transaction.
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