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Project manager Eetu Luoma 
 
University of Jyv盲skyl盲 
Dept. of Computer Science and Information Systems 
 
 
 

Case: Implementation for creating

digital contracts through templates

 
 

Background - Dr.Elma00 research 

Current research and technology development activities on the DRM domain are characterized by their focus on controlling and tracking access to content 00/font> Scope of interests neglects the issues of individuals and organizations operating on the upstream of value chain or on the creator side of value network.  
In digital environment, rights and obligations related to the content usage can be negotiated and agreed in comparatively straightforward manner, even with an individual consumer. In addition, recognition of conditions and obligations described in copyright agreements may be monitored and enforced more effectively 00nbsp;Volume of contracts  will increase and we need solutions for  efficient information management.  
 

Background to the case 

There are systems to control the use of digital assets delivered to individual customers. They receive a parameter file (e.g. including DREL expressions) associated with each asset declaring the rights of the individual user or organization on the asset. Issues for such technology:

    - creating descriptions manually requires special technical skills

    - it is advantageous to capture contract terms into digital expressions once these are assigned to corporate parties, i.e. on the upstream of a value chain

    - current approaches/products rather reflect the way those formal languages express rights than actual contract templates and contracts written in natural language  

 
 

Needs 

A system that allows a straightforward creation of contracts in digital environment that conform to the requirements set by legal and business matters of contract making  
A system that allows creation of digital contract templates that include possible contract elements and parts, and from which the contracts may straightforwardly be created through simple selections and minor modifications A system that produces a contract written in a natural language and the corresponding contract in a formal language (XML format).  
 

Needs 

Contract written in formal language

 
 
 
 

Contract written in natural language 

given modifications and selections in the template

 
 

Workflow steps 

Define a contract template that reflects the way organization operates or several templates for different situations and contents: define the contract text in natural language and specify the applicable

    options and spots for including context bounded information

2. define applicable UI elements to make the selections and inclusions

3. define relation between contract text and UI elements, and between UI

    elements and DREL expressions 

Create contract from the applicable template:

    a. define context bounded information (e.g. asset and parties), and read

          through the contract text and terms

    b. modify contract terms by using modification and selection (UI) elements

    c. accept the terms to create contract in natural and formal language 
 

 
 

Workflow steps (1) 

define contract terms and text  

define applicable options (blocks) with tags

 
 

define applicable UI elements to enable modifications and selections 

UI elements are grouped into logical groups 

preview to the UI elements 

Workflow steps (2)

 
 

Define the options to the person creating contract 

Define how selection of an option effects the contract in formal language, i.e. which DREL elements are included to the contract once a selection is made 

..and define the connection between selection and natural language block 

Workflow steps (3)

 
 
 

The contents of contract are presented to the user with context bounded information  

Workflow steps (a)

 
 

Contract terms may be modified using UI elements 

Workflow steps (b)

 
 

Selections are updated to the contract text (and to contract in formal language) 

User accepts the contract and receives the contract written in natural language.. 

..and simultaneously, a DREL file is created and stored 

Workflow steps (c)

 
 
 

Data model 00additional elements to DREL file  

Element can be replaced with context bounded data 

Element is used to indicate a block of ODRL that can be included/excluded to/from a formal language contract  

Attribute is used to indicate the depth of tree

 
 
 

Data model 00natural language contract  

Element can be replaced with context bounded data 

Element is used to indicate a block of contract text that can be included/excluded to/from a natural language contract

 
 

Data model 00UI and state of natural and formal language contracts  

State of UI element has an effect on the formal and natural and formal language contracts 

options shown to user in UI 

reference to external source of (context) data 

type of UI element displayed to user

 
 

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Project manager Eetu Luoma

luomae@cc.jyu.fi 

[Dr.Elma] 00roject website

www.it.jyu.fi/elma/

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