LAP and Semantic Web: A Communication Perspective on Electronic Contracts

Publication Type

Contribution to conference

Authors

Mareike Schoop, Aida Jertila

Year of publication

2005

Published in

LAP 2005

Page (from - to)

157-171

Conference name

The Language Action Perspective on Communication Modelling

Conference location

Kiruna, Sweden

An electronic business transaction consists of three phases, namely search, negotiation, and fulfilment. The negotiation phase is the most communication-intensive of the three. In order to enable electronic negotiations, the complex communicative exchanges need to be supported by means of information technology. The Language-Action Perspective can provide a suitable theoretical and conceptual basis. In addition to the communicative exchanges, document management also plays a vital role for e-negotiations. Semantic web ideas can be most useful for this part of a negotiation. We will present an integrated approach implemented in the negotiation support system Negoisst that combines LAP and Semantic Web and enables the support of highly dynamic complex electronic negotiations in a business-to-business environment.