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An Ontology For Autonomic License Management, Qian Zhao, Mark Perry
An Ontology For Autonomic License Management, Qian Zhao, Mark Perry
Computer Science Publications
The license agreement can be seen as the knowledge source for a license management system. As such, it may be referenced by the system each time a new process is initiated. To facilitate access, a machine readable representation of the license agreement is highly desirable, but at the same time we do not want to sacrifice too much readability of such agreements by human beings. Creating an ontology as a formal knowledge representation of licensing not only meets the representation requirements, but also offers improvements to knowledge reusability owing to the inherent sharing nature of such representations. Furthermore, the XML-based …
A Framework For Automatic Sla Creation, Halina Kaminski, Mark Perry
A Framework For Automatic Sla Creation, Halina Kaminski, Mark Perry
Computer Science Publications
Negotiation is fundamental to business. Increased automation of business to business or business to customer interaction is demanding efficient but flexible systems that can manage the negotiation process with minimal direct human intervention. Industries that provide online services rely on Service Level Agreements as the basis for their contractual relationship. Here we look at a means for generating these with a negotiating tool (SLA Negotiation Manager) that complies with e-negotiation rules and creates the agreements from existing business objectives.