On the Design and Implementation of a Web-based Negotiation System
Fillia S. Makedon, Song Ye, Yan Zhao · 2003
System, which we are building to enable the exchange or sharing of private (sensitive) multimodal digital data that reside in distributed digital repositories. These data may include raw data, derived data, tools, methods or services. SCENS contains three interconnected layers, each layer implementing distinct functions. The paper focuses on the upper two layers, Layer one and Layer two. Layer one is a traditional web-based negotiation interface for human beings to interact with the system in order to register their data and their conditions. Conditions of negotiation can vary widely and Layer one enables the user to state these conditions. Layer two is an interface for the interaction between or among negotiation agents through web services. We show how these agents cooperate with each other to provide the service for different types of negotiating parties. 1