Trading Partner Agreement definitions

["A.J. (Tony) Blazej" <ablazej@openapplications.org>]

This is helpful - once you all [the experts] agree, this should be made part
of glossary!
Tony Blazej
Open Applications Group
At 03:40 PM 9/8/00 -0700, Burdett, David wrote:

>This might be a nit pick, but I do think that calling everything a "Trading
>Party Agreement" is confusing since:
>a) you might want to use the information for non-trade purposes
>b) there isn't always a prior agreement.
>
>I propose therefore the following draft definitions to facilitate a common,
>and clearer understanding:
>1. Document. A Document is any data that can be represented in a digital
>form.
>2. Party. A Party is a company, organization or individual or other entity
>that can generate, receive or relay Documents.
>3. Party Profile. A Party Profile is information about a Party that can be
>used to determine the alternative ways to send documents to that Party. A
>Party Profile may be represented as a Document.
>4. Party Agreement. A Party Agreement is information agreed between two (or
>more) parties that defines how they will exchange Documents. A Party
>Agreement may be represented as a Document.
>5. Trading Party Agreement. A Trading Partner Agreement is a Party Agreement
>that is designed to be used for Commerce. A Trading Party Agreement may be
>represented as a Document.
>
>Thoughts?
>David