[ebxml-bp] Use case: Revocation of offer (WI 67)

["Monica J. Martin" <Monica.Martin@Sun.COM>]

Discussion|oasis.ebBP;
Topic: Revocation of offer use case 2 February 2004;
Point: Legal considerations and possible extension of commercial 
transaction;
Anders@
Dear  BPSS team,
Please accept the the following legal use case for consideration during 
F2F meeting this week. In contract negotiation it is sometimes the case 
that some offers may be revocable. In current UMM and BPSS transactions 
its not possible to revoke a dispatched Request before 
AcceptanceAcknowledgement has been dispatched. In order to fully support 
international conventions it may be desirable to either extend current 
"commercial transaction" or create a new transaction type with extended 
offer acceptance semantics, code name "OfferAcceptanceTransaction".

The  UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON CONTRACTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SALE 
OF GOODS (1980) states in:
"Article 16
(1) Until a contract is concluded an offer may be revoked if the 
revocation reaches the offeree before he has dispatched an acceptance.
(2) However, an offer cannot be revoked: (a) if it indicates, whether by 
stating a fixed time for acceptance or otherwise, that it is 
irrevocable; or (b) if it was reasonable for the offeree to rely on the 
offer as being irrevocable and the offeree has acted in reliance on the 
offer."

mm1@ Anders, we can bring up in today's meeting if time under new 
business and will bring it up in the F2F per your request. Note, I am 
using a new simple discussion format that JJ Dubray will introduce to 
the group today. It will help us automate and manage our discussions a 
bit more effectively. Thanks.
@mm1
@Anders

Point|Assignment of Work Item and Use Case;
mm1@ This use case has been added as Work Item 67. Anders, can you 
provide a bit more detail in the form of a use case format for the team, 
such as:

    * Actors
    * Detailed Description including short summary of flow of events
          o If applicable:
                + Triggers: Appears that time, offers and timely
                  purchases may apply here.
                + Pre conditions
                + Post conditions
                + Other dependencies
    * Identified issues that are or may be related to BPSS
    * Items outside of the scope of BPSS but may create other
      dependencies or integration points / interfaces

@mm1