Definitions found in "UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce"1996

["Anders W. Tell" <anderst@toolsmiths.se>]

Dear ebBP team,

For the discussion of definitions of messages etc. I offer these from 
"UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce", as 85th plenary meeting 16 
December 1996. for consideration.

"Article 2.  Definitions
For the purposes of this Law:

    (a) "Data message" means information generated, sent, received or
    stored by electronic, optical or similar means including, but not
    limited to, electronic data interchange (EDI), electronic mail,
    telegram, telex or telecopy; 

    (b) "Electronic data interchange (EDI)" means the electronic
    transfer from computer to computer of information using an agreed
    standard to structure the information; 

    (c) "Originator" of a data message means a person by whom, or on
    whose behalf, the data message purports to have been sent or
    generated prior to storage, if any, but it does not include a person
    acting as an intermediary with respect to that data message; 

    (d) "Addressee" of a data message means a person who is intended by
    the originator to receive the data message, but does not include a
    person acting as an intermediary with respect to that data message; 

    (e) "Intermediary", with respect to a particular data message, means
    a person who, on behalf of another person, sends, receives or stores
    that data message or provides other services with respect to that
    data message; 

    (f) "Information system" means a system for generating, sending,
    receiving, storing or otherwise processing data messages.
    "

/anders w. tell
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