RE: [ebxml-bp] Definitions found in "UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce" 1996

[<martin.me.roberts@bt.com>]

Anders,
  Is there any term for a business signal that is not a data message?
 
Martin

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	From: Anders W. Tell [mailto:anderst@toolsmiths.se] 
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	Subject: [ebxml-bp] Definitions found in "UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce" 1996
	
	

	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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