Looking for standard metadata definitions for commercial contracts

July 13, 2012 4:11 PM

Looking for standard metadata definitions for commercial contracts

I'm working on a data interchange project that needs to store information about commercial contracts. We're looking for something like the Dublin Core but for contracts. Basically a set of standard terms / metadata like "expiration date" and "contract owner" that have already been hashed out by a committee.

posted by bottlebrushtree to Computers & Internet (2 answers total)

Have you looked at UBL? I suspect that'll be your best starting point, although you might also be able to find an XBRL taxonomy that does what you want.
posted by lex mercatoria at 4:44 PM on July 13, 2012 [1 favorite]

You might try contacting John Clippinger about this. His Evolvable Law project was based on the principle of translating legal contract language into computational terms that could be run through a simulator. His current work at ID Cubed is all about meta data. If he doesn't know, he'd know who would know.
posted by alms at 5:46 PM on July 15, 2012 [1 favorite]