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abstract negotiation process
•admission to a negotiation requires acceptance of the negotiation rules and the agreement template
•negotiation
is the process that moves from an agreement template to an agreement
•parties
exchange negotiation
proposals that must be
–compatible
with the agreement
template
–compliant
to the negotiation rules
•agreement
is formed according to the agreement
rules
•termination may occur when agreement is
formed, or at a certain deadline, or when a party leaves the negotiation