Trading Digital Information Goods Based on Semantic Technologies

Trading digital information goods based on semantic technologies

Digital information goods constitute a growing class of economic goods. During decision making for a purchase a buyer searches for information about digital information goods, such as information about the content, price and trading information, usage information, how it can be presented, and which legal restrictions apply. We present a logical container model for knowledge-intensive digital in...

Trading Digital Intangible Goods: The Rules of the Game

In this paper1 we first specify the terms and conditions for the commercialization of intangible goods, and namely digital documents, defining a mapping between the commercialization terms of the tangible good (printed information) to the commercialization terms of the intangible good (digital document). The meaning and limits of purchasing, accessing, redistributing, copying, preserving user a...

Trading of Intangible Goods

The evolution of different technologies, the high availability of robust networks and the ever increasing need for fast, reliable and low cost services and information have contributed in the wide acceptance and use of digital information and services, which are now days termed as Intangible Goods. Commercial companies and public administration are introducing every day new services and informa...

Pricing Digital Information Goods and Services on the Net

Many analysts argue that the Internet is producing a fundamental change in the way that business works. The network economy grows faster every day. Internet markets are developing rapidly with information being the single most traded commodity on the Internet. This paper looks at the extent to which conventional pricing theory applies to this type of good and whether it requires modifications i...

Bundling Effects on Variety Seeking for Digital Information Goods