Norm Contextualization 1

This paper proposes a normative structure to represent and analyze sets of norms that takes into consideration both the interrelationships between different norms and the context of their applications. This extends current approaches where relations between norms are not explicitly considered. More importantly, the explicit representation of institutional contexts on norms facilitates a contextual refinement normative structure, i.e., a modular way of modeling norms through norm contextualization. Based on the mapping to Colored Petri Nets (CPNs), our normative structure will enable, given a set of norms in a specific context represented as a colored petri net, to check whether there is a possible way to comply with those norms, i.e., a path through the net which indicates norm compliant at all steps.