@conference {IIIA-2007-1307, title = {Norm-oriented programming of electronic institutions: A rule-based approach}, booktitle = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science}, volume = {4386}, year = {2007}, pages = {177-193}, publisher = {Springer-Verlag}, organization = {Springer-Verlag}, abstract = {Norms constitute a powerful coordination mechanism among heterogeneous agents. We propose means to specify and explicitly man- age the normative positions of agents (permissions, prohibitions and obli- gations), with which distinct deontic notions and their relationships can be captured. Our rule-based formalism includes constraints for more ex- pressiveness and precision and allows the norm-oriented programming of electronic institutions: normative aspects are given a precise computational interpretation. Our formalism has been conceived as a machine lan- guage to which other higher-level normative languages can be mapped, allowing their execution.}, author = {Andr{\'e}s Garc{\'\i}a-Camino and Juan A. Rodr{\'\i}guez-Aguilar and Carles Sierra and Wamberto W. Vasconcelos} }