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The problem of regulatory compliance for a software system consists of ensuring through a systematic, tool-supported process that the system complies with all elements of a relevant law. To deal with the problem, we build a model of the law and contrast it with a model of the requirements of the system. In earlier work, we proposed a modelling language for law (Nòmos 2) along with a reasoning mechanism that answers questions about compliance. In this paper we extend Nòmos 2 to include the concepts of role and requirement so that we can reason about compliance in specific domains. Also, Nòmos 3 represents the distribution of responsibilities to roles, distinguishing social from legal roles. Nòmos 3 models allow us to reason about compliance of requirements and roles with the norms that constitute a law. A small case study is used to illustrate the elements of Nòmos 3 and the kinds of reasoning it supports.
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Ingolfo, S., Jureta, I., Siena, A., Perini, A., Susi, A. (2014). Nòmos 3: Legal Compliance of Roles and Requirements. In: Yu, E., Dobbie, G., Jarke, M., Purao, S. (eds) Conceptual Modeling. ER 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8824. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12206-9_22
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