Accountability in Enterprise Mashup Services

Box 2

Accountability for multiple parties.

Accountability in services refers to the obligation that several persons, groups, or

organizations assume for the execution and fulfillment of a service. This obligation includes:

 (i) Answering, providing an explanation or justification, for the execution of that

 authority and/or fulfilment of that responsibility;

 (ii) Full disclosure on the results of that execution and/or fulfillment;

 (iii) Undeniable liability for those result (non-repudiation); and

 (iv) Obtaining trusted agreement of accountability from all entities involved in the

 service, who in turn are bound to the obligations set out above.