Authors:
José L. Martínez-Fernández
;
José C. González
and
Pablo Suárez
Affiliation:
DAEDALUS – Data, Decisions and Language, S.A., Spain
Keyword(s):
Business rules, rule engine, rule language, software development lifecycle models.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Applications of Expert Systems
;
Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems
;
Biomedical Engineering
;
Data Engineering
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Health Information Systems
;
Industrial Applications of Artificial Intelligence
;
Information Systems Analysis and Specification
;
Knowledge Management
;
Natural Language Interfaces to Intelligent Systems
;
Ontologies and the Semantic Web
;
Society, e-Business and e-Government
;
Strategic Decision Support Systems
;
Verification and Validation of Knowledge-Based Systems
;
Web Information Systems and Technologies
Abstract:
The technology for business rule based systems faces two important challenges: standardization and integration within conventional software development lifecycle models and tools. Despite the standardization effort carried out by international organizations, commercial tools incorporate their own flavours in rule languages, making difficult the migration among tools. On the other hand, although some business rules systems vendors incorporate interfaces to encapsulate decision models as web services, it is still difficult integrating business rules in traditional object-oriented analysis and design methodologies. This is the rationale behind the development of K-Site Rules, a tool that facilitates the cooperation of business people and software designers in business applications.