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Links - Business Rule Languages

billb — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:45:54 -0600

Oct 14 2008:: A new subject ... maybe a new category.

In some ways, business rule languages represent the "soft underbelly" of the business rules approach. They can be arcane pseudo-languages reserved for highly trained specialists, which tends to defeat the original purpose of business rules and limit their value to business people.

Links - Business Rule Patterns

billb — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:44:04 -0600

Best practices for business rules.

What is a Business Rule Methdology ?

billb — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:07:33 -0600

Updated Sept 7 2008: created

In Search of a Definition

First note that there really are no good definitions of business rule methodology available - the main link is to Wikipedia's definition of business rules, where they state simply "Business Rules Methodology is the process of capturing business rules in English, in real-time while empowering users to manage rules with a few simple steps". What are the simple steps that empowering users to manage rules ? And do they really have to be in English ?

Links - Business Rule Methodolgies

billb — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:00:22 -0600

Updated Sept 27 2008: more links

Most of the methodologies described in these business rule sites are waaay more than is needed for a simple 'semantic web rule' methodology. They are shooting for 99.99% completeness and accuracy in transaction process systems that may be driving multi-billion dollar business units. The goals of this enterprise are far more modest.