Framework for processing behavioral business rules written in a controlled natural language

Abstract

Business rules are the basis of the business logic of the most information systems. They are considered to be the first citizens of the requirements world and are the key element of business and technology models. It is highly recommended the rules to be written in a natural language, which is understandable for all interested parties. The paper presents the actual state of a framework for business rules processing. The framework is capable of serving business rules written in a controlled language (which syntax was inspired with SBVR SE) assuming that the source code is properly instrumented. Unfortunately, there exists a very limited number of solutions enabling processing business rules expressed that way. The proof-of-concept implementation proved the correctness and usefulness of the proposed approach.