% notes from W3C Rules Workshop sessions Apr. 27-28, 2005
% by Benjamin Grosof <bgrosof@mit.edu>, volunteer additional scribe

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PUBLIC notes

Terry Moriarty:

(ff. are some key points in her presentation:)   

involved in Business Rules Forum, with Ron Ross
consulting to large government org. that wants to use a rule-based approach

"biz rules":  concerned with controlling behavior, achieving consistency in it,
very impt to ensure validity

in design, start with the process, then drive to the rules

where to get those rules:  look in places like policies & procedures manuals

the rules need to be shared across the org. and with its partners, 
customers, and regulating authorities

technical rules support business rules

use BPMI

OWL is adequate - covers terms and (some) facts

looking for rules piece

have a rule classification scheme, including: policies, eligibility, 
integrity constraint for validation, action behavior, calculation

(there was no discussion time immediately afterwards) 

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Eric Miller

(ff. are a few points from his presentation)


like Courteous-like rules for policies 

vision:  editors

ex. of value from webizing rules:  
what rules are available for my data, and which endorsed by my org.? 

enable recombinant rlues, avoid collisions

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discussion

relnsh between business rules in broader sense and KR rules
- Benjamin Grosof: seek overlap, e.g., in policies tasks for 
contracting, authorization, mediation, e.g., with life cycle management
advantages, compliance management advantages

concern with business value, business users

Martin Nally of IBM (got name right?)

process not just data is key