Rapid Prototyping of Business Rule-Based Systems with Controlled Natural Language and Semantic Web Software

L.W. Rutledge; Jouke Corbijn; Boris Cuijpers; Lieuwe Wondal

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-11510-3_1

Rapid Prototyping of Business Rule-Based Systems with Controlled Natural Language and Semantic Web Software

L.W. Rutledge^*
, Jouke Corbijn
, Boris Cuijpers
, Lieuwe Wondal

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We present methods for applying controlled natural language (CNL) and Semantic Web user interfaces to make rapid prototypes of business rule-based systems. This helps system developers quickly demonstrate design choices to stakeholders. CNLs provide a balance between understandability for laypersons and unambiguous specificity for programmers. Executable CNLs generate rudimentary systems automatically and thus quickly, which suits rapid prototyping. The Semantic Web provides a wide range of free and open tools for standardized forms of data representation and logic, whose potential application includes business rules.

We identify several general categories of business rules that each map to a core form of Semantic Web logic that can implement it. This work then presents prototyping methods that apply these mappings. Different Semantic Web software interface components demonstrate different aspects of each form of logic. The Semantic Web ontology editor Protégé illustrates our methods, but any equivalent Semantic Web software can apply. Example rapid prototypes in Protégé from the frequently used fictional business rules case EU-Rent serve here as illustrative scenarios that evaluate our methods.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Business Modeling and Software Design
Subtitle of host publication	12th International Symposium, BMSD 2022, Fribourg Switzerland, June 27-29, 2022, Proceedings
Editors	Boris Shishkov
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer International Publishing AG
Pages	3-20
Number of pages	18
Volume	453
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-11510-3
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-11509-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11510-3_1
Publication status	Published - 31 Jul 2022
Event	12th International Symposium on Business Modeling and Software Design - Fribourg, Switzerland Duration: 27 Jun 2022 → 29 Jun 2022 Conference number: 12 https://www.is-bmsd.org

Publication series

Series	Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume	453
ISSN	1865-1348

Conference

Conference	12th International Symposium on Business Modeling and Software Design
Abbreviated title	BMSD 2022
Country/Territory	Switzerland
City	Fribourg
Period	27/06/22 → 29/06/22
Internet address	https://www.is-bmsd.org

Keywords

Business rules
Rapid prototyping
Semantic Web
Throwaway prototypes

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Rutledge, L. W., Corbijn, J., Cuijpers, B., & Wondal, L. (2022). Rapid Prototyping of Business Rule-Based Systems with Controlled Natural Language and Semantic Web Software. In B. Shishkov (Ed.), Business Modeling and Software Design: 12th International Symposium, BMSD 2022, Fribourg Switzerland, June 27-29, 2022, Proceedings (1 ed., Vol. 453, pp. 3-20). Article 1 Springer International Publishing AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11510-3_1

Rutledge, L.W. ; Corbijn, Jouke ; Cuijpers, Boris et al. / Rapid Prototyping of Business Rule-Based Systems with Controlled Natural Language and Semantic Web Software. Business Modeling and Software Design: 12th International Symposium, BMSD 2022, Fribourg Switzerland, June 27-29, 2022, Proceedings. editor / Boris Shishkov. Vol. 453 1. ed. Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2022. pp. 3-20 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, Vol. 453).

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Rutledge, LW, Corbijn, J, Cuijpers, B & Wondal, L 2022, Rapid Prototyping of Business Rule-Based Systems with Controlled Natural Language and Semantic Web Software. in B Shishkov (ed.), Business Modeling and Software Design: 12th International Symposium, BMSD 2022, Fribourg Switzerland, June 27-29, 2022, Proceedings. 1 edn, vol. 453, 1, Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 453, pp. 3-20, 12th International Symposium on Business Modeling and Software Design, Fribourg, Switzerland, 27/06/22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11510-3_1

Rapid Prototyping of Business Rule-Based Systems with Controlled Natural Language and Semantic Web Software. / Rutledge, L.W.; Corbijn, Jouke; Cuijpers, Boris et al.
Business Modeling and Software Design: 12th International Symposium, BMSD 2022, Fribourg Switzerland, June 27-29, 2022, Proceedings. ed. / Boris Shishkov. Vol. 453 1. ed. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG, 2022. p. 3-20 1 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, Vol. 453).

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Rutledge LW, Corbijn J, Cuijpers B, Wondal L. Rapid Prototyping of Business Rule-Based Systems with Controlled Natural Language and Semantic Web Software. In Shishkov B, editor, Business Modeling and Software Design: 12th International Symposium, BMSD 2022, Fribourg Switzerland, June 27-29, 2022, Proceedings. 1 ed. Vol. 453. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG. 2022. p. 3-20. 1. (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, Vol. 453). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-11510-3_1

Rapid Prototyping of Business Rule-Based Systems with Controlled Natural Language and Semantic Web Software

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