RE: [RIF][UCR] Action Follow up from last week's telecon --> + text rules

> The main "problem" with such rules in RIF is that their use 
> (formal textual descriptions of business rules) is still in 
> its infancy. The OMG SBVR standard covers this, which (AFAIK) 
> had input from techniques such as BR Solutions Rulespeak and ORM.   

I can see two issues here:

1) Will RIF include a Controlled English syntax compatible with
its abstract Horn-logic syntax? If yes, this will allow to
represent some SBVR vocabulary elements and rules.

2) Will RIF be concerned with non-formalized structured
textual representations of "human-oriented" rules, which
have the purpose to facilitate documentation and
communication of business rules and regulations?

-Gerd

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Gerd Wagner 
Brandenburg University of Technology 
at Cottbus, Germany