Rule ML Where Web Rule Research Meets Industry

Rule. ML ― Where Web Rule Research Meets Industry Introduction Harold Boley and Adrian Paschke (Rule. ML Initiative) The Washington Semantic Web Meetup Oct. 21, 2010, Alexandria, VA Rule. ML 2010 Special Thanks for Hosting to: Marco Neumann

Rule. ML’s Bridging of Research & Industry … Research Industry … is not a child’s play 1

Rule. ML is … �Running Rule. ML annual symposia for research & industry �Learning requirements for practical specs from industry �Developing open source engines, translators, editors, … �Collecting test cases, use cases, and prototypes �Partnering with standards bodies �W 3 C: Rule Interchange Format (RIF) �OMG: Production Rule Representation (PRR) and Semantics of Business Vocabulary and Business Rules (SBVR) �OASIS: Legal XML and Policy Rule. ML �ISO: Common Logic (CL) �Vertical standards: XBRL, Fp. ML, ACORD, … �Creating interoperability pathways between these specs 2

Rule. ML Interoperation Rule. ML as clearing house for studying interoperation between RIF, CL, SBVR, PRR, N 3, Prolog, etc. 3

Rule. ML Roadmap �Further adapt Rule. ML specs & tools to existing RIF dialects and help to design new RIF dialects �Align with other Semantic Web work (OWL 2, RDF 2, …) �Focus on Reaction Rule. ML in collaboration with �RIF Production Rule Dialect (RIF-PRD) �Drools open source community, JBoss, and Red Hat �Event Processing Technical Society (EPTS) �Refine Rule Responder research and development platform for distributed use cases and applications �Research innovations for industrial-strength web rules 4

Bridges (I) 5

Bridges (II) 6

Bridges (III) 7

Bridges (IV) 8

Featured Keynotes �Paul Vincent TIBCO Software Exciting New Areas for Rules �Benjamin Grosof Vulcan, Inc. and Benjamin Grosof and Associates, LLC Semantic Web Rules for Financial Risk Management 9