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Industrial-strength Rule Interoperability using Model Driven Engineering

Marcos Didonet Del Fabro 1, Patrick Albert 1, Jean Bézivin () a2, Frédéric Jouault () b2

N° RR-6747 (2008)

Abstract: Model Driven Engineering (MDE) is rapidly maturing and is being deployed in several situations. We report here on an experiment conducted in the context of ILOG, a leader in the development of Business Rule Management Systems (BRMS). BRMSs aim at enabling business users automating their business policies. There is a growing number of BRMS supporting different languages, but also a lack of tools for bridging them. In this paper, we present an approach based on MDE techniques for bridging rule languages; the solution has been fully implemented and tested on different BRMS. The success of the experiment has led to the development of a significant number of model transformations. At the same time, this deployment has shown new problems arising from the management of a high number of artifacts. We discuss the positive assessment of MDE in this field, but also the need to address the complexity generated.

  • a –  Université de Nantes
  • b –  INRIA
  • 1:  ILOG SA (ILOG)
  • Ilog
  • 2:  ATLANMOD (INRIA - EMN)
  • INRIA – École Nationale Supérieure des Mines - Nantes
  • Domain : Computer Science/Software Engineering
  • Keywords : Model Driven Engineering – model transformations – business rules – BRMS – interoperability
  • Internal note : RR-6747
 
  • inria-00344013, version 1
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  • Submitted on: Wednesday, 3 December 2008 14:13:15
  • Updated on: Thursday, 4 December 2008 13:06:07