Ernest- I am with Sun Microsystems, Inc. and I will be putting out a JSR (Java Specification Request) for a Rule Engine Integration Abstraction Layer called the Java Rule Connectivity (JRC) API very shortly. I do have a very rigid prototype working of this abstraction layer which uses something that I call RBML (Rule Base Markup Language). Again, both the RBML and Abstraction Layer is in its infancy. But to give you a brief overview, my first implementation of the Java Rule Connectivity (JRC) API addresses the deployment and runtime aspects of plugging in any rule engine that prescribes to the JRC interfaces. The implementation does not address the design aspects of JRC, but does belabor the point by using RBML (an initial XML DTD). My implementation demonstrates the use of the JRC abstraction by plugging JESS. JESS is used as the target of deployment given a repository of rules described in RBML. RBML is NOT the mark up language of choice but only represents a placeholder for a matured rule markup language. I am happy to see movement in this area! My collegue (Will Schenk) and I have written a paper and published it in the JavaReport, July 2000 call, "A Rule Engine Integration Architecture for the Enterprise" and in that same month, A vendor from ILOG and I published one in the Java Developer Journal about Business Rules. I would very much like to be invovled in any discussions of the markup language, and, assuming you have the time, would like to talk to you by phone: 516.810.3810. Thanks and I look forward to taking the next steps in standardizing rule engines in the industry. -Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I have an email here from a Said Tabet regarding an international > panel being formed to develop a standard Rule Markup Language > (RuleML.) I know many of you have expressed an interest in such a > thing so I am passing along their web site information: > > http://www.dfki.de/ruleml > > I encourage anyone with a sincere interest to get involved. I am > interested in having Jess interoperate with any such standard that is > developed. > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Ernest Friedman-Hill > Distributed Systems Research Phone: (925) 294-2154 > Sandia National Labs FAX: (925) 294-2234 > Org. 8920, MS 9012 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > PO Box 969 http://herzberg.ca.sandia.gov > Livermore, CA 94550 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' > in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the > list (use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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