Rule extraction methodology by using XML for business rules documentation

Documenting business rules is a complex task in terms of rule extraction, reuse and integration into current business documentation, where most of business rules (and laws) are buried in data warehouses as raw data. In this paper, we propose a method to simplify the business rules documentation processes using XML technologies. These generated documents can be used as a specification requirement for business development. Our proposed method would enable and help businesses to extract, document and reuse business rules from any data warehouses or rules repositories to generate the business rules documents. We also incorporate filtration and validation methods into the rules formation process to generate business rules documents.