<s>
The	O
Semantics	B-Application
of	I-Application
Business	I-Application
Vocabulary	I-Application
and	I-Application
Business	I-Application
Rules	I-Application
(	O
SBVR	B-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
adopted	O
standard	O
of	O
the	O
Object	B-Architecture
Management	I-Architecture
Group	I-Architecture
(	O
OMG	O
)	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
formal	O
and	O
detailed	O
natural	O
language	O
declarative	O
description	O
of	O
a	O
complex	O
entity	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
business	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SBVR	B-Application
is	O
intended	O
to	O
formalize	O
complex	O
compliance	O
rules	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
operational	O
rules	O
for	O
an	O
enterprise	O
,	O
security	O
policy	O
,	O
standard	O
compliance	O
,	O
or	O
regulatory	O
compliance	O
rules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SBVR	B-Application
is	O
an	O
integral	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
OMG	O
's	O
model-driven	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
(	O
MDA	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SBVR	B-Application
standard	O
defines	O
the	O
vocabulary	O
and	O
rules	O
for	O
documenting	O
the	O
semantics	O
of	O
business	O
vocabularies	O
,	O
business	O
facts	O
,	O
and	O
business	O
rules	O
;	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
an	O
XMI	B-Language
schema	O
for	O
the	O
interchange	O
of	O
business	O
vocabularies	O
and	O
business	O
rules	O
among	O
organizations	O
and	O
between	O
software	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SBVR	B-Application
allows	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
business	O
vocabularies	O
and	O
rules	O
;	O
vocabulary	O
plus	O
rules	O
constitute	O
a	O
shared	O
domain	O
model	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
expressive	O
power	O
of	O
standard	O
ontological	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SBVR	B-Application
enables	O
making	O
business	O
rules	O
accessible	O
to	O
software	O
tools	O
,	O
including	O
tools	O
that	O
support	O
the	O
business	O
experts	O
in	O
creating	O
,	O
finding	O
,	O
validating	O
,	O
and	O
managing	O
business	O
rules	O
,	O
and	O
tools	O
that	O
support	O
the	O
information	O
technology	O
experts	O
in	O
converting	O
business	O
rules	O
into	O
implementation	O
rules	O
for	O
automated	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SBVR	B-Application
proposes	O
Structured	O
English	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
possibly	O
many	O
notations	O
that	O
can	O
map	O
to	O
the	O
SBVR	B-Application
Metamodel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SBVR	B-Application
and	O
Knowledge	B-Language
Discovery	I-Language
Metamodel	I-Language
(	O
KDM	O
)	O
are	O
designed	O
as	O
two	O
parts	O
of	O
a	O
unique	O
OMG	O
Technology	O
Stack	O
for	O
software	O
analytics	O
related	O
to	O
existing	O
software	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SBVR	B-Application
can	O
be	O
further	O
used	O
to	O
formalize	O
complex	O
compliance	O
rules	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Semantics	B-Application
of	I-Application
Business	I-Application
Vocabulary	I-Application
and	I-Application
Business	I-Application
Rules	I-Application
(	O
SBVR	B-Application
)	O
is	O
the	O
OMG	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
business	B-Application
rules	I-Application
approach	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SBVR	B-Application
proposal	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Business	O
Rules	O
Team	O
,	O
a	O
consortium	O
organized	O
in	O
August	O
2003	O
to	O
respond	O
to	O
the	O
BSBR	O
RFP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2005	O
,	O
The	O
Business	O
Modeling	O
and	O
Integration	O
Task	O
Force	O
and	O
the	O
Architecture	O
Board	O
of	O
the	O
Object	B-Architecture
Management	I-Architecture
Group	I-Architecture
approved	O
the	O
proposal	O
Semantics	B-Application
of	I-Application
Business	I-Application
Vocabulary	I-Application
and	I-Application
Business	I-Application
Rules	I-Application
(	O
SBVR	B-Application
)	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
final	O
adopted	O
specification	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
RFP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
SBVR	B-Application
proposal	O
was	O
ratified	O
by	O
the	O
Domain	O
Technical	O
Committee	O
(	O
DTC	O
)	O
,	O
approved	O
of	O
the	O
OMG	O
Board	O
of	O
Directors	O
,	O
and	O
SBVR	B-Application
finalization	O
task	O
force	O
was	O
launched	O
to	O
convert	O
the	O
proposal	O
into	O
ISO/OMG	O
standard	O
format	O
and	O
perform	O
final	O
editing	O
prior	O
to	O
release	O
as	O
an	O
OMG	O
formal	O
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
finalization	O
phase	O
was	O
completed	O
and	O
the	O
Semantics	B-Application
of	I-Application
Business	I-Application
Vocabulary	I-Application
and	I-Application
Business	I-Application
Rules	I-Application
(	O
SBVR	B-Application
)	O
,	O
Version	O
1.0	O
formal	O
specification	O
was	O
released	O
and	O
is	O
publicly	O
available	O
at	O
the	O
web	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SBVR	B-Application
is	O
a	O
landmark	O
for	O
the	O
OMG	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
OMG	O
specification	O
to	O
incorporate	O
the	O
formal	O
use	O
of	O
natural	O
language	O
in	O
modeling	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
provide	O
explicitly	O
a	O
model	O
of	O
formal	O
logic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
a	O
fusion	O
of	O
linguistics	O
,	O
logic	O
,	O
and	O
computer	O
science	O
,	O
and	O
two	O
years	O
in	O
preparation	O
,	O
SBVR	B-Application
provides	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
capture	O
specifications	O
in	O
natural	O
language	O
and	O
represent	O
them	O
in	O
formal	O
logic	O
so	O
they	O
can	O
be	O
machine-processed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SBVR	B-Application
contains	O
a	O
vocabulary	O
for	O
conceptual	O
modeling	O
and	O
captures	O
expressions	O
based	O
on	O
this	O
vocabulary	O
as	O
formal	O
logic	O
structures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SBVR	B-Application
vocabulary	O
allows	O
one	O
to	O
formally	O
specify	O
representations	O
of	O
concepts	O
,	O
definitions	O
,	O
instances	O
,	O
and	O
rules	O
of	O
any	O
knowledge	O
domain	O
in	O
natural	O
language	O
,	O
including	O
tabular	O
forms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
features	O
make	O
SBVR	B-Application
well	O
suited	O
for	O
describing	O
business	O
domains	O
and	O
requirements	O
for	O
business	O
processes	O
and	O
information	O
systems	O
to	O
implement	O
business	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
business	O
domain	O
(	O
universe	B-Algorithm
of	I-Algorithm
discourse	I-Algorithm
)	O
comprises	O
those	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
business	O
that	O
are	O
of	O
interest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
mantra	O
is	O
memorable	O
,	O
but	O
a	O
simplification	O
since	O
in	O
SBVR	B-Application
:	O
Meaning	O
is	O
separate	O
from	O
expression	O
;	O
Fact	O
Types	O
(	O
Verb	O
Concepts	O
)	O
are	O
built	O
on	O
Noun	O
Concepts	O
;	O
Noun	O
Concepts	O
are	O
represented	O
by	O
Terms	O
;	O
and	O
Fact	O
Types	O
are	O
represented	O
by	O
Fact	O
Symbols	O
(	O
verb	O
phrases	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SBVR	B-Application
Structural	O
Business	O
Rules	O
use	O
two	O
alethic	O
modal	O
operators	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
SBVR	B-Application
Operative	O
Business	O
Rules	O
use	O
two	O
deontic	O
modal	O
operators	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
compliance	O
with	O
Common	B-Language
Logic	I-Language
,	O
such	O
formulae	O
can	O
be	O
treated	O
as	O
irregular	O
expressions	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
necessity	O
modal	O
operator	O
treated	O
as	O
an	O
uninterpreted	O
symbol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
SBVR	B-Application
,	O
this	O
tag	O
is	O
assigned	O
the	O
informal	O
semantics	O
:	O
it	O
ought	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
case	O
that	O
p	O
(	O
for	O
all	O
future	O
states	O
of	O
the	O
fact	O
model	O
,	O
until	O
the	O
constraint	O
is	O
revoked	O
or	O
changed	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SBVR	B-Application
is	O
for	O
modeling	O
in	O
natural	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
linguistics	O
and	O
formal	O
logic	O
,	O
SBVR	B-Application
provides	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
represent	O
statements	O
in	O
controlled	B-General_Concept
natural	I-General_Concept
languages	I-General_Concept
as	O
logic	O
structures	O
called	O
semantic	O
formulations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SBVR	B-Application
is	O
intended	O
for	O
expressing	O
business	O
vocabulary	O
and	O
business	O
rules	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
specifying	O
business	O
requirements	O
for	O
information	O
systems	O
in	O
natural	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SBVR	B-Application
has	O
the	O
greatest	O
expressivity	O
of	O
any	O
OMG	O
modeling	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
logics	O
supported	O
by	O
SBVR	B-Application
are	O
typed	O
first	O
order	O
predicate	O
logic	O
with	O
equality	O
,	O
restricted	O
higher	O
order	O
logic	O
(	O
Henkin	O
semantics	O
)	O
,	O
restricted	O
deontic	O
and	O
alethic	O
modal	O
logic	O
,	O
set	O
theory	O
with	O
bag	O
comprehension	O
,	O
and	O
mathematics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SBVR	B-Application
also	O
includes	O
projections	O
,	O
to	O
support	O
definitions	O
and	O
answers	O
to	O
queries	O
,	O
and	O
questions	O
,	O
for	O
formulating	O
queries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interpretation	O
of	O
SBVR	B-Application
semantic	O
formulations	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
model	O
theory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SBVR	B-Application
has	O
a	O
MOF	O
model	O
,	O
so	O
models	O
can	O
be	O
structurally	O
linked	O
at	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
individual	O
facts	O
with	O
other	O
MDA	O
models	O
based	O
on	O
MOF	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SBVR	B-Application
is	O
aligned	O
with	O
Common	B-Language
Logic	I-Language
–	O
published	O
by	O
ISO	O
as	O
ISO/IEC	O
24707:2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SBVR	B-Application
captures	O
business	O
facts	O
and	O
business	O
rules	O
that	O
may	O
be	O
expressed	O
either	O
informally	O
or	O
formally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
approach	O
to	O
automatically	O
generate	O
SBVR	B-Application
business	O
rules	O
from	O
natural	O
language	O
specification	O
is	O
presented	O
in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SBVR	B-Application
specification	O
defines	O
a	O
metamodel	O
and	O
allows	O
to	O
instance	O
it	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
create	O
different	O
vocabularies	O
and	O
to	O
define	O
the	O
related	O
business	O
rules	O
;	O
it	O
is	O
also	O
possible	O
to	O
complete	O
these	O
models	O
with	O
data	O
suitable	O
to	O
describe	O
a	O
specific	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
the	O
SBVR	B-Application
approach	O
provides	O
means	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
MDA-related	O
OMG	O
works	O
in	O
progress	O
are	O
expected	O
to	O
incorporate	O
SBVR	B-Application
,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
UML	B-Language
Profile	O
for	O
the	O
Department	O
of	O
Defense	O
Architecture	O
Framework/Ministry	O
of	O
Defense(Canada )	O
Architecture	O
Framework	O
(	O
DoDAF/MODAF	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Ontology	O
Definition	O
Metamodel	O
(	O
ODM	O
)	O
has	O
been	O
made	O
compatible	O
with	O
SBVR	B-Application
,	O
primarily	O
by	O
aligning	O
the	O
logic	O
grounding	O
of	O
the	O
ISO	O
Common	B-Language
Logic	I-Language
specification	O
(	O
CL	O
)	O
referenced	O
by	O
ODM	O
with	O
the	O
SBVR	B-Application
Logical	O
Formulation	O
of	O
Semantics	O
vocabulary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CL	O
itself	O
was	O
modified	O
specifically	O
so	O
it	O
potentially	O
can	O
include	O
the	O
modal	O
sentence	O
requirements	O
of	O
SBVR	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ODM	O
provides	O
a	O
bridge	O
to	O
link	O
SBVR	B-Application
to	O
the	O
Web	B-Language
Ontology	I-Language
Language	I-Language
for	O
Services	O
(	O
OWL-S	O
)	O
,	O
Resource	O
Description	O
Framework	O
Schema	O
(	O
RDFS	O
)	O
,	O
Unified	B-Language
Modeling	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
UML	B-Language
)	O
,	O
Topic	B-Application
Map	I-Application
(	O
TM	O
)	O
,	O
Entity	B-Architecture
Relationship	I-Architecture
Modeling	I-Architecture
(	O
ER	O
)	O
,	O
Description	B-Language
Logic	I-Language
(	O
DL	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
CL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
programs	O
outside	O
the	O
OMG	O
are	O
adopting	O
SBVR	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Digital	O
Business	O
Ecosystem	O
(	O
DBE	O
)	O
,	O
an	O
integrated	O
project	O
of	O
the	O
European	O
Commission	O
Framework	O
Programme	O
6	O
,	O
has	O
adopted	O
SBVR	B-Application
as	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
its	O
Business	O
Modeling	O
Language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
World	O
Wide	O
Web	O
Consortium	O
(	O
W3C	O
)	O
is	O
assessing	O
SBVR	B-Application
for	O
use	O
in	O
the	O
Semantic	O
Web	O
,	O
through	O
the	O
bridge	O
provided	O
by	O
ODM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SBVR	B-Application
will	O
extend	O
the	O
capability	O
of	O
MDA	O
in	O
all	O
these	O
areas	O
.	O
</s>
