Business Rules: Capturing the Most Elusive Information Asset - High-Performance Web Databases: Design, Development, and Deployment - page 119

Exhibit 8-2. Data model for a business rule database.
Business Rule Repository
Another alternative for storing business rules is to create a centralized,
user-friendly repository. This can be done with a relational database. Que-
ries against this database may group business rules according to business
source, entity, use (e.g., information system or business area), and effective
date. Exhibit 2 depicts a data model for a business rule database. Exhibit 3
contains the corresponding DDL to create these relational tables. Although
these tables represent only the storage of the business rules themselves,
they may be expanded or joined with catalog, dictionary, or repository
tables to correlate each business rule to its data model constructs.
In rare instances, organizations have developed front-end applications
to business rule tables. Providing easy data entry for business rules signif-
icantly increases the probability that business people will be willing to cap-
ture and maintain them.