1. IBM Research © 2008 IBM Corporation Confidentiality/date line: 13pt Arial Regular, white Maximum length: 1 line Information separated by vertical strokes, with two spaces on either side Disclaimer information may also be appear in this area. Place flush left, aligned at bottom, 8-10pt Arial Regular, white IBM logo must not be moved, added to, or altered in any way. Indications in green = Live content Indications in white = Edit in master Indications in blue = Locked elements Indications in black = Optional elements Presentation title: 28pt Arial Regular, black Recommended maximum length: 2 lines Group name: 17pt Arial Regular, white Maximum length: 1 line Copyright: 10pt Arial Regular, white For client presentations, client’s logo may go in this area 1 Date-Time Foundation Vocabulary RuleML ’08 – October, 2008 - Orlando Mark H. Linehan October 31, 2008

2. IBM Research © 2008 IBM Corporation IBM logo must not be moved, added to, or altered in any way. Background should not be modified. Title/subtitle/confidentiality line: 10pt Arial Regular, white Maximum length: 1 line Information separated by vertical strokes, with two spaces on either side Slide heading: 28pt Arial Regular, blue R120 | G137 | B251 Maximum length: 2 lines Slide body: 18pt Arial Regular, black Square bullet color: teal R045 | G182 | B179 Recommended maximum text length: 5 principal points Group name: 14pt Arial Regular, white Maximum length: 1 line Copyright: 10pt Arial Regular, white Optional slide number: 10pt Arial Bold, white Template release: Oct 02 For the latest, go to http://w3.ibm.com/ibm/presentations Indications in green = Live content Indications in white = Edit in master Indications in blue = Locked elements Indications in black = Optional elements 2 Platform- Independent Model (PIM) Platform Specific Model (PSM) Computation- Independent (Business) Model (CIM) Model Driven Architecture Mapping ? ? ? ? Vendor-Specific Rule Languages Other Implementation Techniques (e.g. Java, SQL,...) Production Rules Representation Forward chaining Sequential Rules RuleML Family of related rule languages Rule Interchange Format Rule exchange among implementations UML Object Constraint Language (OCL) Constraints and derivations Semantics of Business Vocabulary & Rules Business Vocabulary Business Rules

3. IBM Research © 2008 IBM Corporation IBM logo must not be moved, added to, or altered in any way. Background should not be modified. Title/subtitle/confidentiality line: 10pt Arial Regular, white Maximum length: 1 line Information separated by vertical strokes, with two spaces on either side Slide heading: 28pt Arial Regular, blue R120 | G137 | B251 Maximum length: 2 lines Slide body: 18pt Arial Regular, black Square bullet color: teal R045 | G182 | B179 Recommended maximum text length: 5 principal points Group name: 14pt Arial Regular, white Maximum length: 1 line Copyright: 10pt Arial Regular, white Optional slide number: 10pt Arial Bold, white Template release: Oct 02 For the latest, go to http://w3.ibm.com/ibm/presentations Indications in green = Live content Indications in white = Edit in master Indications in blue = Locked elements Indications in black = Optional elements 3 An SBVR Vocabulary for Date & Time Concepts Nouns  calendar date, time of day  time period  duration  Day, week, month, hour, minute, second, etc. Fact Types (Relationships)  time period 1 is {after, before} time period 2  time period is {ipast, current, future}  time period has {first tick, last tick, next tick, duration}  state of affairs {occurs at} time period Examples 90  The duration of each rental must be at most 90 days. 24  Each rental must be returned within 24 hours after the scheduled return date/time.  A supplier may not respond to an RFP after the due date of the RFP. Other Issues  Need to standardize an exchange format for date/time literals, to enable interchange between tools January 1, 2007Example: “... January 1, 2007....”  Presumably based on ISO 8601, which is used by XML Example: “2007-01-01” Note: these are examples – not the complete set

4. IBM Research © 2008 IBM Corporation IBM logo must not be moved, added to, or altered in any way. Background should not be modified. Title/subtitle/confidentiality line: 10pt Arial Regular, white Maximum length: 1 line Information separated by vertical strokes, with two spaces on either side Slide heading: 28pt Arial Regular, blue R120 | G137 | B251 Maximum length: 2 lines Slide body: 18pt Arial Regular, black Square bullet color: teal R045 | G182 | B179 Recommended maximum text length: 5 principal points Group name: 14pt Arial Regular, white Maximum length: 1 line Copyright: 10pt Arial Regular, white Optional slide number: 10pt Arial Bold, white Template release: Oct 02 For the latest, go to http://w3.ibm.com/ibm/presentations Indications in green = Live content Indications in white = Edit in master Indications in blue = Locked elements Indications in black = Optional elements 4 Mappings between SBVR, OWL, UML SBVR Date-Time Vocabulary OWL Date- Time Ontology UML Date-Time Model Support MDA vision by providing mappings to/from relevant PIM modeing standards Study issues that arise when mapping between SBVR and other modeling techniques Provide traceability linkages between equivalent concepts

5. IBM Research © 2008 IBM Corporation IBM logo must not be moved, added to, or altered in any way. Background should not be modified. Title/subtitle/confidentiality line: 10pt Arial Regular, white Maximum length: 1 line Information separated by vertical strokes, with two spaces on either side Slide heading: 28pt Arial Regular, blue R120 | G137 | B251 Maximum length: 2 lines Slide body: 18pt Arial Regular, black Square bullet color: teal R045 | G182 | B179 Recommended maximum text length: 5 principal points Group name: 14pt Arial Regular, white Maximum length: 1 line Copyright: 10pt Arial Regular, white Optional slide number: 10pt Arial Bold, white Template release: Oct 02 For the latest, go to http://w3.ibm.com/ibm/presentations Indications in green = Live content Indications in white = Edit in master Indications in blue = Locked elements Indications in black = Optional elements 5 Who  Submitters:  Business Rule Solutions, LLC – Ron Ross  IBM Corporation – Mark Linehan (team lead)  Model Driven Solutions – Cory Casanave  Supporters:  Business Semantics Ltd. – Donald Chapin  Haley Systems, Inc. – Paul Haley  Hendryx & Associates – Stan Hendryx  John Deere – Roger Burkhart  KnowGravity Inc. – Markus Schacher  Model Systems – John Hall  National Institute of Standards and Technology – Ed Barkmeyer, Fabian Neuhaus, Evan Wallace  Neumont University – Terry Halpin  PNA Group – Sjir Nijssen  Sandpiper Software – Elisa Kendall  Vangent, Inc. – Ravi Sharma

6. IBM Research © 2008 IBM Corporation IBM logo must not be moved, added to, or altered in any way. Background should not be modified. Title/subtitle/confidentiality line: 10pt Arial Regular, white Maximum length: 1 line Information separated by vertical strokes, with two spaces on either side Slide heading: 28pt Arial Regular, blue R120 | G137 | B251 Maximum length: 2 lines Slide body: 18pt Arial Regular, black Square bullet color: teal R045 | G182 | B179 Recommended maximum text length: 5 principal points Group name: 14pt Arial Regular, white Maximum length: 1 line Copyright: 10pt Arial Regular, white Optional slide number: 10pt Arial Bold, white Template release: Oct 02 For the latest, go to http://w3.ibm.com/ibm/presentations Indications in green = Live content Indications in white = Edit in master Indications in blue = Locked elements Indications in black = Optional elements 6 Expected Benefits & Status  Benefits for SBVR:  Improve interoperability among tools, by standardizing date & time  Reduce “cost of entry” for working with SBVR  Provide a “test bed” for interoperability among SBVR tool vendors  Benefits for OWL, UML:  Provide same “date & time” concepts in each of these  Understand better how they relate to SBVR  Formal linkage among equivalent concepts in different modeling technologies  Status:  Initial submission to OMG – September 22, 2008  Revised submission due – February 23, 2009  For more information:  http://www.omgwiki.org/date-time/doku.php