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Using Business Natural Language to Capture Financial Regulations in a Collaborative Ontology Development Process Leona O’Brien Eli Abi-Lahoud John Lombard. Semantic Technologies. ontology - ‘an explicit specification of a conceptualization.’
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Using Business Natural Language to Capture Financial Regulations in a Collaborative Ontology Development Process Leona O’Brien Eli Abi-Lahoud John Lombard
Semantic Technologies • ontology - ‘an explicit specification of a conceptualization.’ • classes, attributes, relations, and rules axioms • Foundational ontology • Domain-specific ontology
Anti-Money Laundering Regulations • The Currency and Foreign Transaction Reporting Act of 1970 (Bank Secrecy Act) • Monitoring transactions, record keeping, reporting large cash transactions, reporting suspicious activity transactions • USA PATRIOT Act
Business Natural Language • Semantics of Business Vocabulary and Business Rules • SBVR terminological dictionary and rulebook comprises • Noun concepts • Verb concepts • Definitional rules • Behavioural rules
Semantics of Business Vocabulary and Business Rules • Preparatory phase • Collaborative phase • Validation and generation of a machine-readable vocabulary.
Semantics of Business Vocabulary and Business Rules • Preparatory Phase • Bank Secrecy Act Regulations - Definitions and Other Regulations Related to Prepaid Access, 76 FR 45403
Semantics of Business Vocabulary and Business Rules • Collaborative Interpretation Phase • Clarify the definitions • Ensure the regulations are correctly interpreted
Semantics of Business Vocabulary and Business Rules • Validation and Generation of a Machine-readable Vocabulary Phase • Designs for Management™, an SBVR-based software suite
Conclusion • Improved understanding of requirements • Reduces burden of compliance • Reduces compliance costs