Rule generation in a data governance framework

A computer system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• one or more computer-readable memories;
• one or more computer-readable tangible storage media;
• program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more computer-readable tangible storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more computer-readable memories, the computer instructions comprising:
• a data governance framework operatively coupled to a database stored in the one or more computer-readable memories, the database comprising a plurality of data sources;
• a plurality of rule engines;
• a rule repository stored in the one or more computer-readable memories;
• a catalogue comprising a plurality of expressions and a first mapping, each expression being a data structure assigning a natural language pattern to one or more functionally equivalent, technical language patterns specified in a syntax that is interpretable by a respective one of the rule engines, the first mapping assigning first terms to the data sources, each of the data sources comprising data records related to different instances of first terms;
• and
• a rule generator configured for:
• receiving a new natural language (“NL”) rule for the data governance framework from a user via a graphical user interface, the new NL rule being a data governance rule comprising one or more natural-language patterns and comprising one or more first terms;
• resolving the new NL rule received from the user via the graphical user interface into one or more new technical rules, the resolution comprising:
• replacing by a computer application the one or more natural language patterns of the received new NL rule by one or more functionally equivalent, technical language patterns in accordance with at least one of the plurality of expressions, thereby creating one or more translated rules from the new NL rule;
• replacing each first term in each of the one or more translated rules with the name of the data source mapped to the first term in the first mapping;
• assigning to each of the one or more translated rules the one of the rules engines capable of interpreting the one or more functionally equivalent, technical language patterns contained in the translated rule, thereby providing the one or more technical rules, each of the technical rules being functionally equivalent to the new NL rule and being interpretable by its assigned rules engine;
• and
• storing the one or more technical rules in a rule repository.