Method and system for automatically maintaining the consistency of an information system

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions, when executed, cause a machine to perform a method, the method comprising:

• maintaining a plurality of business elements, each of the plurality of business elements being assigned with at least one of a plurality of statuses comprising a selection status and a changeability status, wherein at least one of the plurality of business elements comprises at least one business package, wherein the at least one business package comprising at least one business option;
• maintaining a plurality of rules, wherein each of the plurality of rules specifies at least one of a plurality of semantic relationships between at least two of the plurality of business elements;
• determining whether the at least one of the plurality of statuses of the plurality of business elements are consistent with each other based on the at least one of the plurality semantic relationships among the plurality of business elements and whether the at least one of the plurality of statuses of the plurality of business elements violate at least one of the plurality of rules;
• and
• generating a solution to solve an inconsistency, when the at least one of the plurality of statuses of the plurality of business elements are inconsistent.

A system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory, which when executed by the at least one processor provides operations comprising:
• maintaining a plurality of business elements, each of the plurality of business elements being assigned with at least one of a plurality of statuses comprising a selection status and a changeability status, wherein at least one of the plurality of business elements comprise at least one business package, wherein the at least one business package comprises at least one business option;
• maintaining a plurality of rules, wherein each of the plurality of rules specifies at least one of a plurality of semantic relationships between at least two of the plurality of business elements;
• determining whether the at least one of the plurality of statuses of the plurality of business elements are consistent with each other based on the at least one of the plurality of semantic relationships among the plurality of business elements and whether the at least one of the plurality of statuses of the plurality of business elements violate at least one of the plurality of rules;
• and
• generating a solution to solve an inconsistency, when the at least one of the plurality of statuses of the plurality of business elements are inconsistent.