FORWARD CHAINING AND IDENTIFYING RULE DEPENDENCIES AND RULE TRIGGERING SIDE EFFECTS IN TERMS OF DATA OBJECTS ACCESSED BY RULES IN A RULESET

Detailed herein is a technology which, among other things, provides for forward chaining in a ruleset. In one approach to this technology, a first rule is examined, to identifying a data object associated with it. A second rule is identified, also associated with the data object. The relationship between the two rules is determined, where execution of the second rule will modify the data object, which, in turn, will alter the outcome of the first rule.