1. A computerized method comprising: receiving a selection of one or more identifiers of rules in an expert system rule base; receiving a profile definition, the profile definition including metadata, the metadata including one of an executable code segment or a call to an external process which when processed, yields classification data that classifies the rules corresponding to the one or more selected rule identifiers; and storing the profile definition with an association to the one or more selected rule identifiers of rules in the expert system rule base, the profile definition providing searchable rule classification data for rules of the associated rule identifiers.
1. A computerized method comprising: receiving a selection of one or more identifiers of rules in an expert system rule base; receiving a profile definition, the profile definition including metadata, the metadata including one of an executable code segment or a call to an external process which when processed, yields classification data that classifies the rules corresponding to the one or more selected rule identifiers; and storing the profile definition with an association to the one or more selected rule identifiers of rules in the expert system rule base, the profile definition providing searchable rule classification data for rules of the associated rule identifiers. 4. The computerized method of claim 1 , wherein the profile is stored in a profile database.