1. A method for automatically deriving a context of a business rule when inferring the business rule from an information source, the method comprising: a processor of a computer system inferring the business rule as a function of a first element of information comprised by a first information source; the processor identifying a next element of information that is associated with a first context of the first element of information, wherein the first context associates the first element with a first context-dependent characteristic of the first element, and wherein the next element of information is comprised by a next information source that is distinct from the first information source; the processor modifying the business rule as a function of the next element of information; the processor attempting to recognize a further element of information that is associated with a next context of the next element of information, wherein the next context associates the next element with a next context-dependent characteristic of the next element, and wherein the further element of information is comprised by a further information source that is distinct from the first information source; the processor, if successfully recognizing the further element of information, updating the business rule as a function of the further element of information; and the processor iteratively repeating the attempting to recognize and the updating until the processor fails to recognize the further element, where the processor in each iteration initially resets values of the next element and the next information source respectively to those of the further element and the further information source that had been recognized by the processor in the previous iteration, and where the processor in each iteration attempts to recognize new values of the next context, the next context-dependent characteristic, the further element, and the further information source as functions of the reset values of the next element and the next information source.
1. A method for automatically deriving a context of a business rule when inferring the business rule from an information source, the method comprising: a processor of a computer system inferring the business rule as a function of a first element of information comprised by a first information source; the processor identifying a next element of information that is associated with a first context of the first element of information, wherein the first context associates the first element with a first context-dependent characteristic of the first element, and wherein the next element of information is comprised by a next information source that is distinct from the first information source; the processor modifying the business rule as a function of the next element of information; the processor attempting to recognize a further element of information that is associated with a next context of the next element of information, wherein the next context associates the next element with a next context-dependent characteristic of the next element, and wherein the further element of information is comprised by a further information source that is distinct from the first information source; the processor, if successfully recognizing the further element of information, updating the business rule as a function of the further element of information; and the processor iteratively repeating the attempting to recognize and the updating until the processor fails to recognize the further element, where the processor in each iteration initially resets values of the next element and the next information source respectively to those of the further element and the further information source that had been recognized by the processor in the previous iteration, and where the processor in each iteration attempts to recognize new values of the next context, the next context-dependent characteristic, the further element, and the further information source as functions of the reset values of the next element and the next information source. 3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first information source, the next information source, and the further information source are each selected from the group comprising: computer-software source code; computer software logic; a specification associated with computer program code; data stored on a computer-readable medium; a description of a procedure, workflow, convention, or standard; a data structure; a data model; a business-process model; an ontology; an infrastructure description; an other description of a characteristic of a business function.