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    &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial&quot;>In the state diagram below the following&#xD;
    abbreviations are used:&lt;/span>&#xD;
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&lt;br />&#xD;
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    &lt;span&#xD;
    style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol&quot;>&lt;span&#xD;
     style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;>·&lt;span&#xD;
    style=&quot;FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span>&lt;/span>&lt;/span>&#xD;
    &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial&quot;>Rule Writer or Rule Author is the end user of the&#xD;
    BRMS application&lt;/span>&#xD;
&lt;/p>&#xD;
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    &lt;span&#xD;
    style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol&quot;>&lt;span&#xD;
     style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;>·&lt;span&#xD;
    style=&quot;FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span>&lt;/span>&lt;/span>&#xD;
    &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial&quot;>Rule Admin is an administrator of the rule&#xD;
    set.&lt;/span>&#xD;
&lt;/p>&#xD;
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    &lt;span&#xD;
    style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol&quot;>&lt;span&#xD;
     style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;>·&lt;span&#xD;
    style=&quot;FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span>&lt;/span>&lt;/span>&#xD;
    &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial&quot;>Rule Tester can be an automatic process or a&#xD;
    human.&lt;/span>&#xD;
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&lt;br />&#xD;
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    &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial&quot;>&lt;img height=&quot;382&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&#xD;
    src=&quot;./../images/rule_life_cycle.gif&quot; width=&quot;409&quot; />&lt;/span>&#xD;
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&lt;br />&#xD;
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    &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial&quot;>&lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot;&#xD;
    style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN&quot;>Some complementary&#xD;
    guidelines:&lt;/span>&lt;/span>&#xD;
&lt;/p>&#xD;
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style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: -27pt; tab-stops: list 27.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1&quot;>&#xD;
    &lt;span&#xD;
    style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol&quot;>&lt;span&#xD;
     style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;>·&lt;span&#xD;
    style=&quot;FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span>&lt;/span>&lt;/span>&#xD;
    &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial&quot;>When a rule is created its status is new&lt;/span>&#xD;
&lt;/p>&#xD;
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    &lt;span&#xD;
    style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol&quot;>&lt;span&#xD;
     style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;>·&lt;span&#xD;
    style=&quot;FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span>&lt;/span>&lt;/span>&#xD;
    &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial&quot;>A rule once promoted could not be deleted.&lt;span&#xD;
    style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span>&lt;/span>&#xD;
&lt;/p>&#xD;
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    &lt;span&#xD;
    style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol&quot;>&lt;span&#xD;
     style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;>·&lt;span&#xD;
    style=&quot;FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span>&lt;/span>&lt;/span>&#xD;
    &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial&quot;>A rule can be set active or inactive at any&#xD;
    state, by using the inactive property&lt;/span>&#xD;
&lt;/p>&#xD;
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style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: -27pt; tab-stops: list 27.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1&quot;>&#xD;
    &lt;span&#xD;
    style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol&quot;>&lt;span&#xD;
     style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;>·&lt;span&#xD;
    style=&quot;FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span>&lt;/span>&lt;/span>&#xD;
    &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial&quot;>From this life cycle it is important to note that&#xD;
    once a rule is promoted the user could not update it. He needs to create a new rule by copy and paste and restart the&#xD;
    life cycle up to Validated. Once the rule is ready for deployment a rule administrator will retired the first rule and&#xD;
    promote the new one. This is important to follow this process to maintain the integrity of the rule set.&lt;/span>&#xD;
&lt;/p>&lt;br class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; />&#xD;
&lt;br />&#xD;
&lt;p class=&quot;ISISGuidance&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;>&#xD;
    &lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: windowtext; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>There is a common requirement that may need to&#xD;
    be supported to enhance the rule life cycle: “During its life cycle a rule can be deployed only to a specific Test&#xD;
    Decision Service, before going to production”.&lt;/span>&#xD;
&lt;/p>&lt;br class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&#xD;
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