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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;>
    &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial&quot;>A rule architect has to develop with the business
    users what will be the &lt;a class=&quot;elementLink&quot;
    href=&quot;./../../practice.tech.abrd.base/guidances/termdefinitions/rule_life_cycle_B982650C.html&quot;
    guid=&quot;_s5iCsFH7Edy72tV0zV7--Q&quot;>rule life cycle&lt;/a>. There are a lot of different possibilities for defining this rule
    life cycle. For the implementation point of view we need to define a&lt;/span> &lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot;
    style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN&quot;>&quot;Status&quot; meta property attached
    to a rule element.&lt;/span> &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial&quot;>The following states
    have been identified as a simple but still efficient life cycle:&lt;/span>
&lt;/p>&lt;br />
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    &lt;span
    style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol&quot;>&lt;span
     style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;>·&lt;span
    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>
    &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;>&lt;span
    style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial&quot;>New&lt;/span>&lt;/b>&lt;span
    style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial&quot;>: the rule is created, and can be modified by its
    owner&lt;/span>
&lt;/p>
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 27.0pt&quot;>
    &lt;span
    style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol&quot;>&lt;span
     style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;>·&lt;span
    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>
    &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;>&lt;span
    style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial&quot;>Defined&lt;/span>&lt;/b>&lt;span
    style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial&quot;>: the rule has been defined and is currently in unit
    test&lt;/span>
&lt;/p>
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 27.0pt&quot;>
    &lt;span
    style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol&quot;>&lt;span
     style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;>·&lt;span
    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>
    &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;>&lt;span
    style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial&quot;>Rejected&lt;/span>&lt;/b>&lt;span
    style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial&quot;>: the rule has been tested un-successfully&lt;/span>
&lt;/p>
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 27.0pt&quot;>
    &lt;span
    style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol&quot;>&lt;span
     style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;>·&lt;span
    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>
    &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;>&lt;span
    style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial&quot;>Validated&lt;/span>&lt;/b>&lt;span
    style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial&quot;>: the rule has been tested successfully and can be
    deployed&lt;/span>
&lt;/p>
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    &lt;span
    style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol&quot;>&lt;span
     style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;>·&lt;span
    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>
    &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;>&lt;span
    style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial&quot;>Promoted&lt;/span>&lt;/b>&lt;span
    style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial&quot;>: the rule has been part of a rule set deployed on
    production platform&lt;/span>
&lt;/p>
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 27.0pt&quot;>
    &lt;span
    style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol&quot;>&lt;span
     style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;>·&lt;span
    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>
    &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;>&lt;span
    style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial&quot;>Retired&lt;/span>&lt;/b>&lt;span
    style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial&quot;>: the rule was deployed or validated on a production
    platform but no more active.&lt;/span>
&lt;/p>&lt;br />
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 3pt 0cm&quot;>
    In the state diagram below the following abbreviations are used:
&lt;/p>
&lt;ul style=&quot;MARGIN-TOP: 0cm&quot; type=&quot;disc&quot;>
    &lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt&quot;>
        Rule Writer or Rule Author is the end user of the BRMS application
    &lt;/li>
    &lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt&quot;>
        Rule Admin is an administrator of the rule set.
    &lt;/li>
    &lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;
    style=&quot;MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none&quot;>
        Rule Tester can be an automatic process or a human.
    &lt;/li>
&lt;/ul>
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;
style=&quot;MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none&quot;>
    &lt;img height=&quot;382&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;resources/rule_life_cycle.gif&quot; width=&quot;409&quot; />
&lt;/p>&lt;br class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;
style=&quot;MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none&quot; />
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  <org.eclipse.epf.uma:DescriptorDescription xmi:id="-JrwmZx8H_aWdkygsowd4sw" name="define_ruleset_life_cycle,_4hT_BX_DEd2YWI_0AZcMOA" guid="-JrwmZx8H_aWdkygsowd4sw">
    <refinedDescription>&lt;a id=&quot;XE_rule_set__define_life_cycle&quot; name=&quot;XE_rule_set__define_life_cycle&quot;>&lt;/a> 
&lt;p>
    As it was done for the rule life cycle, it may be needed to complete the rule governance by defining a rule set life
    cycle.&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/p></refinedDescription>
  </org.eclipse.epf.uma:DescriptorDescription>
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    <refinedDescription>&lt;a id=&quot;XE_BRMS__organization_chart&quot; name=&quot;XE_BRMS__organization_chart&quot;>&lt;/a></refinedDescription>
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    <refinedDescription>&lt;a id=&quot;XE_rule_governance__actors&quot; name=&quot;XE_rule_governance__actors&quot;>&lt;/a> 
&lt;p>
    The easiest way is to lists the different actors involved in the governance processes within a table format.
&lt;/p>&lt;br />
&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;>
    &lt;table class=&quot;ISISTable&quot;
    style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; mso-table-layout-alt: fixed; mso-border-alt: solid silver 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 480; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-insideh: 1.0pt solid silver; mso-border-insidev: 1.0pt solid silver&quot;
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        &lt;tbody>
            &lt;tr style=&quot;mso-yfti-irow: -1; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes&quot;>
                &lt;td
                style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: gray 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #f3f3f3; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: gray 1pt solid; WIDTH: 67.5pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: gray 1pt solid&quot;
                 valign=&quot;top&quot; width=&quot;90&quot;>
                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormalCxSpFirst&quot; style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;>
                        &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;>&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;>&lt;span
                        style=&quot;COLOR: #005da0&quot;>&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>&lt;font
                        face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Role&lt;/font>&lt;/font>&lt;/span>&lt;/i>&lt;/b>
                    &lt;/p>
                &lt;/td>
                &lt;td
                style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: gray 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #f3f3f3; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 62.2pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: gray 1pt solid; mso-border-left-alt: solid gray 1.0pt&quot;
                 valign=&quot;top&quot; width=&quot;83&quot;>
                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormalCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;>
                        &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;>&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;>&lt;span
                        style=&quot;COLOR: #005da0&quot;>&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>&lt;font
                        face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Unit&lt;/font>&lt;/font>&lt;/span>&lt;/i>&lt;/b>
                    &lt;/p>
                &lt;/td>
                &lt;td
                style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: gray 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #f3f3f3; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 230.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: gray 1pt solid; mso-border-left-alt: solid gray 1.0pt&quot;
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                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormalCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;>
                        &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;>&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;>&lt;span
                        style=&quot;COLOR: #005da0&quot;>&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>&lt;font
                        face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Role-Responsibilities&lt;/font>&lt;/font>&lt;/span>&lt;/i>&lt;/b>
                    &lt;/p>
                &lt;/td>
                &lt;td
                style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: gray 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #f3f3f3; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 153pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: gray 1pt solid; mso-border-left-alt: solid gray 1.0pt&quot;
                 valign=&quot;top&quot; width=&quot;204&quot;>
                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormalCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;>
                        &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;>&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;>&lt;span
                        style=&quot;COLOR: #005da0&quot;>&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>&lt;font
                        face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Skill&lt;/font>&lt;/font>&lt;/span>&lt;/i>&lt;/b>
                    &lt;/p>
                &lt;/td>
            &lt;/tr>
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                &lt;td
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                    &lt;br class=&quot;MsoNormalCxSpMiddle&quot; />
                    &lt;br />
                &lt;/td>
                &lt;td
                style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 62.2pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-left-alt: solid silver 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid silver 1.0pt&quot;
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                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormalCxSpMiddle&quot;>
                        &lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt&quot;>Business unit&lt;/span>&lt;/font>
                    &lt;/p>
                &lt;/td>
                &lt;td
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                    &lt;br class=&quot;MsoNormalCxSpMiddle&quot;
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                    &lt;br />
                &lt;/td>
                &lt;td
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                    &lt;br class=&quot;MsoNormalCxSpMiddle&quot;
                    style=&quot;MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt&quot; />
                    &lt;br />
                &lt;/td>
            &lt;/tr>
        &lt;/tbody>
    &lt;/table>
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  <org.eclipse.epf.uma:DescriptorDescription xmi:id="-F1m9WCyarSsTUt8OeW0FLQ" name="rule_life_cycle,_4hT_Dn_DEd2YWI_0AZcMOA" guid="-F1m9WCyarSsTUt8OeW0FLQ">
    <refinedDescription>&lt;a id=&quot;XE_rule__life_cycle&quot; name=&quot;XE_rule__life_cycle&quot;>&lt;/a> 
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 27.0pt&quot;>
    &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial&quot;>In the state diagram below the following
    abbreviations are used:&lt;/span>
&lt;/p>&lt;br class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 27.0pt&quot; />
&lt;br />
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; tab-stops: list 27.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1&quot;>
    &lt;span
    style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol&quot;>&lt;span
     style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;>·&lt;/span>&lt;/span> &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 BRMS application&lt;/span>
&lt;/p>
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; tab-stops: list 27.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1&quot;>
    &lt;span
    style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol&quot;>&lt;span
     style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;>·&lt;/span>&lt;/span> &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial&quot;>Rule
    Admin is an administrator of the rule set.&lt;/span>
&lt;/p>
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;
style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; tab-stops: list 27.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none&quot;>
    &lt;span
    style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol&quot;>&lt;span
     style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;>·&lt;/span>&lt;/span> &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 human.&lt;/span>
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style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; tab-stops: list 27.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none&quot; />
&lt;br />
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;
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    &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial&quot;>&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot;
    src=&quot;resources/rule_life_cycle.gif&quot; />&lt;/span>
&lt;/p>&lt;br class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;
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&lt;br />
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;>
    &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial&quot;>&lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot;
    style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN&quot;>Some complementary
    guidelines:&lt;/span>&lt;/span>
&lt;/p>&lt;br class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; />
&lt;br />
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;
style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: -27pt; tab-stops: list 27.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1&quot;>
    &lt;span
    style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol&quot;>&lt;span
     style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;>·&lt;/span>&lt;/span> &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>
&lt;/p>
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;
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    &lt;span
    style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol&quot;>&lt;span
     style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;>·&lt;/span>&lt;/span> &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>
&lt;/p>
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;
style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: -27pt; tab-stops: list 27.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1&quot;>
    &lt;span
    style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol&quot;>&lt;span
     style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;>·&lt;/span>&lt;/span> &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 state, by using the inactive property&lt;/span>
&lt;/p>
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;
style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: -27pt; tab-stops: list 27.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1&quot;>
    &lt;span
    style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol&quot;>&lt;span
     style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;>·&lt;/span>&lt;/span> &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 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 life cycle up to Validated. Once the rule is ready for deployment a rule
    administrator will retired the first rule and promote the new one. This is important to follow this process to maintain
    the integrity of the rule set.&lt;/span>
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&lt;p class=&quot;ISISGuidance&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;>
    &lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: windowtext; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>There is a common requirement that may need to
    be supported to enhance the rule life cycle: &quot;During its life cycle a rule can be deployed only to a specific Test
    Decision Service, before going to production&quot;.&lt;/span>
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&lt;p>
    For more detail see &lt;a class=&quot;elementLink&quot; href=&quot;./../../abrd/guidances/termdefinitions/rule_set_4D4C8DB1.html&quot;
    guid=&quot;_DdvcwBCQEdyJtJ3PbfdVDw&quot;>Rule Set&lt;/a>&amp;nbsp;and &lt;a class=&quot;elementLink&quot;
    href=&quot;./../../abrd/guidances/termdefinitions/rule_engine_A66B71B3.html&quot; guid=&quot;_QQcSoEXXEdy14e5PT9v3HQ&quot;>rule engine&lt;/a>
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