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    &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>
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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>
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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;>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>
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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;>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>
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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;>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>
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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;>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 />
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    In the state diagram below the following abbreviations are used:
&lt;/p>
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    &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>
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    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>
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    &lt;img height=&quot;382&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;resources/rule_life_cycle.gif&quot; width=&quot;409&quot; />
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