Rules can be a tool for hard-core developers, for business analysts,
or for someone in between. Rule primitives need to be tailored
to the target of the rule authors. Rule primitives are the parts
that are put together to for a rule. Broadly they are categorized
as rules, conditions, consequences or
durations. These components are defined through the
Semantics Provider Interface.
The
The modules may be defined by the semantics of a particular computer
language such as Java or
Python. Also, they may
be defined in terms of higher-level user-centric concepts such
as email filtering and security control. Each module
is typically packaged as a jar that is simply added to the classpath.
Various tools and utilites, such as the I/O subsystem,
may use the common components to interact with the rule-system.
Semantic Module Framework allows for the grouping
of semantically similar components into a reusable package.