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<h2 id="scope">Scope</h2> <ul><li>An <a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a> based rule language;</li> <li>Support for: integrity rules, derivation rules, production rules and reaction rules;</li> <li>Integrate functional languages (such as <a href="/facts/Object_Constraint_Language/coIhRpJb">OCL</a>) with <a href="/facts/Datalog/67jbYWDb">Datalog</a> languages (such as <a href="/facts/Semantic_Web_Rule_Language/HcHWEc0I">SWRL</a>);</li> <li>Serialization and interchange of rules by specific software tools;</li> <li>Integrating rule <a href="/facts/Reasoning/tcBImN8J">reasoning</a> with actual server side technologies;</li> <li>Deploying, publishing and communicating rules in a network.</li></ul> <h2 id="design-principles">Design principles</h2> <ul><li>Modeled using <a href="/facts/Model-driven_architecture/IY0daKp1">MDA</a>;</li> <li>Rule concepts defined with the help of <a href="/facts/Meta-Object_Facility/7MDs1aA8">MOF</a>/<a href="/facts/Unified_Modeling_Language/3tlNS0tH">UML</a>;</li> <li>Required to accommodate: <ul><li>Web naming concepts, such as <a href="/facts/Uniform_Resource_Identifier/UjyqxTpA">URIs</a> and <a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a> namespaces;</li> <li>The ontological distinction between objects and data values;</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Datatype/fcx5hgVL">datatype</a> concepts of <a href="/facts/Resource_Description_Framework/WMufyukm">RDF</a> and user-defined datatypes;</li></ul></li> <li>Actions (following OMG PRR submission);</li> <li>Events;</li> <li><a href="/facts/EBNF/89KI2QTe">EBNF</a> abstract syntax;</li> <li><a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a> based concrete syntax validated by an <a href="/facts/XML_Schema_(W3C)/X6Uly3dm">XML Schema</a>;</li> <li>Allowing different semantics for rules.</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Ontology_(computer_science)/SQlhl6lp">Ontology (computer science)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Business_rules/9d4kYkDr">Business rules</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Business_rules_approach/TMIdvB8g">Business rules approach</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/RuleML/bB9FctSI">RuleML</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Semantic_Web_Rule_Language/HcHWEc0I">Semantic Web Rule Language</a></li> <li></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.rewerse.net">REWERSE</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wg">Rule Interchange Format WG</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ruleml.org">RuleML</a></li></ul>