Designing business object models

The way you design a business object model (BOM) depends on the nature of the data you use as its basis. You can design a BOM for a Java™ model or for an XML model.

Overview: BOM and execution object model (XOM)
The XOM is the model used to run the rules.
Creating BOM entries
BOM entries are files that describe a part of a Business Object Model (BOM).
Accessing RuleApp and ruleset properties at run time
The execution unit (XU) makes RuleApp and ruleset properties available at run time by storing them in the metadata of the RunContext.
Designing a BOM for a Java model
You design a BOM for a Java model by building a XOM from compiled Java classes or from an XML schema, mapping BOM elements to XOM elements, and configuring BOM updates.
Designing a BOM for an XML model
You can use data other than Java as the basis for your XOM.
Updating the BOM when the XOM changes
How you manage XOM changes in the BOM depends on whether your rule project references a Java project as a XOM.

Parent topic: Designing projects for rule authoring