Defining a vocabulary

This tutorial shows you how to define a vocabulary that is used to create rules to implement a car rental policy.

Before you start
Prepare for the tutorial by reading its description, and checking the audience and prerequisites.
Viewing the completed tutorial
You discover how you can import and view tutorial answers.
Task 1: Creating a BOM entry
You import a Java™ project, and create a rule project and a business object model (BOM).
Task 2: Verbalizing new business elements
You learn how to update the BOM entry, verbalize your business elements and generate automatic variables.
Task 3: Testing the vocabulary in an action rule
You create and edit an action rule to test the business elements that you verbalized in the previous task.
Task 4: Extending the business object model
You learn how to add a method to the BOM, test the vocabulary, and map a business method to the XOM.
Task 5: Refining the vocabulary
You improve the verbalization of the subject of a phrase and a method with arguments.
Task 6: Creating a domain
You create an enumerated domain that allows policy managers to select a car rental branch.

Parent topic: Rule Designer tutorials

Related information

Defining a vocabulary
Overview: A data model for rule authoring
Overview: BOM and execution object model (XOM)
Business object model (BOM)
Vocabulary
Creating BOM elements