Glossary and JSON Interface

Being at the heart of any decision model, OpenRules Glossary uses mandatory columns “Variable Name”, “Business Concept”, “Attribute”, and “Type” to define all used decision variables. It also may include many optional columns such as “Description”, “Used As”, and “Default Value” that allow you to effectively control the input and output of the decision model [read more]. The new OpenRules Release 10.4.1 adds new features to the Glossary that allow our customers to build more flexible JSON interfaces for OpenRules Decision Services.

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Glossary at the Heart of the Decision Model

Any practical decision modeling tool allows a user to represent a business glossary that specifies all decision variables and thus is at the heart of any decision model. The DMN standard does not explicitly specify a glossary letting different implementation products to compete. So, the modern digital decisioning systems use different constructs to organize their glossaries. In this post and follow-ups I will describe how OpenRules deals with its most important tables of the type “Glossary” which are always the focal point of any decision modeling process.

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