Author: mcaspers Date: 2011-01-19 21:53:04 -0500 (Wed, 19 Jan 2011) New Revision: 28418 Modified: trunk/drools/docs/reference/en-US/introduction.xml Log: General Updates Modified: trunk/drools/docs/reference/en-US/introduction.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/drools/docs/reference/en-US/introduction.xml 2011-01-20 02:14:59 UTC (rev 28417) +++ trunk/drools/docs/reference/en-US/introduction.xml 2011-01-20 02:53:04 UTC (rev 28418) @@ -1,168 +1,161 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <chapter id="introduction"> - <title>Introduction</title> + <title>Introduction</title> - <section id="whatisDrools"> - <title>What is Drools?</title> + <section id="whatisDrools"> + <title>What is Drools?</title> - <para><property>Drools</property> is a business rule management system (BRMS) with a forward - chaining inference based rules engine, more correctly known as a production rule system, - using an enhanced implementation of the Rete algorithm.</para> + <para> + <property>Drools</property> is a business rule management system (BRMS) with a forward chaining inference based rules engine, more correctly known as a production rule system, using an enhanced implementation of the Rete algorithm. + </para> - <para> In this guide we are going to get you familiar with Drools Eclipse plugin which - provides development tools for creating, executing and debugging Drools processes and - rules from within Eclipse.</para> + <para> + In this guide we are going to get you familiar with Drools Eclipse plugin which provides development tools for creating, executing and debugging Drools processes and rules from within Eclipse. + </para> - <note> - <title>Note:</title> - <para>It is assumed that you has some familiarity with rule engines and Drools in - particular. If no, we suggest that you look carefully through the <ulink - url="http://downloads.jboss.com/drools/docs/4.0.7.19894.GA/html_sing... - >Drools Documentation</ulink>.</para> - </note> + <note> + <title>Note:</title> + <para> + It is assumed that you has some familiarity with rule engines and Drools in particular. If not, we suggest that you look carefully through the <ulink url="http://downloads.jboss.com/drools/docs/4.0.7.19894.GA/html_sing... Documentation</ulink>. + </para> + </note> - <para><property>Drools Tools</property> come bundled with <property>JBoss Tools</property> - set of Eclipse plugins. How to install <property>JBoss Tools</property> you can find in - the Getting Started Guide.</para> - </section> + <para> + <property>Drools Tools</property> comes bundled with the <property>JBoss Tools</property> set of Eclipse plugins. You can find instructions on how to install <property>JBoss Tools</property> in the Getting Started Guide. + </para> + </section> - <section id="drools_key_features"> - <title>Drools Tools Key Features</title> + <section id="drools_key_features"> + <title>Drools Tools Key Features</title> - <para>The following table lists all valuable features of the <property>Drools - Tools</property>.</para> - <table> - <title>Key Functionality of Drools Tools</title> - <tgroup cols="3"> + <para>The following table lists the main features of <property>Drools Tools</property>.</para> + <table> + <title>Key Functionality of Drools Tools</title> + <tgroup cols="3"> - <colspec colnum="1" align="left" colwidth="1*"/> - <colspec colnum="2" colwidth="5*"/> - <colspec colnum="3" align="left" colwidth="1*"/> + <colspec colnum="1" align="left" colwidth="1*"/> + <colspec colnum="2" colwidth="5*"/> + <colspec colnum="3" align="left" colwidth="1*"/> - <thead> - <row> - <entry>Feature</entry> - <entry>Benefit</entry> - <entry>Chapter</entry> - </row> - </thead> + <thead> + <row> + <entry>Feature</entry> + <entry>Benefit</entry> + <entry>Chapter</entry> + </row> + </thead> - <tbody> + <tbody> - <row> - <entry> - <para>Wizard for creating a new Drools Project</para> - </entry> - <entry> - <para>The wizard allows to create a sample project to easy get started - with Drools</para> - </entry> - <entry> - <xref linkend="sample_drools_project"/> - </entry> - </row> + <row> + <entry> + <para>Wizard for creating a new Drools Project</para> + </entry> + <entry> + <para>The wizard provides a way to create a sample project to easily get started with Drools</para> + </entry> + <entry> + <xref linkend="sample_drools_project"/> + </entry> + </row> - <row> - <entry> - <para>Wizards for creation new Drools resources</para> - </entry> - <entry> - <para>A set of wizards are provided with the Drools Eclipse tools to - quickly create a new Rule resource, a new Domain Specific language, - Decision Table and Business rule</para> - </entry> - <entry> - <xref linkend="creating_rule"/> + <row> + <entry> + <para>Wizards for creation new Drools resources</para> + </entry> + <entry> + <para> + A set of wizards are provided with the Drools Eclipse tools to quickly create a new Rule resource, a new Domain Specific language, Decision Table and Business rule + </para> + </entry> + <entry> + <xref linkend="creating_rule"/> <!--xref linkend="creating_dsl"/> <xref linkend="creating_decision_table"/> <xref linkend="creating_business_rule"/--> - </entry> - </row> + </entry> + </row> - <row> - <entry> - <para>The Rule editor</para> - </entry> - <entry> - <para>An editor that is aware of DRL syntax and provides content - assistance and synchronizing with the Outline view</para> - </entry> - <entry> - <xref linkend="textual_rule_editor"/> - </entry> - </row> + <row> + <entry> + <para>The Rule editor</para> + </entry> + <entry> + <para>An editor that is aware of DRL syntax and provides content assistance and synchronizing with the Outline view</para> + </entry> + <entry> + <xref linkend="textual_rule_editor"/> + </entry> + </row> - <row> - <entry> - <para>The Domain Specific Language editor</para> - </entry> - <entry> - <para>The editor allows to create and manage mappings from users - language to the rule language</para> - </entry> - <entry> - <xref linkend="dsl_editor"/> - </entry> - </row> + <row> + <entry> + <para>The Domain Specific Language editor</para> + </entry> + <entry> + <para>An editor that provides a way to create and manage mappings from users language to the rule language</para> + </entry> + <entry> + <xref linkend="dsl_editor"/> + </entry> + </row> - <row> - <entry> - <para>The Guided editor</para> - </entry> - <entry> - <para>This guided editor for rules allows you to build rules in a GUI - driven fashion based on your object model</para> - </entry> - <entry> - <!--link linkend="guided_editor">The Guided Editor</link--> - </entry> - </row> + <row> + <entry> + <para>The Guided editor</para> + </entry> + <entry> + <para>This rules allows you to build rules in a GUI driven fashion based on your object model</para> + </entry> + <entry> + <!--link linkend="guided_editor">The Guided Editor</link--></entry> + </row> - <row> - <entry> - <para>The Rule Flow graphical editor</para> - </entry> - <entry> - <para>The editor is meant for editing visual graphs which represent a - process (a rule flow)</para> - </entry> - <entry> - <xref linkend="ruleflow_editor"/> - </entry> - </row> + <row> + <entry> + <para>The Rule Flow graphical editor</para> + </entry> + <entry> + <para>The editor provides a way to edit the visual graphs which represent a process (a rule flow)</para> + </entry> + <entry> + <xref linkend="ruleflow_editor"/> + </entry> + </row> - </tbody> - </tgroup> - </table> - </section> + </tbody> + </tgroup> + </table> + </section> - <section> - <title>Other relevant resources on the topic</title> + <section> + <title>Other relevant resources on the topic</title> - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para>Drools on <ulink url="http://www.jboss.org/drools/">JBoss.org</ulink>&l... - </listitem> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>Drools on <ulink url="http://www.jboss.org/drools/">JBoss.org</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <ulink url="http://www.jboss.org/tools/">JBoss Tools Home Page</ulink> - </para> - </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://www.jboss.org/tools/">JBoss Tools Home Page</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <ulink url="http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/nightly-docs/">The latest + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/nightly-docs/">The latest JBossTools/JBDS documentation builds</ulink> - </para> - </listitem> + </para> + </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>All <property>JBoss Tools/JBDS</property> documentation you can find on the - <ulink url="http://docs.jboss.org/tools/">documentation release - page</ulink>.</para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + All <property>JBoss Tools/JBDS</property> documentation you can find on the <ulink url="http://docs.jboss.org/tools/">documentation release page</ulink>. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> - </section> + </section> </chapter>