<s>
A	O
BRMS	B-Application
or	O
business	B-Application
rule	I-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
is	O
a	O
software	B-Application
system	O
used	O
to	O
define	O
,	O
deploy	O
,	O
execute	O
,	O
monitor	O
and	O
maintain	O
the	O
variety	O
and	O
complexity	O
of	O
decision	O
logic	O
that	O
is	O
used	O
by	O
operational	O
systems	O
within	O
an	O
organization	O
or	O
enterprise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
BRMS	B-Application
includes	O
,	O
at	O
minimum	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
top	O
benefits	O
of	O
a	O
BRMS	B-Application
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
disadvantages	O
of	O
the	O
BRMS	B-Application
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Integration	O
with	O
existing	O
systems	O
is	O
still	O
required	O
and	O
a	O
BRMS	B-Application
may	O
add	O
additional	O
security	O
constraints	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
coupling	O
of	O
a	O
BRMS	B-Application
vendor	O
application	O
to	O
the	O
business	O
application	O
may	O
be	O
too	O
tight	O
to	O
replace	O
with	O
another	O
BRMS	B-Application
vendor	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
BRMS	B-Application
vendors	O
have	O
evolved	O
from	O
rule	O
engine	O
vendors	O
to	O
provide	O
business-usable	O
software	B-Application
development	O
lifecycle	O
solutions	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
declarative	O
definitions	O
of	O
business	O
rules	O
executed	O
in	O
their	O
own	O
rule	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rules	O
in	O
the	O
repository	O
are	O
generally	O
mapped	O
to	O
decision	O
services	O
that	O
are	O
naturally	O
fully	O
compliant	O
with	O
the	O
latest	O
SOA	O
,	O
Web	O
Services	O
,	O
or	O
other	O
software	B-Application
architecture	O
trends	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
BRMS	B-Application
,	O
a	O
representation	O
of	O
business	O
rules	O
maps	O
to	O
a	O
software	B-Application
system	O
for	O
execution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
BRMS	B-Application
therefore	O
relates	O
to	O
model-driven	B-Language
engineering	I-Language
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
model-driven	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
(	O
MDA	O
)	O
of	O
the	O
Object	B-Architecture
Management	I-Architecture
Group	I-Architecture
(	O
OMG	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
BRMS	B-Application
is	O
a	O
critical	O
component	O
for	O
Enterprise	O
Decision	O
Management	O
as	O
it	O
allows	O
for	O
the	O
transparent	O
and	O
agile	O
management	O
of	O
the	O
decision-making	O
logic	O
required	O
in	O
systems	O
developed	O
using	O
this	O
approach	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
standard	O
for	O
a	O
Java	O
Runtime	O
API	B-Application
for	O
rule	O
engines	O
JSR-94	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
standards	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
domain-specific	B-Language
languages	I-Language
,	O
define	O
their	O
own	O
representation	O
of	O
rules	O
,	O
requiring	O
translations	O
to	O
generic	O
rule	O
engines	O
or	O
their	O
own	O
custom	O
engines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
domains	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
PMML	B-Application
,	O
also	O
define	O
rules	O
.	O
</s>
