List of Figures

• 1-1 Rules Manager Implementation Process for a Rules Application
• 2-1 Database Representation of Rule Class and Rules
• 5-1 Hierarchical View of the XML Tag Extensions
• 11-1 Expression Filter Implementation Process for a Rules Application
• 11-2 Expression Data Type
• 12-1 Conceptual Predicate Table
• 13-1 Conceptual Predicate Table with XPath Predicates
• 14-1 Text Predicate in the Stored Expression Using the CONTAINS Operator