RuleXpress has been in production since 2005. Our complete release history is shown below:

• This release provides improved support for working with multiple communities and provides a revolutionary way to share terminology among different communities using the notion of item adoption. One community is the owner of an item and makes an item available to other communities. Other communities are in the position to adopt items and use it like owned items but can not change the essence of the adopted item.

  1. A comprehensive property management system to simplify customization of RuleXpress's extensible meta model.

  2. Communiqué – a messaging system that seamlessly integrates vocabulary-related or rule-related announcements.

  3. Numerous reporting enhancements to more precisely meet your needs.

  4. Documentation available from within the system.

• RuleXpress is now available with a Spanish User Interface and Spanish documentation. Also the Spanish language is supported by the quality rules and the spell checker.

• Those GUI Controls that are used to manage Expressions (like Term Definitions, Rule Statements etc) have been enhanced with an as-you-type Spelling Checker. This Spelling Checker is “vocabulary aware” which means that it will allow words that are defined in the RuleXpress Vocabulary but not in the dictionary. Currently, the Spelling Checker supports English and Dutch. Suggestions will be shown for a word that is misspelled, taking both the dictionary and the RuleXpress Vocabulary into account. A word can also be added to the RuleXpress Vocabulary if it’s not present in either the dictionary or the RuleXpress Vocabulary.

• RuleXpress version 2.2 introduces Decision Tables. Decision Tables are manageable items, similar to Rules or Rule Groups. The Decision Table Item Kind has mostly the same Properties as the Rule Item Kind. In addition to the Decision Table Contents, it is good practice to define a “Wrapper Rule” which describes the Table. The Decision Table Editor has a Usage Tab and a History Tab, just like any other manageable Item in RuleXpress. Decision Tables may be included in Rule Groups. They can also be selected as content in Multi- Item Reports. You can read more about Decision Tables in the Getting Started document which can be found in the Documentation Folder of RuleXpress.

• RuleXpress version 2.1 introduces the Multi-Item and Audit trail reports.
  A Multi-Item Report allows the user to produce a report by selecting various content components to be exported to HTML and XML. The content compononts can be selected by defining simple filters and more complex queries. The produced HTML can be viewed for example in Internet Explorer and in several Microsoft Office products like Word and Excel.
  
  The Audit Trail Report, provides information on when Items were changed, by whom, and what was changed exactly. Like the Multi-Item Report, this report can be viewed in a Web Browser and various Microsoft Office Products.

1. Graphical Support.
1. Visualization of Fact Models Phase II: RuleXpress will offer a Read-only Fact Model Diagram, based on defined rules. Drag and drop Categorization Schemes or Rules on the canvas and RuleXpress will draw a model.
2. Visualization of Fact Models Phase III: Basic Fact Model Diagram Editor. This diagramming capability will offer the most common fact modeling concepts.
2. Additional On-the-spot Business Rule Quality Assessment.
3. Additional Reporting Capabilities.

1. New login. Single point of entry for users. User password on application-level. Secure access.
2. Graphical Support. Visualization of Fact Models Phase I: RuleXpress will offer a more advanced Fact Editor and a few new Hierarchies in the Hierarchy Helper to view Factual Connections between terms.
3. Easy installation.
4. Additional On-the-spot Business Rule Quality Assessment.
5. Additional Reporting Capabilities.

1. On-the-Spot Quality Assessment. Immediately assess the quality of a specific term, fact or rule. 13 Quality Items implemented. Expect new Quality Items with every major release.
2. Overall Quality Report. Assess an entire glossary and collection of business rules in-depth to discover logical and grammatical problems at the business level.
3. Publishing Methods. Publish a glossary and/or set of rules to an external audience. Methods are based on HTML, XML, and compatible with Microsoft Office products like Excel and Word.

1. Rule Group Hierarchies. Displays rule groups in a hierarchy structure.
2. Rule Relationship Hierarchies. Displays rule to rule relationships in a hierarchy structure.
3. Filter. Provides filter capabilities for Terms, Rules and Rule Groups.

1. Multi-User Support. Check-in and check-out for the repository.

1. Term Management. Define and manage a business community Glossary.
2. Fact Management. Define structured relationships between the various terms of the Glossary.
3. Rule Management. Define the business rules of the business community.
4. Rule Group Management. Define groups of sequenced rules for presentation purposes.
5. List Navigation. Navigate easily through lists of terms, facts, and rules, and inter-relationships.
6. Reports. Produce reports that are predefined for a focal activity. Reports may have customization options as well.
7. Import Function. Import terms and rules from Microsoft Excel.