1 Definition
Rules is an Item representing what a Process may, may not or Must Perform.
2 Functional Requirements
Each Process Action that represents a Rule is preceded by May, May not, or Must exercise in the M-Instance:
May: A Process is allowed to exercise the Rights.
May not: A Process is not allowed to exercise the Rights.
Must: A Process must exercise the Rights.
3 Syntax
https://schemas.mpai.community/MMM4/V2.0/data/Rules.json
4 Semantics
| Label | Size | Description |
| Header | N1 Bytes | Header of Rules Item. |
| – Standard – Rules | 9 Bytes | The characters “MMM-RUL-V”. |
| – Version | N2 Bytes | Major version expressed as 1 or 2 characters. |
| – Dot-separator | 1 Byte | The character “.” |
| – Subversion | N3 Byte | Minor version expressed as 1 or 2 characters |
| MInstanceID | N4 Bytes | Identifier of M-Instance. |
| MEnvironmentID | N5 Bytes | Identifier of M-Environment. |
| RulesID | N6 Bytes | The ID of the Rules |
| RulesData[] | N7 Bytes | The set of Rules. |
| – May[] | N8 Bytes | The collection of Process Actions preceded by May. |
| – ProcessAction | N9 Bytes | As defined by Process Actions. |
| – MayNot | N10 Bytes | The collection of Process Actions preceded by May not. |
| – ProcessAction | N11 Bytes | As defined by Process Actions. |
| – Must | N12 Bytes | The collection of Process Actions preceded by Must. |
| – ProcessAction | N3 Byte | As defined by Process Actions. |
| DescrMetadata | N14 Bytes | Descriptive Metadata. |
