iMIS business rules provide the editable metadata to iMIS business objects. Non-visual classes and visual editors are provided for editing metadata. iMIS business rules provide a technical architectural model for object extensibility as well as a recognizable business concept.
The following types of business rules and metadata are supported:
■ Column definitions
Property definitions
■ Property type: virtual or persistent
■ Data type, length, etc.
■ Captions, default values
■ Descriptive dictionary type of information