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1. What is RulesWorld?
2. Is the Corticon Rule Modeling software free for a trial period only?
3. Is the Corticon Rule Modeling software a reduced feature version of the regular offering?
4. Are there any other software components I need to author and test rules?
5. What is the typical scenario for getting started?
6. What is the value of the free rule modeling software without the execution server?
7. How does Corticon benefit from RulesWorld?
8. How is RulesWorld different from other (business rules) communities?
9. Does Corticon Studio allow me to execute rules?
 
Q1: What is RulesWorld?
A1: RulesWorld is a one-stop, online community enabling members to effectively use Corticon products and prove the value of business rules technology without spending a dime. RulesWorld includes free rule modeling software and a web site that includes learning materials, samples, and interactive Forums.
 
Q2: Is the Corticon Rule Modeling software free for a trial period only?
A2: The full-featured, award-winning Corticon Business Rules Modeling Studio software is available at no cost, with no expiration on the license, to approved members of Corticon RulesWorld.
 
Q3: Is the Corticon Rule Modeling software a reduced feature version of the regular offering?
A3: No, the free Corticon Business Rules Modeling Studio software is the full-featured product that has previously sold for US$5,000. With this software, users can model, analyze, and test rule sets, capturing business policies and optimizing the business logic that drives operational decisions. Corticon will continue to offer commercial products, including Corticon Studio Enterprise Edition, which includes the Corticon Enterprise Data Connector feature, Corticon Server products (the rules engine, which executes the rule sets modeled with Studio), Corticon Collaborator, and Corticon Dialogs products.
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Q4: Are there any other software components I need to author and test rules?
A4: Corticon Studio is a Windows application that includes all functionality required to author, analyze, and test rules.
 
Q5: What is the typical scenario for getting started?
A5: First, register for a RulesWorld account. After receiving approval, login to RulesWorld, download Corticon Studio, and install Studio. That is all that is required to enable you to model rules. There are no templates to build, and the functionality to model rules of any complexity is ready to use, "out-of-the-box". To learn how to best use Studio, many users choose to review the Basic Rule Modeling Tutorial. Others like to look at a Sample or two. Either way, Studio requires no configuration or setup to enable you to start building your own rule sets.
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Q6: What is the value of the free rule modeling software without the execution server?
A6: Modeling rules in Corticon is a proven way to make business policies explicit and transparent, enabling all stakeholders in a company's business policies and operational decisions to review and approve the logic that drives their business. Modeling rules in Corticon also enables the analysis and testing of operational decision logic to drive optimal business results. It is true that automating operational decisions defined in Corticon rule models derives orders of magnitude more value, but there is significant value in capturing, analyzing, and testing the business rules that drive operational decisions in its own right.
 
Q7: How does Corticon benefit from RulesWorld?
A7: Corticon is confident that user experience with Corticon Studio will be superior, delivering benefits of capturing, analyzing, and optimizing business policies like never before. Corticon is confident that the enormous value of automating decisions with Corticon will be obvious, easily  justifying the acquisition cost of Corticon’s commercial offerings. Corticon is willing to give away its top-rated rule modeling product to create a bigger market for Corticon decision automation.
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Q8: How is RulesWorld different from other (business rules) communities?
A8: RulesWorld is all about enabling users to prove the value of business rules technology, by themselves, fast, without spending a dime. No other community or alternative provides rule authoring capabilities that are ready "out-of-the-box" (the moment after installation), that are so easy to learn (Corticon Studio is similar to a spreadsheet, combining ease-of-use with full expressive power to model any decision logic), and that don't expire. Leveraging Corticon's unique model-driven solution, RulesWorld is a much more effective community enablement platform because Samples are more easily created and shared, and rule authoring expertise is easier and faster to acquire and share.
 
Q9: Does Corticon Studio allow me to execute rules?
A9: Yes. Corticon Studio includes features to test the automated execution of your business rules. The Corticon test client embeds the same enterprise-strength rule engine used in Corticon’s execution server. But, the rule engine in Studio is limited to use in Studio. The execution server (Corticon Server) enables the same rules to be automated as a part of other enterprise systems.
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