Components of a Knowledge Base

A KB includes the following components:

• Event classes define the types of events to accept and classify source event data for processing.
• Data classes define the classes and slots of dynamic data instances and service model component instances. 
• Dynamic data functions as contextual variables that can provide data values to rules and policies during event processing. 
• Global records are persistent structured global variables that maintain data values across all phases of event processing. 
• Event management rules are event processing statements that use the BAROC data associated with an event, data instances, or records to determine whether, when, and how to respond to new events or event modifications. 
• Event management policies are one of several generic rule types that perform actions against events that meet selection criteria specified in an associated event selector.
   An event management policy selects the events that you want to process, defines the processes needed to manage those events, and schedules when the events are processed. 
• Event collectors are filters that query the event repository and display the results in an event list in an organized manner.
• Action executables are executable programs or scripts that perform an automated task on a particular event.