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Chapter 11 Concepts : Overview of Concepts

Overview of Concepts
You can add concept definitions so that information that arrives in events or from other sources can be organized and persisted as needed, and used in rules. You can add definitions manually. You can also import database tables as concept definitions. Concept instances are created in rules.
See Also
Chapter 3, Concepts in TIBCO BusinessEvents Architect’s Guide to gain an understanding of concepts including a detailed discussion of concept history, and concept relationships.
Chapter 24, Diagrams for information on using concept dependency and concept model diagrams.
Concept Serialization and Handling of Null Value Properties at Runtime
By default, when concept instance objects are serialized to XML, properties with null values are excluded. You can change this behavior so that null values are included. You can also change the XSD for a concept object to allow null values, using the nillable attribute. See Appendix A, Handling Null Properties for details.
Concepts and State Machines
If you are using the TIBCO BusinessEvents Data Modeling add-on product, you can associate a concept with a state machine. See TIBCO BusinessEvents Data Modeling Developer’s Guide for details.

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