Choose Attribute Text

Selecting correct attribute wording is fundamental to capturing logic accurately in your Policy Modeling application and conveying information to a user in a meaningful way. Specifically, attribute text influences:

• The logic of a rule condition
  The logic of a rule is not just captured in the rule levels. There is intrinsic logic in the construction of a sentence and the negation of that sentence. For example: "No child appears in the photo" will be negated as "no child does not appear in the photo" which is logically incorrect.
• The connections between rules
  Rules are connected in the policy model using plain text matching. A condition of one rule will only be automatically linked to the conclusion of another rule if the text is the same. For example, the text "the doctor’s waiting room is full" will not automatically connect to "the doctors’ waiting room is full" as the apostrophe is in a different place in the sentence. Automatic linking also works for negative forms (for example, "the claimant does not satisfy the residence criteria" will be recognized as the negative form of "the claimant satisfies the residence criteria", and the rules using these conditions will be automatically linked), but again only if there is an exact match with the text of the negative form.
• The display of question text on interview screens
  The user will see the wording of the attribute on any question screens created for the application unless you explicitly change this question text when defining your interview screens.
• The wording of attributes in explanations
  The explanation is an important mechanism for understanding how the rules are operating. Incorrect attribute text will make it more difficult to debug errors and may mislead or confuse users.