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Governance & Compliance · Software component

Rule Base Updater

Software componentGovernance & ComplianceSafety, Security & Governancearc:RuleBaseUpdater

A governance component that commits approved rule additions, refinements and retirements, with confidence scores and documented rationale, to the production rule base.

Responsibility. Applies approved changes to the production rule base.

Also known as: Rule deployment

requires approval from; is invoked byemits telemetry towritesis invoked bywritesDomain Rule Expert: requires approval from; is invoked byDomain Rule ExpertAudit Log Store: emits telemetry toAudit Log StoreProduction Rule Base: writesProduction Rule BaseRule Validation Orchestrator: is invoked byRule Validation Orchestr…Rejected Rule Log: writesRejected Rule Log
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is invoked by dependency

writes dependency

emits telemetry to dynamic

requires approval from control

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Rule retirementDocumented rule change rationale

Sources

  1. Ch5.11: T. Nguyen, "Rule-Based Decision Making Fundamentals," in Mastering Agentic AI Systems: Guide for the NVIDIA NCP-AAI Exam, 1st ed. 2026, ch. 5.11. ISBN: 9798244538229.