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diff --git a/docs/apex/APEX-Introduction.rst b/docs/apex/APEX-Introduction.rst index 90dd9e74..b13e335e 100644 --- a/docs/apex/APEX-Introduction.rst +++ b/docs/apex/APEX-Introduction.rst @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Introduction to APEX information that is provided by other systems. APEX keeps context coordinated across all the the instances running a particular policy. If a policy running in an APEX engine - changes the value of a piece of context, that value is is + changes the value of a piece of context, that value is available to all other APEX engines that use that piece of context. APEX takes care of distribution, locking, writing of context to persistent storage, and monitoring of context. @@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ APEX Configuration An APEX engine can be configured to use various combinations of event input handlers, event output handlers, event protocols, context handlers, and logic executors. The system - is build using a plugin architecture. Each configuration + is built using a plugin architecture. Each configuration option is realized by a plugin, which can be loaded and configured when the engine is started. New plugins can be added to the system at any time, though to benefit from a - new plugin an engine will need to be restarted. + new plugin, an engine will need to be restarted. .. container:: imageblock @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ APEX Policy Matrix APEX offers a lot of flexibility for defining, deploying, and executing policies. Based on a theoretic model, it - supports virtually any policy model and allows to translate + supports virtually any policy model and supports translation of legacy policies into the APEX execution format. However, the most important aspect for using APEX is to decide what policy is needed, what underlying policy concepts should be @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ APEX Policy Matrix - Feedback, i.e. why did something happen or not happen. Similar to analysis, but here the feedback will be in the - input event and the policy needs to something with that + input event and the policy needs to do something with that information. Feedback can be related to history or experience, for instance a previous policy execution. The policy needs to be context-aware or be a meta-policy. @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ APEX Policy Matrix additional information of any kind but cannot change/alter them - - Global context (read and write), the policy the policy + - Global context (read and write), the policy has access to additional information of any kind and can alter this information (for instance to record historic information) |