This XML schema file defines the PriceRule noun. The version of WebSphere Commerce when the noun was last changed. The value is set as the versionID attribute in the corresponding BODs. Price rule is a business rule which defines how to calculate price under different business conditions. The unique identifier of the price rule. The price rule elements contained by a price rule. The description of the price rule. Reserved for IBM internal use. Reserved for IBM internal use. The create time of the price rule. The last update time of the price rule. Indicates if the price rule is dependent or independent. A dependent price rule means it needs an input price to give an resultant price, while independent price rule does not need an input price because it contains a price list element or another independent price rule to get the initial price for the calculation. Only independent price rule can be assigned to a contract. Both independent and dependent price rules can nested in other independent price rules. User Data. The type of a price rule. Price rule is a business rule which defines how to calculate price under different business conditions. Price rule elements could be path, condition, action and branch, etc. These elements function together to determine the flow of a price rule. The states of price rules. The state of price rules. When a new price rule is created, its state is Draft. After you finish composing it and activate it, its state is changed to Ready. When you don't want it to be assigned to any contracts any more, you can suspend it, then the state is changed to Suspend. When there is no reference to the price rule and you don't want to be used any more, you can close it, then its state is changed to Closed. The identifier of a price rule element template. The unique identifier of price rule element template. The external identifier of price rule element template. The external identifier of a price rule element template. The name of price rule element template. The group of price rule element templates. The store identifier. Price rule elements could be path, condition, action and branch, etc. These elements function together to determine the flow of a price rule. The group of price rule element templates. The group of price rule element templates. The type of the price rule. The type of the price rule. Internal indicates the rule is defined in WebSphere Commerce. External indicates the rule is imported into WebSphere Commerce from an external rule engine such as JRules.