8.2 FailingRule

The FailingRule class holds summary information on which of the rules within a policy failed.

Table 8.2-1 Attributes
Name	Type	Notes
FailingRuleExtensions	ExtensionNameValue	This allows extending the FailingRule class with as many arbitrary name-value pairs as is required at run-time. Uses for this might include why the rule failed or by how much.
RuleId	String64	Identifier of the atomic rule being checked against the data.
RuleName	String2000	Human-readable name of the atomic rule being checked against the data.
Severity	String64	Severity of the failure. This could be used to indicate that a rule is a high-priority rule whose failure is considered as severe or could be used to indicate just how badly a rule was contravened. The meaning of this field should be standardized within a company to maximize its utility.

Table 8.2-2 Associations
Association	Notes
From: DataAssuranceRecord.FailingRules 0..*To: FailingRule Association	If the data do not conform to the policy then there will a FailingRule for each occurrence of a rule which failed. If the data being examined conforms to the policy then there will be no occurrences of FailingRules.