When development is done by multiple teams, there should be a way to reference the resources in a modular way.

Here is how it is / can be done now ( which is BAD / not modular ):

<drools:kbase id="kbase">
<drools:resources>
<drools:resource type="DRF" source="classpath:org/drools/container/spring/team1_1.drf"/>
<drools:resource type="DRF" source="classpath:org/drools/container/spring/team1_2.drf"/>
<drools:resource type="DRF" source="classpath:org/drools/container/spring/team2_1.drf"/>
<drools:resource type="DRF" source="classpath:org/drools/container/spring/team2_2.drf"/>
<drools:resource ref="team3_1"/>
<drools:resource ref="team3_2"/>
</drools:resources>
</drools:kbase>

Since clients need to be aware of every little artifact of individual team, and have to reimport all artifacts into a knowledge base one by one.

Here is a better way to do it:

<drools:kbase id="kbase">
<drools:resources ref="team1-resources"/>
<drools:resources ref="team2-resources"/>
<drools:resources ref="team3-resources"/>
</drools:kbase>

where individual team's config may look as:

(e.g. team 1):

<drools:resources id="team1-resources">
<drools:resource type="DRF" source="classpath:org/drools/container/spring/team1_1.drf"/>
<drools:resource type="DRF" source="classpath:org/drools/container/spring/team1_2.drf"/>
</drools:resources/>

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Long story short:

"drools:resources" needs:

1. ID, to be able to ref to it
2. REF, to be able to ref to an ID

"drools:kbase" needs:

1. To optionally take a list of "drools:resources"

Thank you,
/Anatoly