Editing High Level Architecture (section)

==HLA rules==
The HLA rules describe the responsibilities of federations and the federates that join.<ref name="rti-prog-guide">{{cite book|  author=U.S. [[Defense Modeling and Simulation Office]]| title=RTI 1.3-Next Generation Programmer's Guide Version 4| year=2001| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense|U.S. Department of Defense]]}}</ref>

# Federations shall have an HLA federation object model (FOM), documented in accordance with the HLA object model template (OMT).
# In a federation, all representation of objects in the FOM shall be in the federates, not in the run-time infrastructure (RTI).
# During a federation execution, all exchange of FOM data among federates shall occur via the RTI.
# During a federation execution, federates shall interact with the run-time infrastructure (RTI) in accordance with the HLA interface specification.
# During a federation execution, an attribute of an instance of an object shall be owned by only one federate at any given time.
# Federates shall have an HLA simulation object model (SOM), documented in accordance with the HLA object model template (OMT).
# Federates shall be able to update and/or reflect any attributes of objects in their SOM and send and/or receive SOM object interactions externally, as specified in their SOM.
# Federates shall be able to transfer and/or accept ownership of an attribute dynamically during a federation execution, as specified in their SOM.
# Federates shall be able to vary the conditions under which they provide updates of attributes of objects, as specified in their SOM.
# Federates shall be able to manage local time in a way that will allow them to coordinate data exchange with other members of a federation.