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BPDMN: A Conservative Extension of BPMN with Enhanced Data Representation Capabilities

Software Engineering 2009-07-14 v1 Databases

Abstract

The design of business processes involves the usage of modeling languages, tools and methodologies. In this paper we highlight and address a relevant limitation of the Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN): its weak data representation capabilities. In particular, we extend it with data-specific constructs derived from existing data modeling notations and adapted to blend gracefully into BPMN diagrams. The extension has been developed taking existing modeling languages and requirement analyses into account: we characterize our notation using the Workfl ow Data Patterns and provide mappings to the main XML-based business process languages.

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@article{arxiv.0907.1978,
  title  = {BPDMN: A Conservative Extension of BPMN with Enhanced Data Representation Capabilities},
  author = {Matteo Magnani and Danilo Montesi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.1978},
  year   = {2009}
}

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17 pages

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