Business process modelling (BPM) notations describe processes using a graphical representation of process-relevant entities and their interplay. Despite the wide literature on the comparison between different modelling languages, the BPM community still lacks an ontological characterisation of process constructs. Purpose of this paper is to start filling this gap by providing a first ontological analysis of the main business process entities. The analysis and the resulting characterisation aim at illustrating the different perspectives that BPM languages implicitly take on business processes, as well as guiding the modellers in making an appropriate choice when selecting among different notations.
Business Process Languages: An Ontology-Based Perspective / Adamo, Greta; Borgo, Stefano; Di Francescomarino, Chiara; Ghidini, Chiara; Guarino, Nicola; Sanfilippo, Emilio M.. - (2017). (Intervento presentato al convegno 8th International Workshop on Formal Ontologies meet Industry (FOMI 2017) - part of the Joint Ontology Workshops (JOWO 2017), tenutosi a Bolzano nel 21-23/09/2017).
Business Process Languages: An Ontology-Based Perspective
Stefano Borgo;Chiara Di Francescomarino;Nicola Guarino;Emilio M. Sanfilippo
2017-01-01
Abstract
Business process modelling (BPM) notations describe processes using a graphical representation of process-relevant entities and their interplay. Despite the wide literature on the comparison between different modelling languages, the BPM community still lacks an ontological characterisation of process constructs. Purpose of this paper is to start filling this gap by providing a first ontological analysis of the main business process entities. The analysis and the resulting characterisation aim at illustrating the different perspectives that BPM languages implicitly take on business processes, as well as guiding the modellers in making an appropriate choice when selecting among different notations.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione