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Towards the ontology-based transformation of business process models

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SBPM '09: Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Semantic Business Process Management

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BPM encompasses the relationship between the high-level models of business analysts and the service-oriented models by which these are realised at the IT level. Increasingly in the application of BPM, successive models are derived from the previous ones by transformation in the style of model-driven development. In order to capitalise on the advantages of ontology-based semantics we feel that two technologies are currently under-exploited in the Semantic BPM approach. Firstly, in the armoury of techniques provided for realisation of the Semantic Web, rules can be used to capture the dynamic relationship between ontological models. It is natural therefore to consider how far the use of ontology languages with rule support allow for the representation not simply of business process models, but the transformation-style relationships between them. Secondly, Semantic Web Services technology allows for the use of discovery and mediation to play a part in effecting such dynamics. This discussion paper presents current results, in particular the complete transformation between the SUPER Business Process Modelling Ontology and an extended form of BPEL, and the outlook for the approach of applying these technologies in the transformation of business process models.

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SBPM '09: Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Semantic Business Process Management

June 2009

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ISBN:9781605585130

DOI:10.1145/1944968

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Bundeswehr University Munich
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University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland
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Nenad Stojanovic
FZI Research Center for Information Technologies Karlsruhe

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Delgado ARuiz Fde Guzmán IPiattini M(2013)Main Principles on the Integration of SOC and MDD Paradigms to Business Processes: A Systematic ReviewSoftware and Data Technologies10.1007/978-3-642-29578-2_6(88-108)Online publication date: 2013
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