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BibliographyKopp, Oliver; Martin, Daniel; Wutke, Daniel; Leymann, Frank: On the Choice Between Graph-Based and Block-Structured Business Process Modeling Languages.
In: Modellierung betrieblicher Informationssysteme (MobIS 2008). Saarbrücken, Germany, November 27 - 28, 2008..
University of Stuttgart, Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Information Technology.
Lecture Notes in Informatics; P-141, pp. 59-72, english.
Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI), November 27, 2008.
ISSN: 1617-5468; ISBN: 978-3-88579-235-2.
Article in Proceedings (Conference Paper).
CR-SchemaH.4.1 (Office Automation)
Abstract

The most prominent business process notations in use today are BPMN, EPC and BPEL. While all those languages show similarities on the conceptual level and share similar constructs, the semantics of these constructs and even the intended use of the language itself are often quite different. As a result, users are uncertain when to use which language or construct in a particular language, especially when they have used another business process notation before. Specifically problematic are the semantics of join and loop constructs that have also been heavily discussed in literature. In this paper, we discuss the core characteristics of graph-based and block-structured modeling languages and compare them with respect to their join and loop semantics.

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Department(s)University of Stuttgart, Institute of Architecture of Application Systems
Project(s)Tools4BPEL
Entry dateSeptember 29, 2008
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