A meta-meta-model for seven business process modelling languages

F. Heidari; P. Loucopoulos; F.M.T. Brazier; J. Barjis

doi:10.1109/CBI.2013.38

A meta-meta-model for seven business process modelling languages

F. Heidari, P. Loucopoulos, F.M.T. Brazier, J. Barjis

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Abstract

Many different business process modelling languages (BPMLs) have been designed in recent years. In cross-organizational business processes and heterogeneous organizations where multiple BPMLs are deployed there is a need for a unified view to ease communication and foster understandability. This paper proposes a language independent abstraction of seven mainstream BPMLs' concepts, in a unified meta-meta model based on an analysis of these modelling languages. Generic concepts are identified and a unified metamodel is developed. An ontological analysis of the representational capability of this metamodel is examined in relation to the Bunge-Wand-Weber ontology and applicability of the approach is demonstrated via an Example.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2013 IEEE Conference on Business Informatics (CBI 2013), 15-18 July 2013, Vienna, Austria
Place of Publication	Vienna, Austria
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	216-221
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4799-0858-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CBI.2013.38
Publication status	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes
Event	15th IEEE Conference on Business Informatics, CBI 2013 - Vienna, Austria Duration: 15 Jul 2013 → 18 Jul 2013 Conference number: 15

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Conference	15th IEEE Conference on Business Informatics, CBI 2013
Abbreviated title	CBI 2013
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	15/07/13 → 18/07/13

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Heidari, F, Loucopoulos, P, Brazier, FMT & Barjis, J 2013, A meta-meta-model for seven business process modelling languages. in 2013 IEEE Conference on Business Informatics (CBI 2013), 15-18 July 2013, Vienna, Austria. IEEE Computer Society, Vienna, Austria, pp. 216-221, 15th IEEE Conference on Business Informatics, CBI 2013, Vienna, Austria, 15/07/13. https://doi.org/10.1109/CBI.2013.38

A meta-meta-model for seven business process modelling languages. / Heidari, F.; Loucopoulos, P.; Brazier, F.M.T. et al.

2013 IEEE Conference on Business Informatics (CBI 2013), 15-18 July 2013, Vienna, Austria. Vienna, Austria : IEEE Computer Society, 2013. p. 216-221.

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