Feasibility of EPC to BPEL Model Transformations based on Ontology and Patterns

Lucas O. Meertens; Maria Eugenia Iacob; Silja M. Eckartz

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-12186-9_33

Feasibility of EPC to BPEL Model Transformations based on Ontology and Patterns

Lucas O. Meertens, Maria Eugenia Iacob, Silja M. Eckartz

Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences

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Abstract

Model-Driven Engineering holds the promise of transforming business models into code automatically. This requires the concept of model transformation. In this paper, we assess the feasibility of model transformations from Event-driven Process Chain models to Business Process Execution Language specifications. To this purpose, we use a framework based on ontological analysis and workflow patterns in order to predict the possibilities/limitations of such a model transformation. The framework is validated by evaluating the transformation of several models, including a real-life case. The framework indicates several limitations for transformation. Eleven guidelines and an approach to apply them provide methodological support to improve the feasibility of model transformation from EPC to BPEL.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Business Process Management Workshops
Subtitle of host publication	BPM 2009 International Workshops, Ulm, Germany, September 7, 2009. Revised Papers
Editors	Stefanie Rinderle-Ma, Shazia Sadiq, Frank Leymann
Place of Publication	Berlin, Heidelberg
Publisher	Springer
Pages	1-12
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-642-12186-9
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-12185-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12186-9_33
Publication status	Published - 7 Sept 2010
Event	2nd International workshop on Event-Driven Business Process Management, edBPM 2009 - Ulm, Germany Duration: 7 Sept 2009 → 7 Sept 2009 Conference number: 2

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Publisher	Springer
Volume	43
ISSN (Print)	1865-1348
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-1356

Conference

Conference	2nd International workshop on Event-Driven Business Process Management, edBPM 2009
Abbreviated title	edBPM
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Ulm
Period	7/09/09 → 7/09/09

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METIS-260652
IR-75912

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Meertens, L. O., Iacob, M. E., & Eckartz, S. M. (2010). Feasibility of EPC to BPEL Model Transformations based on Ontology and Patterns. In S. Rinderle-Ma, S. Sadiq, & F. Leymann (Eds.), Business Process Management Workshops: BPM 2009 International Workshops, Ulm, Germany, September 7, 2009. Revised Papers (pp. 1-12). (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 43). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12186-9_33

Meertens, Lucas O. ; Iacob, Maria Eugenia ; Eckartz, Silja M. / Feasibility of EPC to BPEL Model Transformations based on Ontology and Patterns. Business Process Management Workshops: BPM 2009 International Workshops, Ulm, Germany, September 7, 2009. Revised Papers. editor / Stefanie Rinderle-Ma ; Shazia Sadiq ; Frank Leymann. Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer, 2010. pp. 1-12 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing).

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Meertens, LO, Iacob, ME & Eckartz, SM 2010, Feasibility of EPC to BPEL Model Transformations based on Ontology and Patterns. in S Rinderle-Ma, S Sadiq & F Leymann (eds), Business Process Management Workshops: BPM 2009 International Workshops, Ulm, Germany, September 7, 2009. Revised Papers. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 43, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 1-12, 2nd International workshop on Event-Driven Business Process Management, edBPM 2009, Ulm, Germany, 7/09/09. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12186-9_33

Feasibility of EPC to BPEL Model Transformations based on Ontology and Patterns. / Meertens, Lucas O.; Iacob, Maria Eugenia; Eckartz, Silja M.
Business Process Management Workshops: BPM 2009 International Workshops, Ulm, Germany, September 7, 2009. Revised Papers. ed. / Stefanie Rinderle-Ma; Shazia Sadiq; Frank Leymann. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2010. p. 1-12 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 43).

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Meertens LO, Iacob ME, Eckartz SM. Feasibility of EPC to BPEL Model Transformations based on Ontology and Patterns. In Rinderle-Ma S, Sadiq S, Leymann F, editors, Business Process Management Workshops: BPM 2009 International Workshops, Ulm, Germany, September 7, 2009. Revised Papers. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. 2010. p. 1-12. (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-12186-9_33

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