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Semantic Annotation of Business Process Templates

Semantic Annotation of Business Process Templates
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Author(s): Yun Lin (Agresso, Norway)and Darijus Strasunskas (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 17
Source title: Semantic Technologies for Business and Information Systems Engineering: Concepts and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Stefan Smolnik (European Business School (EBS), Germany), Frank Teuteberg (University Osnabrueck, Germany)and Oliver Thomas (Saarland University, Germany)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-126-3.ch012

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Abstract

Process models represent valuable resources for integration and alignment of business processes. Nowadays, due to networked business and tighter integration along a value chain, the number of enterprises that need to orchestrate their workflows is increasing. These circumstances urge companies to improve management of process models and templates. Machine-readable and interoperable semantics of the process templates facilitate retrieval and reuse. However, the heterogeneity of both model representations and modeling languages makes it difficult to retrieve, comprehend, compare, and reuse the templates. Therefore, in this chapter we elaborate on the semantic annotation of process model templates consisting of three basic parts: meta-model, domain, and goal annotations. For this purpose, we use ontologies representing generic constructs of process models, concepts from a business domain, and business goals. We illustrate application of the approach in OWL and provide a case study with exemplary semantic queries.

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