Following
the property ???isDefinedInPool??? we define a Pool (and all its properties). Following
the property ???hasGenericBusinessProcessDiagramObject??? (starting from the class
process) we define the Start Event, the task, the End Event and two sequence flow:
one has the start event as source and the task as target and another has the task as
source and the end event as target.
Obviously, the BPMN ontological metamodel development is supported by our editor
where it is hidden the BPMN complexity and the final design (with or without
all details) may be saved in OWL format. The process representation so obtained
follows the metamodel and it is an instance of it.
Figure 9. Ontological class trigger
Events
Events
Events
Cancel
Compensation
Error
Link
Message
Multiple
Rule
Terminate
Timer
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Future.Trends
Starting from an ontological definition of the BPMN metamodel and thus from
an ontological definition of the model, our next step is oriented to two different
directions.
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