Translating BPMN to BPEL

Ouyang, Chun, van der Aalst, Wil M.P., Dumas, Marlon, & ter Hofstede, Arthur H.M. (2006) Translating BPMN to BPEL. .

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Abstract

The Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN) is a graph-oriented language in which control and action nodes can be connected almost arbitrarily. It is supported by various modelling tools but so far no systems can directly execute BPMN models. The Business Process Execution Language for Web Services (BPEL) on the other hand is a mainly block-structured language supported by several execution platforms. In the current setting, mapping BPMN models to BPEL code is a necessary step towards unified and standards-based business process development environments. It turns out that this mapping is challenging from a scientific viewpoint as BPMN and BPEL represent two fundamentally different classes of languages. Existing methods for mapping BPMN to BPEL impose limitations on the structure of the source model, especially with respect to cycles. This report proposes a technique that overcomes these limitations. Beyond its direct relevance in the context of BPMN and BPEL, this technique addresses difficult problems that arise generally when translating between floow-based languages with parallelism.

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ID Code:	3615
Item Type:	Journal Article
Keywords:	Business Process Modeling, Unstructured Flowchart, BPMN, BPEL
Divisions:	Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > Faculty of Science and Technology
Copyright Owner:	Copyright 2006 (please consult author)
Deposited On:	19 Jul 2006
Last Modified:	09 Jun 2010 22:30

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