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* [http://bpt.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/Oryx/ Oryx], an academic Open Source project to create BPMN 2.0 diagrams, EPCs or Petri nets online. | |||
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Revision as of 15:49, 18 June 2010
Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) is a graphical representation for specifying business processes in a workflow. BPMN was developed by Business Process Management Initiative (BPMI) (Wikipedia).
“The Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) specification provides a graphical notation for specifying business processes in a Business Process Diagram (BPD).[3] The objective of BPMN is to support business process management for both technical users and business users by providing a notation that is intuitive to business users yet able to represent complex process semantics. The BPMN specification also provides a mapping between the graphics of the notation to the underlying constructs of execution languages, particularly BPEL4WS. (Business Process Modeling Notation, retrieved jan 6 2009).”
See also: The Business Process Execution Language (BPEL), an executable XML language. Most (?) BPMN tools can compile drawings into executable BPEL and other XML formats in addition.
History and versions
- BPMN 2.0 RFP: Request for Proposals for version 2.0 of BPMN (2008,-)
- BPMN 1.1: OMG Specification, February, 2008
- BPMN 1.0: OMG Final Adopted Specification, February 6, 2006
- BPMN 1.0: May 3, 2004 Draft Specification
Tools
There seem to exist some free tools (none tested so far)
- BPMN plugin for Eclipse
- Oryx, an academic Open Source project to create BPMN 2.0 diagrams, EPCs or Petri nets online.
See for the moment:
- BPMN Implementors and Quotes (best link, at OMG)
- Tools (BPM forum, not very complete)
Bibliography and links =
Links
Bibliography
- White, Stephen A. (2004). Introduction to BPMN, IBM.
- White, Stephen A. (2004). Mapping BPMN to BPEL Example, IBM PDF