Towards an Ontological Analysis of BPMN
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bpmn is a de-facto standard with more than 70 commercial tools that currently support its use. However, its the semantic ambiguities jeopardize its implementation. We perform an ontological analysis of important constructs of bpmn like activities and events to highlight their implicit commitments.
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تاریخ انتشار 2014