Generating Extended Conceptual Schemas from Business Process Models
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چکیده
The specification of business processes is becoming a more and more critical aspect for organizations. Such processes are specified as workflow models expressing the logical precedence among the different business activities (i.e., the units of work). Up to now, workflow models have been commonly managed through specific subsystems, called workflow management systems. In this paper we advocate for an integration of the workflow specification in the domain conceptual schema. This workflow-extended schema is automatically derived from the workflow model and comprises some new entity and relationship types for describing the workflow elements and a set of integrity constraints to ensure the workflow precedence rules.
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