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Semantic EPC: Enhancing Process Modeling Using Ontology Languages

Oliver Thomas; Michael Fellmann
In: M. Hepp; Knut Hinkelmann; D. Karagiannis; R. Klein; N. Stojanovic (Hrsg.). Proceedings of the Workshop on Semantic Business Process and Product Lifecycle Management (SBPM 2007). Workshop on Semantic Business Process and Product Lifecycle Management (SBPM-2007), located at 4th European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2007), June 7, Innsbruck, Austria, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, 2007.

Abstract

In this article we describe a semantic extension of event-driven process chains, with which it is possible to specify the semantics of individual model elements as it is indicated by their label in natural language using concepts of a formal ontology. To do so, a multi-level approach was developed, which comprises an ontology level, a metadata level, as well as a model level. With the approach presented here, ambiguity that is introduced by the use of natural language in semi-formal models can be removed. Moreover, new possibilities of reasoning over business process models are introduced which improve the analysis, search and validation of business processes.

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