Business Process Modeling: Defining Domain Specific Modeling Languages by Use of UML Profiles Export

@incollection{citeulike:5798070, abstract = {General-purpose modeling languages are inadequate to model and visualize business processes precisely. An enterprise has its own vocabulary for modeling processes and its specific tasks may have attached data that define the tasks precisely. We propose using Domain Specific Modeling (DSM) languages to model business processes, such that an enterprise can define its own DSM language(s) capturing its vocabulary and data requirement. We suggest using UML profiles and UML activity diagrams as the semantic base for these DSM languages and present tools that are able to create a DSM language and tool support for a given domain. One tool, called ADSpecializer, can generate a UML profile and its tool support of a given application domain. The other tool, ADModeler, is used to create UML activity diagrams within such a domain-specific UML profile. The two tools enable an enterprise to efficiently define and utilize their own DSM language.}, author = {Brahe, Steen and {\O}sterbye, Kasper}, citeulike-article-id = {5798070}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11787044_19}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/u9071t030x485134}, doi = {10.1007/11787044_19}, journal = {Model Driven Architecture – Foundations and Applications}, keywords = {business, domain-specific, languages, modeling, process, profiles, uml}, pages = {241--255}, posted-at = {2009-09-17 22:28:55}, priority = {4}, title = {Business Process Modeling: Defining Domain Specific Modeling Languages by Use of UML Profiles}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11787044_19}, year = {2006} }

TY - CHAP ID - citeulike:5798070 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5798070 N2 - General-purpose modeling languages are inadequate to model and visualize business processes precisely. An enterprise has its own vocabulary for modeling processes and its specific tasks may have attached data that define the tasks precisely. We propose using Domain Specific Modeling (DSM) languages to model business processes, such that an enterprise can define its own DSM language(s) capturing its vocabulary and data requirement. We suggest using UML profiles and UML activity diagrams as the semantic base for these DSM languages and present tools that are able to create a DSM language and tool support for a given domain. One tool, called ADSpecializer, can generate a UML profile and its tool support of a given application domain. The other tool, ADModeler, is used to create UML activity diagrams within such a domain-specific UML profile. The two tools enable an enterprise to efficiently define and utilize their own DSM language. JF - Model Driven Architecture – Foundations and Applications EP - 255 TI - Business Process Modeling: Defining Domain Specific Modeling Languages by Use of UML Profiles SP - 241 KW - business KW - domain-specific KW - languages KW - modeling KW - process KW - profiles KW - uml AU - Brahe, Steen AU - Østerbye, Kasper PY - 2006/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11787044_19 ER -