Towards Semantic Integration of XML- based Business Process Models Jan Mendling, Uwe Zdun Dept. of IS and New Media, WU Wien Cristian Pérez de Laborda Dept. of CS – DB and IS, University of Düsseldorf

Towards Semantic Integration of XML-based Business Process Models Slide 2 Agenda 1.Heterogeneity of BPM Standards 2.Applicability of Schema Integration 3.Ingredients of Metamodel Integration 4.Outlook

Towards Semantic Integration of XML-based Business Process Models Slide 3 Agenda 1. Heterogeneity of BPM Standards

Towards Semantic Integration of XML-based Business Process Models Slide 4 Scenario Consulting Customer Simulation Workflow

Towards Semantic Integration of XML-based Business Process Models Slide 5 Heterogeneity problems AML BPEL4WS tools : metamodel : interchange format

Towards Semantic Integration of XML-based Business Process Models Slide 6 Standardised interchange format is missing

Towards Semantic Integration of XML-based Business Process Models Slide 7 Agenda 2. Applicability of Schema Integration

Towards Semantic Integration of XML-based Business Process Models Slide 8 Schema Integration Methodology Schema conflicts Similarity relations between schema concepts Disjointness Intersection Subset Equality Criteria for global integrated schema (Batini et al. 1986) Completeness Minimality Understandability

Towards Semantic Integration of XML-based Business Process Models Slide 9 Case of PNML and BPEL4WS

Towards Semantic Integration of XML-based Business Process Models Slide 10 Metamodels of PNML and BPEL4WS

Towards Semantic Integration of XML-based Business Process Models Slide 11 Using schema integration?

Towards Semantic Integration of XML-based Business Process Models Slide 12 Agenda 3. Ingredients of Metamodel Integration

Towards Semantic Integration of XML-based Business Process Models Slide 13 Keep the balance Bottom-up schema integration Required concepts and relationships Generalisation of concepts Top-down domain modelling Identify mappings between concepts Consolidation of concepts

Towards Semantic Integration of XML-based Business Process Models Slide 14 Agenda 4. Outlook

Towards Semantic Integration of XML-based Business Process Models Slide 15 Next steps Definition of engineering process for metamodel integration reflecting Canonical representation of concepts (ontology-based) Complex semantic relationships XML design guidelines Case study on BPM standard integration Test for applicability in other domains

Jan Mendling, Uwe Zdun Dept. of IS and New Media, WU Wien Cristian Pérez de Laborda Dept. of CS – DB and IS, University of Düsseldorf Thank you for your attention

Towards Semantic Integration of XML-based Business Process Models Slide 17 Metamodels and interchange formats see J. Mendling, G. Neumann, M. Nüttgens: A Comparison of XML Interchange Formats for Business Process Modelling. In: F. Feltz, A. Oberweis, B. Otjacques, eds.: Proc. of EMISA 2004 "Informationssysteme im E-Business und E-Government", Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Vol. 56 of Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), pages , October 2004.

Towards Semantic Integration of XML-based Business Process Models Slide 18 Standardisierungs-Organisationen Object Management Group (OMG) Workflow Management Coalition Business Process Management Initiative (BPMI) Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) (+ UN/CEFACT) World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Akademische Initiativen

Towards Semantic Integration of XML-based Business Process Models Slide 19 Effekte der Standardisierung von Austauchformaten Pragmatischer Effekt: Austausch von Modellen Ökonomischer Effekt:Reduzierter Lock-In, mehr Wettbewerb Konzeptioneller Effekt:Konsolidation der Konzepte Quelle: J. Mendling, G. Neumann, M. Nüttgens: A Comparison of XML Interchange Formats for Business Process Modelling. In: F. Feltz, A. Oberweis, B. Otjacques, eds.: Proc. of EMISA 2004 "Informationssysteme im E-Business und E-Government", Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Vol. 56 of Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), pages , October 2004.

Towards Semantic Integration of XML-based Business Process Models Slide 20 Agenda 3. Wie kann man Austauschformate definieren?

Towards Semantic Integration of XML-based Business Process Models Slide 21 Aufgreifen der Vorlesung Methode, Technik, … Quelle: D. Karagiannis, H. Kühn: Metamodelling Plattforms. In: K. Bauknecht, A. Min Tjoa, G. Quirchmayer, eds.: Proceedings of the Third International Conference EC-Web 2002 – Dexa 2002, Aix-en-Provence, France, Vol of Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), pages 182, September

Towards Semantic Integration of XML-based Business Process Models Slide 22 Modell und Datei UML-KlassendiagrammXMI-Datei

Towards Semantic Integration of XML-based Business Process Models Slide 23 Austauschformate: Allgemeine Gestaltungs-Kriterien Einfachheitgute Verständlichkeit VollständigkeitBereitstellung aller wichtigen Konzepte Allgemeingültigkeitfür verschiedene Szenarien geeignet EindeutigkeitPräzise Terminologie und Semantik Erweiterbarkeitfür Zusatzinfo und Weiterentwicklung Quelle: J. Mendling, G. Neumann, M. Nüttgens: A Comparison of XML Interchange Formats for Business Process Modelling. In: F. Feltz, A. Oberweis, B. Otjacques, eds.: Proc. of EMISA 2004 "Informationssysteme im E-Business und E-Government", Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Vol. 56 of Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), pages , October 2004.

Towards Semantic Integration of XML-based Business Process Models Slide 24 Spezifikationsmöglichkeiten Interchange Format Only bspw. BPEL4WS Mappings Only bspw. XMI Joint Specification bspw. PNML Quelle: J. Mendling, G. Neumann, M. Nüttgens: A Comparison of XML Interchange Formats for Business Process Modelling. In: F. Feltz, A. Oberweis, B. Otjacques, eds.: Proc. of EMISA 2004 "Informationssysteme im E-Business und E-Government", Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Vol. 56 of Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), pages , October 2004.