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标题：Extending Conceptual Schemas with Business Process Information
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作者：Marco Brambilla ; Jordi Cabot ; Sara Comai 等
期刊名称：Advances in Software Engineering
印刷版ISSN：1687-8655
电子版ISSN：1687-8663
出版年度：2010
卷号：2010
DOI：10.1155/2010/525121
出版社：Hindawi Publishing Corporation
摘要：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). Typically, workflow models are managed through specific subsystems, called workflow management systems, to ensure a consistent behavior of the applications with respect to the organization business process. However, for small organizations and/or simple business processes, the complexity and capabilities of these dedicated workflow engines may be overwhelming. In this paper, we therefore, advocate for a different and lightweight approach, consisting in the integration of the business process specification within the system conceptual schema. We show how a workflow-extended conceptual schema can be automatically obtained, which serves both to enforce the organization business process and to manage all its relevant domain data in a unified way. This extended model can be directly processed with current CASE tools, for instance, to generate an implementation of the system (including its business process) in any technological platform.