A Transactional Metamodel For Business Process Modeling With Support To Business Process Patterns

Currently, there are several metamodels for business process and workflow process modeling. However, the limitations of these metamodels are twofold: First, the use of organizational structure aspects is limited and second they don’t support business (sub)process patterns based on organizational structure aspects. These limitations may restrict the accuracy, efficiency, and productivity of the workflow project. Thesis result specially comprises a Transactional Metamodel of Business Processes (TMBP). TMBP links organizational structure aspects with business (sub)process and makes it feasible to create business (sub)process from the reuse of business (sub)process patterns based on organizational structure aspects. An additional feature of TMBP supports the generation of business subprocess patterns through the Business Process Execution Language for Web Services (BPEL4WS).