h1. *Overview*

This thematic concerns modelling approach. The well-known modelling approach and standard is Model-Driven Architecture (MDA). MDA has 3 levels: business, logical and technological levels. Here in this thematic, we focus only on business level. See this link for [What is MDA and Where we position our works on?|modelisation:What is MDA? Why concerns BPMN?]

Using the advanced formalisms to model a process can cover several aspects of processes including actors (organizational view), and information (informational view). Besides, such formalisms offer a functional view of a process which is also an important factor. The main difference between PCD, UML, and BPMN is that BPMN has a direct connection with an execution language, BPEL. Therefore, BPMN seems to be the best choice for us for modelling a business process. Here is a short description of what BPMN is...


BPMN is a semi-formal language for process modelling. The goal of BPMN is to provide an explicit notation that is easy to use, and understandable by all business people who create, implement, or monitor processes. Thus, BPMN closes the gap between process design and process implementation. Another design goal of BPMN is its compatibility with XML-based workflow languages like BPEL. The visualization of processes designed with these formalisms is quite important. Indeed, BPMN has not only been designed to be a modelling formalism for capitalising knowledge, but also a bridge for automated executing processes (under BPEL) via BPMS (Business Process Management System) engine.

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h1. *Main themes*

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