by Guido Wirtz, Mathias Weske, Holger Giese
Abstract:
Workflow management aims at modeling and executing application processes in complex technical and organizational environments. Modern information systems are often based on object-oriented design techniques, for instance, the Unified Modeling Language (UML). These systems consist of application objects which collaborate to achieve a common goal. Although application objects collaborate in the context of business processes that can be supported by workflow technology, workflow modeling is typically done with proprietary workflow languages. Hence, two separate formalisms are present for modeling application objects and workflows. In this paper we try to remedy this situation by proposing the use of Object Coordination Nets (OCoN) for workflow modeling. OCoN nets provide a seamless integration with UML structure diagrams. The OCoN formalism also helps to deal with all relevant aspects of modeling complex workflow systems in a scalable and consistent manner.
Reference:
The OCoN Approach to Workflow Modeling in Object-Oriented Systems (Guido Wirtz, Mathias Weske, Holger Giese), In Information Systems Frontiers, volume 3, 2001.
Bibtex Entry:
@Article{Wirtz+2001,
AUTHOR = {Wirtz, Guido and Weske, Mathias and Giese, Holger},
TITLE = {{The OCoN Approach to Workflow Modeling in Object-Oriented
Systems}},
YEAR = {2001},
JOURNAL = {Information Systems Frontiers},
VOLUME = {3},
NUMBER = {3},
PAGES = {357-376},
URL = {Journal http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/1387-3326},
ABSTRACT = {Workflow management aims at modeling and executing
application processes in complex technical and organizational
environments. Modern information systems are often based
on object-oriented design techniques, for instance, the Unified
Modeling Language (UML). These systems consist of application objects
which collaborate to achieve a common goal. Although application
objects collaborate in the context of business processes that can be
supported by workflow technology, workflow modeling is typically done
with proprietary workflow languages. Hence, two separate formalisms
are present for modeling application objects and workflows. In this
paper we try to remedy this situation by proposing the use of Object
Coordination Nets (OCoN) for workflow modeling. OCoN nets provide a
seamless integration with UML structure diagrams. The OCoN formalism
also helps to deal with all relevant aspects of modeling complex
workflow systems in a scalable and consistent manner.}
}