A methodology for transforming BPMN to IFML into MDA

Abstract

Responding to rising information system complexity and the high expense of technological migration, model driven architecture (MDA) was created. As a result, the OMG advocates raising the abstraction level to overcome technological limitations. MDA seeks to describe the functional and performance requirements of an application on a platform independently. Using the MDA approach, the business process model and notation (BPMN), and interaction flow modeling language (IFML) standards, we represent a methodology that allows transforming semi-automatically from the computation independent model (CIM) level to the platform independent model (PIM) level; to achieve this a collection of unique rules for transforming in a semi-automatic manner from CIM to PIM were developed. At the CIM level, we create models of business process using the notation standard BPMN, and IFML is used to adapt PIM models with web-oriented graphical user interfaces (GUI). To properly demonstrate the transformation procedure from CIM to PIM models a case study of the order management process was presented.

An automatic alignment of the business process and business value models: a novel MDA method

“…The majority of source and target models are graphical in nature, which is advocated by the OMG except the paper [11] their authors generate the SBVR model and the paper [13] their authors generate a Textual Case model. For the model representation, all the studied papers start their alignment at the CIM level, and they use the flowing models; SGAP for [11], BPMN for [13], [18], [22]. UML Activity diagram is used by [15], DFD by [21] and E 3 value is proposed by our method.…”

“…For the target models representation, we have a textual representation for SBVR in [11], and the textual case model at [13]. All other paper generate graphical models like GoalCases in [11], use case diagram at [13], UML diagrams for [15], [22], IFML for [18], [22]. For our proposal, we generate the DFD which is a business process model, that can be used in the future for other research as a source model to generate their information system models as all studied papers based on it as a source model.…”

“…According to Kharmoum et al [21], their UML's communication diagram that presents the behavior and interactions model is automatically generated from the data-flow diagram with ATL language. In Sajji et al [22], generate their IFML Model automatically from the BPMN model dealing with the ATL language.…”

Graphical user Interfaces Generation from BPMN (Business Process Model and Notation) via IFML (Interaction Flow Modeling Language) up to PSM (Platform Specific Model) Level

“…The authors in [5] represent a methodology that permits a semi-automatic conversion from the CIM level to the PIM level using the MDA's approach, BPMN, and IFML standards. Several rules for semi-automating the conversion from the CIM level to the PIM level were developed.…”

“…We created in the first step the BPMN and IFML metamodels at Eclipse tool, the business process model of a case study named the after-sales service using the BPMN notation created also, then applied the transformation rules in ATL language [5]. We obtain the IFML model at the PIM level into Eclipse tool, finally, we import the IFML model in .xmi format [32] into the Webratio tool to get graphical user interfaces (GUI) code.…”