On Data, Information, and Knowledge Representation in Business Process Models

Towards Systematic Reflection of Data, Information, and Knowledge

“…However, business process modeling notations currently do not provide an opportunity to clearly distinguish between them. The problem mainly resides in a still not fully agreedupon understanding of relationship between such notions as data, information, and knowledge [10]. Therefore in this paper we focus on the analysis of this relationship by investigating intersection of modern information theory assumptions and knowledge management definitions of information and knowledge.…”

“…Meanwhile the obtained data have no meaning for object O2 and it"s not clear what part of them and to what extend they are useful for object O2. Thus, data are functional values of information codes which correspond to new parameters of object state obtained in interaction with another object [10].…”

“…At the same time knowledge has poor or no modeling capabilities in business process modeling notations, but knowledge oriented languages have limited process perspective representation. This leads to ambiguity and misunderstanding of the developed models, especially in modeling knowledge intensive processes [10].…”