Process modeling in Web applications

Brambilla, Marco; Ceri, Stefano; Fraternali, Piero; Manolescu, Ioana

doi:10.1145/1178625.1178627

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“…The Process Metadata Model (discussed in Section 5.1) consists of relational data describing of the activities of the process and of the associated constraints, useful for encapsulating the process control logic. This transformation extends and refines the technique for model-driven design of Web applications from business process specification initially proposed in [3]. Subsequently, the generated Application Model can be either used as is by a one-click prototype generation transformation to get a first flavour of the application execution (option 2 in the branching point), or it can be refined manually by the application designer, to add domain-dependent information on the execution of activities (option 1 in the branching).…”

Section: Development Processmentioning

confidence: 69%

“…With respect to our previous work, this paper extends and refines the technique initially proposed in [3] with several major aspects. The main innovation point is that the BP model and the application model are now treated at the same level and can be evolved separately, thanks to the topology of the generated application models, which insulates the process control logic from the interface and navigation logic of the front-end.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 70%

“…WebML [4] is a Domain Specific Language for data-, service-, and processcentric Web applications [3]. It allows specifying the conceptual model of Web applications built on top of a data schema and composed of one or more hypertexts used to publish or manipulate data.…”

Section: Background: Bpmn Webml and Webratiomentioning

confidence: 99%

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WebRatio BPM: A Tool for Designing and Deploying Business Processes on the Web

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Butti²,

Fraternali

2010

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract. This paper presents WebRatio BPM, an Eclipse-based tool that supports the design and deployment of business processes as Web applications. The tool applies Model Driven Engineering techniques to complex, multi-actor business processes, mixing tasks executed by humans and by machines, and produces a Web application running prototype that implements the specified process. Business processes are described through the standard BPMN notation, extended with information on task assignment, escalation policies, activity semantics, and typed dataflows, to enable a two-step generative approach: first the Process Model is automatically transformed into a Web Application Model in the WebML notation, which seamlessly expresses both human-and machine-executable tasks; secondly, the Application Model is fed to an automatic transformation capable of producing the running code. The tool provides various features that increase the productivity and the quality of the resulting application: one-click generation of a running prototype of the process from the BPMN model; fine-grained refinement of the resulting application; support of continuous evolution of the application design after requirements changes (both at business process and at application levels).

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Section: Development Processmentioning

confidence: 69%

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WebRatio BPM: A Tool for Designing and Deploying Business Processes on the Web

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2010

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“…Webratio enables the automatic generation of code starting from the visual schemas generated during design. Up to now, Web Modeling Language and Webratio could only cope with the design of static workflows [12], i.e., processes that are specified at design-time and are then delivered to the users by means of a Web application supporting the execution of the pre-planned process activities. Webratio and Web Modelling Language allow designers to visually specify workflows at a high level of abstraction using the Business Process Modelling Notation.…”

Section: The Cooper Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bridging the Gap Between Instructional Design and Double-Loop Learning

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Rusman

Bruggen

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International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies

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. Her research focuses on design methods and tools for Web applications, with particular emphasis on context-awareness, Web-based e-learning, Web usage mining, usability and accessibility. She is author of about 70 papers and is co-author of the book "Designing data-intensive Web Applications" (Morgan Kaufmann publisher, 2002).Ellen Rusman holds a Msc. in Educational Science and Technology at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. She spend several months as a student at the Centre for Studies in Advanced Learning Technology (C-SALT) at Lancaster University and has been an educational designer at the Educational Technology Expertise Centre of the Open University of the Netherlands since 1998. She designs environments for learning, information and knowledge management. Her fields of expertise are the nurturing of networks for learning and working and educational design for computer supported collaborative learning. Recently she started to combine her work as an educational designer with in-depth research within a PhD trajectory on trust. Interpersonal trust is seen as an important determining factor for the successfulness of human collaboration. In this research she explores how members of a virtual team estimate each others trustworthiness and how they can be supported while making these estimations in mediated environments.Jan van Bruggen is an associate professor at the Educational Expertise Center (Otec) of the Open University of the Netherlands. He holds a PhD in educational technology. He conducted experimental research in cognitive and metacognitive reading and studying strategies. At the University of Amsterdam (COWO and SCO-Kohnstamm Institute) he co-pioneered one of the first firms in computer-based training and distance training for major Dutch financial institutions. He was involved in several European projects in Esprit (Eurohelp) as well as projects in Delta, where he was project leader of the Delta project ACES. In 1992, he joined the Open University of the Netherlands where he developed knowledge-based systems to support students and staff in curricular planning. Further, he was involved in the development of the "Virtual Company" educational scenario for competence building in virtual teams. At Otec he is involved in the Technology Development Program and holds the position of Deputy Dean in the master degree program "Active Learning". Rob Koper is professor in educational technology and director of RTD into learning technologies with the Open University of the Netherlands Educational Technology Expertice Centre. He was, among other things, responsible for the development of the Educational Modelling Language (the predecessor of IMS Learning Design). His research focuses on self-organised distributed learning networks for lifelong learning, including RTD into software agents, educational semantic web, interoperability specifications and standards. A recent book he edited with W. Jochems and J. van Merriënboer is "Integrated eLearning" (2004, London: RoutledgeFalmer). Bridging the Gap betwe...

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“…WebWorkFlow is more expressive than the approach discussed by Brambilla, because it does not cover nested sub-processes, which precludes recursion. Brambilla et al themselves applied the ideas from [1] to WebML [2], where they describe how processes described in BPMN can be used to enact workflow processes in WebML applications. The authors envision that their explicit design styles in the future could be automated to generate skeleton applications based on process descriptions.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%