Title: A context-based approach for modelling and querying versions of BPMN processes

Authors: Mohamed Amine Chaâbane; Imen Ben Said; Fatma Ellouze; Rafik Bouaziz; Eric Andonoff

Addresses: MIRACL, Université de Sfax, Route de l'aéroport, BP 1088, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia ' MIRACL, Université de Sfax, Route de l'aéroport, BP 1088, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia ' MIRACL, Université de Sfax, Route de l'aéroport, BP 1088, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia ' MIRACL, Université de Sfax, Route de l'aéroport, BP 1088, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia ' IRIT, Université Toulouse 1 – Capitole, 2 rue du Doyen Gabriel Marty, 31042, Toulouse Cedex, France

Abstract: Versioning is an interesting solution to deal with business process flexibility. It consists of the definition of several process versions for taking into account the significant changes occurring to the processes. It allows the running of several instances of the same process according to different models. However, in a multi-version environment, where numerous versions co-exist, it is important to specify the context in which these versions can be used. The context is used in particular to find out, for a given situation, the appropriate process version to be executed at run-time. We aim in this paper at offering a solution to model the context of versions of intra- and inter-organisational processes and query these versions using their context. More precisely the recommended solution extends BPMN2.0, the de-facto standard for process modelling, to consider versions and contexts, and introduces a context based language for versions querying.

Keywords: business process flexibilty; modelling versions; BPMN private processes; BPMN collaborations; BPMN for versions.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBPIM.2020.113117

International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management, 2020 Vol.10 No.1, pp.62 - 86

Received: 17 Jan 2020
Accepted: 29 Apr 2020
Published online: 19 Feb 2021 *