Re: BPMN Collaboration Processes?

Hi Ugo,

Thank you very much and another alternative approach that we would like to 
see in BPMN (Binary) Collaboration process diagrams is as a self-contained 
process specification in single pool but defined over say three lanes: two 
lanes for place activities performed by collaborating roles and a middle 
lane for a shared space to place intermediate events with global interest 
(i.e. for two parties). 

This would be somewhat similar approach to the standard pattern of  a 
transaction as in http://infolab.uvt.nl/grnsd/lap2003/dietz.pdf defined by 
Jan L.G. Dietz (http://is.twi.tudelft.nl/ontwerpen/people/dietz.html) 

Any comments? 

Regards! 

/Prasad 


Ugo Corda writes: 

> Hi Prasad,
> As a member of the BPMN WG and liaison to WS-Chor, I forwarded your
> questions to the BPMN group. 
> I'll send you the response as soon as it is ready. 
> 
> Ugo 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: public-ws-chor-request@w3.org 
>> [mailto:public-ws-chor-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Prasad M. 
>> Jayaweera
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 6:11 AM
>> To: public-ws-chor@w3.org
>> Subject: BPMN Collaboration Processes? 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Hi BPMN experts, 
>> 
>> I would be thankful to you all if anybody can clarify me with the 
>> followings.  
>> 
>> In the 
>> http://www.bpmn.org/Documents/NWG-2003-08-01R2%20BPMN%201-0%20
> Draft.pdf 
> there is some text about Collaboration (Global) processes as,  
> 
> "Collaboration processes may be contained within a Pool and the
> different 
> participant
> business interactions are shown as Lanes within the Pool. In this
> situation, 
> each Lane
> would represent two participants and a direction of travel between
> them."  
> 
> I guess, in this situation, a lane will be representing binary 
> collaboration.  
> 
> But in the figure 2 of 
> http://www.enix.co.uk/Documents/The%20Split%20Personality%20of%20BPM.pdf 
> 
> (source BPMN Working group) a Collaboration Process Model has been
> modeled 
> as Abstract Processes that communicate through message exchange only. My 
> 
> understanding is this is some what different approach to the text in
> BPMN 
> (1.0)  
> 
> Can anybody clarify me how one can model collaborations with BPMN and if 
> 
> possible direct me some example BPMN collaboration process models.  
> 
> Thanks!  
> 
> /Prasad 
>

Received on Wednesday, 25 February 2004 07:17:28 UTC