一种支持语义互操作的过程模型注册元模型

现有过程规范面向特定的业务领域且缺乏必要的语义信息管理机制,导致跨企业的业务协作和过程集成难以有效实施.针对这一问题,提出了一种基于本体元建模理论的过程模型注册元模型.其中基本模型用于注册和管理不同组织构造的、基于不同描述语言的过程模型的公共结构信息,过程控制模型用于记录过程模型中的语义信息和附加语义标识.通过两个应用场景的案例说明使用该元模型能够有效注册和管理各类异构过程模型,为实现过程模型之间的语义互操作提供了保障.

Metamodel for process models registration (MPMR) with semantic interoperability

Current process specifications were developed for specific business domains and lack necessary management mechanism for semantic constraints,so it was needed to provide a common facility to register heterogeneous process models as well as promote business collaboration and process integration within/across enterprises.As the implementation of ontology and metamodeling methodology,metamodel for process model registration(MPMR) was then proposed in this paper and illustrated by two models,i.e.base model and process control model.More specifically,base model was defined to register common pieces of various process models expressed in different modeling languages,while process control model was supplemented for both inherent semantics and additional semantic annotation of process models.Finally,two case studies were demonstrated to show the significant role that MPMR plays to achieve registration of process models and semantic interoperation between them.