%0 Conference Paper %1 soffer08process %A Soffer, Pnina %A Kaner, Maya %A Wand, Yair %B Advanced Information Systems Engineering %D 2008 %K research.conceptual research.kr.ontologies research.bizInt.bpm %P 16--31 %T Assigning Ontology-Based Semantics to Process Models: The Case of Petri Nets %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69534-9_2 %X Syntactically correct process models are not necessarily meaningful or represent processes that are feasible to execute. Specifically,when executed, the modeled processes might not be guaranteed to reach their goals. We propose that assigning ontological semanticsto process modeling constructs can result in more meaningful models. Furthermore, the ontological semantics can impose constraintson the allowed process models which in turn can provide rules for developing process models. In particular, such models canbe designed to be valid in the senses that the process can accomplish its goal when executed. We demonstrate this approachfor Petri Net based process models.

@inproceedings{soffer08process, abstract = {Syntactically correct process models are not necessarily meaningful or represent processes that are feasible to execute. Specifically,when executed, the modeled processes might not be guaranteed to reach their goals. We propose that assigning ontological semanticsto process modeling constructs can result in more meaningful models. Furthermore, the ontological semantics can impose constraintson the allowed process models which in turn can provide rules for developing process models. In particular, such models canbe designed to be valid in the senses that the process can accomplish its goal when executed. We demonstrate this approachfor Petri Net based process models.}, added-at = {2010-10-07T11:07:36.000+0200}, author = {Soffer, Pnina and Kaner, Maya and Wand, Yair}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2be86c20331ac9ae275fe9a07f1189e00/msn}, booktitle = {Advanced Information Systems Engineering}, interhash = {ae3a531c1ec43d02f4102fd5c2960228}, intrahash = {be86c20331ac9ae275fe9a07f1189e00}, keywords = {research.conceptual research.kr.ontologies research.bizInt.bpm}, pages = {16--31}, timestamp = {2010-10-07T11:07:36.000+0200}, title = {Assigning Ontology-Based Semantics to Process Models: The Case of Petri Nets}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69534-9_2}, year = 2008 }