Rule-based Business Process Modeling Notation (rBPMN)
Following the principles of MDE, we integrate a new rule gateway type into BPMN business process models on the metamodel level. The result is a language called rBPMN (Rule-based BPMN) that facilitates business process modeling by domain experts and enables transformations of such process models into different SOA implementation platforms. This high-level modeling approach allows developers to focus on a problem domain rather than on an implementation technology.
Business processes are represented by business process models. This requires a notation that provides notational elements for the conceptual elements of process metamodels. The rBPMN process notation is associated with the rBPMN process metamodel level and with the rBPMN process model level (by using the MDE approach). Each rBPMN process model is expressed in the rBPMN process notation associated with the rBPMN process metamodel.
Policy Modeling Language
PML is a language aiming at facilitating the process of defining policies. PML helps policy designers by abstracting away the low-level details of various existing policy languages and by enabling high-level specification of policies using a graphical tool. The tool will support the transformation of high-level policy models to the low-level policy language of the policy designer's choice.
PML and other Policy Languages
PML has been designed and developed having three policy languages in mind, namely KAoS, Rei, and Ponder 1.0. Using the QVT graphical notation, we have implemented the transformations between PML and these three languages. At the time being, PML covers most of the concepts used in Rei and Ponder. PML is a language at a higher level of abstraction than KAoS. Its specification is more abstract than that of KAoS in order to better cope with various policy languages and requirements for users. Still, PML can be further specialized to cover the concepts of KAoS perfectly.
MDE stands for Model Driven Engineering
SOA stands for Service Oriented Architecture
Official Homepage:
http://sites.google.com/site/rbpmnmodeler/
Team Leaders:
* Dragan Gasevic, Canada Research Chair in Semantic Technologies & Assistant Professor, School of Computing and Information Systems, Athabasca University, Canada.
* Marek Hatala, Associate Professor, Director of Laboratory for Ontological Research, School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University Surrey, Canada.
* Vladan Devedzic, Professor, FOS, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
Team Members:
* Milan Milanović, PhD Candidate (FOS, University of Belgrade, Serbia).
* Ty Mey Eap, PhD Candidate (SFU, BC, Canada).
* Nima Kaviani, PhD Candidate (UBC, BC, Canada).
* Bardia Mohabbati, PhD Candidate (SFU, BC, Canada).
* Marko Ribarić, PhD Candidate (University of Belgrade, Serbia).
* Shahin Sheidaei, MSc Candidate (SFU, BC, Canada).