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- Andersson, Birger, et al.
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Towards a reference ontology for business models
- 2006
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Ingår i: Conceptual Modeling - ER 2006, Proceedings. - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg. - 354047224X ; , s. 482-496, s. 482-496
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Ontologies are viewed as increasingly important tools for structuring domains of interests. In this paper we propose a reference ontology of business models using concepts from three established business model ontologies; the REA, BMO, and e3-value. The basic concepts in the reference ontology concern actors, resources, and the transfer of resources between actors. Most of the concepts in the reference ontology are taken from one of the original ontologies, but we have also introduced a number of additional concepts, primarily related to resource transfers between business actors. The purpose of the proposed ontology is to increase the understanding of the original ontologies as well as the relationships between them, and also to seek opportunities to complement and improve on them.
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- Recker, Jan, et al.
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Representation theory versus workflow patterns - The case of BPMN
- 2006
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Ingår i: Conceptual Modeling - ER 2006, Proceedings. - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg. - 354047224X ; , s. 68-83
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Selecting an appropriate process modeling language forms an important task within business process management projects. A wide range of process modeling languages has been developed over the last decades, leading to an obvious need for rigorous theory to assist in the evaluation and comparison of the capabilities of these languages. While academic progress in the area of process modeling language evaluation has been made on at least two premises, Representation Theory and Workflow Patterns, it remains unclear how these frameworks relate to each other. We use a generic framework for language evaluation to establish similarities and differences between these acknowledged reference frameworks and discuss how and to what extent they complement respectively substitute each other. Our line of investigation follows the case of the popular BPMN modeling language, whose evaluation from the perspectives of Representation Theory and Workflow Patterns is reconciled in this paper.
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