A repository architecture for business process characterizing models

Abstract

In this paper, the Business Process Characterizing Model (BPCM) repository architecture is presented. The repository architecture follows a three-layer model composed of a presentation layer, a repository management layer and a storage layer. The objective of the architecture proposed here is to organize BPCM models in a manner that enable their reutilization, and some guidelines on how to use the BPCM repository are provided. Business users are expected to be able to benefit from the advanced functionalities provided by the BPCM repository. Furthermore, based on the evaluation of the BPCM repository by comparing it with some other process repositories, we find that the BPCM repository can offer most features other process repositories are able to provide with the exception of control flow. © 2010 IFIP International Federation for Information Processing.