Implementing a Transformation from BPMN to CSP+T with ATL: Lessons Learnt

Aleksander González, Luis E. Mendoza, Manuel I. Capel, María A. Pérez

2011

Abstract

Among the challenges to face in order to promote the use of techniques of formal verification in organizational environments, there is the possibility of offering the integration of features provided by a Model Transformation Language (MTL) as part of a tool very used by business analysts, and from which formal specifications of a model can be generated. This article presents the use of MTL ATLAS Transformation Language (ATL) as a transformation artefact within the domains of Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN) and Communicating Sequential Processes + Time (CSP+T). It discusses the main difficulties encountered and the lessons learnt when building BTRANSFORMER; a tool developed for the Eclipse platform, which allows us to generate a formal specification in the CSP+T notation from a business process model designed with BPMN. This learning is valid for those who are interested in formalizing a Business Process Modelling Language (BPML) by means of a process calculus or another formal notation.

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González A., Mendoza L., Capel M. and Pérez M. (2011). Implementing a Transformation from BPMN to CSP+T with ATL: Lessons Learnt . In Proceedings of the International Joint Workshop on Information Value Management, Future Trends of Model-Driven Development, Recent Trends in SOA Based Information Systems and Modelling and Simulation, Verification and Validation - Volume 1: MSVVEIS, (ICEIS 2011) ISBN 978-989-8425-60-7, pages 51-60. DOI: 10.5220/0003581100510060


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@conference{msvveis11,
author={Aleksander González and Luis E. Mendoza and Manuel I. Capel and María A. Pérez},
title={Implementing a Transformation from BPMN to CSP+T with ATL: Lessons Learnt},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Joint Workshop on Information Value Management, Future Trends of Model-Driven Development, Recent Trends in SOA Based Information Systems and Modelling and Simulation, Verification and Validation - Volume 1: MSVVEIS, (ICEIS 2011)},
year={2011},
pages={51-60},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003581100510060},
isbn={978-989-8425-60-7},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Joint Workshop on Information Value Management, Future Trends of Model-Driven Development, Recent Trends in SOA Based Information Systems and Modelling and Simulation, Verification and Validation - Volume 1: MSVVEIS, (ICEIS 2011)
TI - Implementing a Transformation from BPMN to CSP+T with ATL: Lessons Learnt
SN - 978-989-8425-60-7
AU - González A.
AU - Mendoza L.
AU - Capel M.
AU - Pérez M.
PY - 2011
SP - 51
EP - 60
DO - 10.5220/0003581100510060