Mapping Timer Event from Business Process Model on Windows Workflow Foundation

Abstract:

A method to mapping timer event in business process model into Activity in Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) was proposed. This method can work with general business process because the model is designed in Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) 1.1 and it uses XML Process Definition Language (XPDL) 2.1 version as the file format. Experiment result showed that timer event could be directly mapped to flowchart model in Windows Workflow Foundation and the mapped flowchart model satisfied the functionality of timer event.

• Periodical: Advanced Engineering Forum (Volume 4)
• Pages: 168-171
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AEF.4.168
• Online since: June 2012
• Authors: Jian Deng, Bo Chen, Jia Zhi Zeng
• Keywords: Business Process Modeling Notation, Flowchart Model, Timer Event, Windows Workflow Foundation, XML Process Definition Language

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