Semantic EPC: Enhancing process modeling using ontology languages

CEUR Workshop Proceedings

Volumn 251, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Thomas, Oliver ^a   Fellmann, Michael ^a  

^a GERMAN RESEARCH CENTER FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DFKI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enterprise ontologies; Event driven process chain; Modeling languages; Ontology languages; Process modeling; Semantic web

Indexed keywords

ENTERPRISE ONTOLOGY; EVENT DRIVEN PROCESS CHAIN; MODEL LANGUAGES; ONTOLOGY LANGUAGE; PROCESS MODELING;

CHAINS; LIFE CYCLE; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SEMANTIC WEB;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 67249092917     PISSN: 16130073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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