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Appendix B
EEML 2005
The language vocabulary of EEML 2005 is presented in this chapter. EEML can be
used for process and enterprise modeling on different levels (both type and instance
level). The language vocabulary is grouped into several domains focusing on different
modeling perspectives.
Currently EEML includes four modeling domains — Process modeling, Resources
modeling, Goal modeling and Data modeling (UML Class Diagram). In this research,
we mainly concern the Process modeling and Resource modeling necessary for describing
a business process.
B.1 Process Modeling Domain
B.1.1
Task
The Task concept should be used to represent a limited piece of work within a process.
A task can be decomposed into smaller tasks, and, likewise, be a part of a larger task.
The notation of a task is a round rectangle. Each task can have an Input Port and an
Output Port which are the small diamonds attached to the left and right side within
the round rectangle. A task-subtask-structure is shown in an onion-style notation as
illustrated below (Figure B.1):
Figure B.1: EEML Tasks
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