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List of Figures
2.1 Zachman Enterprise Architecture Framework [189] [171] [214] . . . . . . 13
2.2 COEUR-SW triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.3 Graphical Notations of RML (limited to the constructs used in this thesis) 20
2.4 Embedded annotation and stand-off annotation [81] . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.5 Abstraction levels of processes [155] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.6 Knowlege Process [174] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.1 The paradigm of business process management systems . . . . . . . . . 32
3.2 An example of EPC model [60] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3.3 Overview of EEML modeling constructs and relationships for process
and resource domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3.4 An example of UML activity model [107] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
3.5 PSL modules for generic classes of activities and their ordering relations
[161] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.6 The PIF classes and relationships [85] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
3.7 The process ontology of OWL-S [198] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
3.8 The POP* meta model for Process dimension [138] . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
3.9 Generalization hierarchy of UEML ontology classes [144] . . . . . . . . . 48
3.10 Schema for semantic annotation of enterprise models [143] . . . . . . . . 55
4.1 Relationships between ontology, model, meta-model and modeling language
in the semiotic triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
4.2 Relationships between modeling ontology, meta-model and modeling language
in the semiotic triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
4.3 Relationships between model level, process ontology, process model, process
meta-model and process modeling language (adapted from model
level ontology in [87]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
4.4 Semantics reconciliation of process models through ontology-based annotation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
4.5 General Process Ontology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
4.6 EEML process model example: purchase process . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
4.7 Annotated EEML process model example: purchase process . . . . . . . 80
5.1 Meta-model of the proposed goal ontology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
5.2 Goal annotation procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
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