Business Processes Definition Metamodel Concepts and Overview

This paper defines the fundamental concepts, key elements, and semantics of a metamodel that is being proposed as a response to the OMG's RFP for a Business Process Definition Metamodel [BPDM]. It also introduces notations that allow to view a process model at varying levels of detail, while maintaining consistency with the underlying model and semantics. A formal definition of the metamodel and its relationship with UML 2.0 [UML2] will be given in a forthcoming paper.