Petri Net File Formats

The main intention of this paper is to encourage discussion about standards for Petri net le formats. We present criteria for good formats and estimate their signiicance for diierent classes of involved persons. The following persons are considered: 1. the designer of a Petri net tool who should integrate analysis algorithms and editors implemented by diierent persons at diierent locations; 2. the programmer of an analysis algorithm or a net editor, and 3. a user who wants to edit or analyse nets. The PEP le format serves as an example to explain design decisions.