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Semantion SOA Framework (SSF) comes with a methodology and metamodeling and execution platform.
SSF enables analyses of business process requirements, analyses and modeling of business processes via
Semantion Metamodeling Platform and execution of business processes on the Semantion SOA Virtual Machine
(SOA-VM).
Methodology
Semantion methodology includes:
- Business process and return on investment analysis
- Detailed business process modeling (via Semantion Metamodeling Platform) that generates
Semantion SOA Information Model (SOA-IM) representation of the process
- Technology requirements analysis and roadmap planning
- Business process model deployment on the Semantion SOA Virtual Machine (SOA-VM)
Each of these steps applies methods, techniques and tools to create deliverables and measure
success.
Metamodeling
Metamodeling is the analysis and creation of concepts, rules, constraints, and
models applicable for the modeling of predefined classes of domains. In the computational context,
this concept is practically applied in software engineering where the metamodeling is the
construction of a collection of "concepts"
(things, terms, etc.) within a certain domain.
Common uses of metamodels are:
- A metaschema for data/concepts and their relationships
- A language that supports processes
- A language to express additional semantics of existing information
In 2005 Semantion proved its ability to create and support complex metamodels after publishing
first SOA Information Model (SOA-IM) that provides modeling of business processes and their
execution on the Semantion SOA Virtual Machine (SOA-VM). Besides the SOA-IM, Semantion Modeling Platform (SMP) provides universal
support for any types of metamodels. Metamodels are stored in Semantion Registry and Repository
that is based on the OASIS ebXML
Registry and Repository standard. Semantion has been involved in the implementation of the
ebXML Registry and Repository standard since 2000 having the first complete commercial
ebXML Registry and Repository implementation in 2001.
The high-level Semantion metamodeling schema elements are:
- Concept
- Association
- Classification
- ClassificationScheme
- ClassificationNode
Concepts are metamodel entities that define domain specific entities.
There are two types of concepts:
- Execution Concept
- Shared Concept
The Execution Concept models the output generated by the modeling tool. It is associated
with a document that contains a complete metamodel.
The Shared Concept models any concept contained in the metamodel. From now on,
we will reference Shared Concept as Concept.
Associations are used to define many-to-many and one-to-many associations between concepts in the
metamodel. Associations of any type can be defined.
A ClassificationScheme describes a taxonomy.
ClassificationNodes are used to define tree structures where each node in the tree is a
ClassificationNode. Such ClassificationScheme trees are constructed with ClassificationNode
instances under a ClassificationScheme instance, and are used to define classification schemes or ontologies.
A Classification classifies a Concept by referencing a node defined within a
particular ClassificationScheme.
Figure 1 represents a simplified metamodel example with the Collaboative Process Information Document (CPID) as the
Execution Concept where IsPrevious associations are used for the modeling of the previous versions of both
Execution and Shared Concepts.
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