2020/11/18 by Greta Adamo, Adamo, Greta, Chiara Ghidini +3
Business, Management and Accounting · Computer Science · #Business Process Modeling and Analysis #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Information Technology Governance and Strategy #Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services #Software Engineering (cs.SE)
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2011.09177
openalex publication_date 2020/11/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Business process modelling languages typically enable the representation of business process models by employing (graphical) symbols. These symbols can vary depending upon the verbosity of the language, the modelling paradigm, the focus of the language, and so on. To make explicit the different constructs and rules employed by a specific language, as well as bridge the gap across different languages, meta-models have been proposed in literature. These meta-models are a crucial source of knowledge on what state-of-the-art literature considers relevant to describe business processes. The goal of this work is to provide an extensive systematic literature review (SLR) of business process meta-models. This SLR aims at answering research questions concerning: (i) the kind of meta-models proposed in literature; (ii) the recurring constructs they contain; (iii) their purposes; and (iv) their evaluations.