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BPMN 2.0 Conversation Toolbox Pages
To create BPMN elements and relationships on Conversation diagrams in either BPMN 2.0 or BPEL formats, you can use the BPMN 2.0 Conversation pages of the Diagram Toolbox.
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Element and Connector Descriptions
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BPMN 2.0 Conversation |
Conversation Model |
Extend a composite Activity that defines the logical relationship of Message exchanges between two or more business entities.
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Conversation |
Extend a Class element to group a set of Message Flows together based on a certain concept.
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Participant |
Represent a specific organization or individual that is involved in a business process.
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Pool |
Extend a Partition element to logically organize an Activity.
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Activity |
Represents work that is performed within a Business Process. An Activity can be modeled as a:
As a sub-process, the Activity can be made a composite element that links to a child diagram containing the flow of other BPMN elements.
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Start Event |
Define the initiating event in a process.
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Intermediate Event |
Define an intermediate event in a process.
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End Event |
Define the terminating event in a process.
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Gateway |
Define a decision point in a business process. If a condition is true then processing continues one way; if false, then another.
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Text Annotation |
Create a comment.
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BPMN 2.0 Conversation Connectors |
Conversation Link |
Connect a Conversation Node to a Participant, in either direction. Either the source or target element for a Conversation Link must be a Conversation Node element.
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Message Flow |
Extend a Control Flow relationship to define the flow of communications in the process.
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Sequence Flow |
Extend a Control Flow relationship to define the flow of activity.
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Association |
Link the information and artifacts with BPMN graphic elements.
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Example BPMN 2.0 Conversation Diagram
Notes
• | The appearance and specification of some elements and connectors are defined by Tagged Values |
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