System and method for conversion between graph-based representations and structural text-based representations of business processes
First Claim
1. A computer program product for converting between graphical and structural text-based representations of business processes, the computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied in said medium, and comprising computer readable program code means for storing and maintaining a set of features identifiable in graphical business process representations, each feature in the set of features having an associated pattern mapping defined relative to structural text-based representations, computer readable program code means for identifying portions of an initial graphical representation as matching features in the set of features, computer readable program code means for generating structural text-based representations of the identified portions of the initial graphical representation by applying the pattern mappings associated with the matching features to the identified portions of the graph-based representation, computer readable program code means for identifying portions of an initial structural text-based representation of a business process as corresponding to pattern mappings associated with features in the set of features, and computer readable program code means for generating graphical representations of the identified portions of the initial structural text-based representation by reference to the features associated with the pattern mappings corresponding to the identified portions of the initial structural text-based representation.
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Abstract
Conversion between graphical representations and structural text-based representations of business process. A set of identifiable features and associated pattern mappings is defined. Graphical representations are converted by identifying features and referring to associated pattern mappings to define an equivalent structural text-based representation. Appropriate structural text-based representations are converted by determining features for the graphical representations based on the associated pattern mappings that are determined to correspond to the structural text-based representations.
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1. A computer program product for converting between graphical and structural text-based representations of business processes, the computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied in said medium, and comprising
computer readable program code means for storing and maintaining a set of features identifiable in graphical business process representations, each feature in the set of features having an associated pattern mapping defined relative to structural text-based representations, computer readable program code means for identifying portions of an initial graphical representation as matching features in the set of features, computer readable program code means for generating structural text-based representations of the identified portions of the initial graphical representation by applying the pattern mappings associated with the matching features to the identified portions of the graph-based representation, computer readable program code means for identifying portions of an initial structural text-based representation of a business process as corresponding to pattern mappings associated with features in the set of features, and computer readable program code means for generating graphical representations of the identified portions of the initial structural text-based representation by reference to the features associated with the pattern mappings corresponding to the identified portions of the initial structural text-based representation.
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7. An import and export tool for exporting from graphical representations of business processes to structural text-based representations and for importing from structural text-based representations of business processes to graphical representations, the import and export tool comprising:
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storage and maintenance code for implementing the storage and maintenance of a set of features identifiable in graphical business process representations, each feature in the set of features having an associated pattern mapping defined relative to structural text-based representations, graph identification code for identifying portions of an initial graphical representation as matching features in the set of features, export generation code for generating structural text-based representations of the identified portions of the initial graphical representation by applying the pattern mappings associated with the matching features to the identified portions of the graph-based representation, import identification code for identifying portions of an initial structural text-based representation of a business process as corresponding to pattern mappings associated with features in the set of features, and import generation code for generating graphical representations of the identified portions of the initial structural text-based representation by reference to the features associated with the pattern mappings corresponding to the identified portions of the initial structural text-based representation. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A computer program product for converting from a graphical to a structural text-based representation of business processes, the computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied in said medium, and comprising
computer readable program code means for storing and maintaining a set of features identifiable in graphical business process representations, each feature in the set of features having an associated pattern mapping defined relative to structural text-based representations, computer readable program code means for identifying portions of an initial graphical representation as matching features in the set of features, and computer readable program code means for generating structural text-based representations of the identified portions of the initial graphical representation by applying the pattern mappings associated with the matching features to the identified portions of the graph-based representation.
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17. An export tool for exporting from graphical representations of business processes to structural text-based representations, the export tool comprising:
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storage and maintenance code for implementing the storage and maintenance of a set of features identifiable in graphical business process representations, each feature in the set of features having an associated pattern mapping defined relative to structural text-based representations, graph identification code for identifying portions of an initial graphical representation as matching features in the set of features, and export generation code for generating structural text-based representations of the identified portions of the initial graphical representation by applying the pattern mappings associated with the matching features to the identified portions of the graph-based representation. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. An import tool for importing from structural text-based representations of business processes to graphical representations, the import tool comprising:
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storage and maintenance code for implementing the storage and maintenance of a set of features identifiable in graphical business process representations, each feature in the set of features having an associated pattern mapping defined relative to structural text-based representations, import identification code for identifying portions of an initial structural text-based representation of a business process as corresponding to pattern mappings associated with features in the set of features, and import generation code for generating graphical representations of the identified portions of the initial structural text-based representation by reference to the features associated with the pattern mappings corresponding to the identified portions of the initial structural text-based representation. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A computer implemented method for converting from graphical to structural text-based representations of business processes, the method comprising the steps of:
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defining and maintaining a data representation of a set of features identifiable in graphical business process representations, each feature in the set of features having an associated pattern mapping defined relative to structural text-based representations, identifying portions of an initial graphical representation matching features in the set of features, and generating structural text-based representations of the identified portions of the initial graphical representation by applying the pattern mappings associated with the matching features to the identified portions of the graph-based representation. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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