Abstract
Despite surging interests in business processes that must be managed
throughout their lifecycle, there have been very few research efforts
that have focused on a process repositories that support reuse of
business processes and the knowledge discovery that may result from.
This paper introduces an XML-based process repository and process
query language for Integrated Process Management (IPM), which has
been proposed to support the management of business processes throughout
their lifecycle. The paper identifies comprehensive requirements
for a process repository including a new notion of process state
management and proposes an architecture that satisfies these requirements.
Then, it presents IPM-PQL, an XML-based process query language for
IPM, which reflects various process search requirements. This paper
also presents a prototype system to demonstrate that the architecture
and query language can support effective retrieval of process-related
information to support the management of business processes. Copyright
� 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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