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Due to the fast growth of internet based electronic business languages for modelling as well as methods for analyzing and executing distributed business processes are becoming more and more important.This paper surveys some of the results of a project which aimed at providing support for planning and introducing telework in decentralized organizations. The main focus of the paper is on process and document modelling concepts which are based on a combination of Petri nets and the document standard XML (Extensible Markup Language). These so-called XML nets are a formal graphical modeling language that allows the modeling of both the flow of X11IL documents and the coordination of the underlying business process. XML nets are based on GXSL a graphical XML schema definition language and its related graphical XML document manipulation language (XManiLa). They can be directly executed by an appropriate workflow engine. Advantage can be taken of the formal foundation ofXML nets e.g. when analyzing a geographically distributed inter-or intraorganizational workflow model: XML nets support the process of ident5ing relevant process fragments assigning them to the appropriate organizational units and thus help to derive an improved process-oriented organizational structure.
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Lenz, K., Oberweis, A. (2002). Internet Based Management of Distributed Business Processes. In: Geihs, K., König, W., von Westarp, F. (eds) Networks. Information Age Economy. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57476-4_8
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