Author

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Irene Vanderfeesten

Input

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• XML file containing a PDM, according to the PDM schema definition.

Output

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• PDM model

Description

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This import plugin reads the information in the PDM XML-file. It creates all corresponding Java objects and visualizes the Product Data Model. The structure of the XML document is defined in the PDM schema definition and it contains the name of the PDM model, a list of data elements, a list of resource, a list of operations and a reference to the root element.

Examples / Test cases

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A number of test cases, including some small examples, are available on the ProM trac-site

Related work / Publications

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[1] On the automatic generation of workflow processes based on product structures.
Aalst, W.M.P. van der
Computers in Industry, 39, 2 (1999), 97-111.

[2] Design and Control of Workflow Processes: Business Process Management for the Service Industry.
Reijers, H.A.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2617. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2003.

[3] Product-Based Workflow Design.
Reijers, H.A.; Limam Mansar, S; and Aalst, W.M.P. van der
Journal of Management Information Systems, 20, 1 (2003), 229-262.