Workshop 1: Abstract Layers – Extending the Potential of the
             Subject-Orientated Modeling Paradigm
                                           Matthes Elstermann
                                       matthes.elstermann@kit.edu
                                        Karlsruhe Institute for Technology,
                              Institute for Information Management in Engineering

                                                          to create and/or integrate executable (business)
1   Scope                                                 process models when necessary or allow
Classical subject-oriented process modeling with          automated execution.
the Parallel Activity Specification Schema                Furthermore it will be discussed whether such
(PASS) is a very usefully and powerful                    advanced process expression concepts are
description approach. It is, however, in itself           necessary/viable at all for future information
somewhat limited due to its purely                        systems or design of them.
defining/deterministic nature (AS-IS) and lacks
certain degrees of freedom necessary for                  2      Topics of Interest
describing complex aspect in situations where not
                                                                The topics of interest for papers include, but
all details of a process can be determined
                                                                   are not limited to:
preemptively.
                                                               Description concepts for networks of
The principle paradigm of subject-orientation
                                                                heterogeneous agent types (human, machines
though is not limited to that definition approach
                                                                and software)
and can be extended.
                                                               Agent behavior specification in a network of
The       workshop        is       a      practical
                                                                agents
demonstration/introduction     to,    and     open
                                                               Modeling networks of enterprises - business
discussion of potential abstract extension of
                                                                and technology view
modeling capabilities that are possible with e.g.
                                                               Agility in cross-enterprise value networks -
the Abstract Layered Extension to the modeling
                                                                business and technology view
language PASS (ALPS).
                                                               Specification concepts for networked
ALPS envisions the integrated usage of classical
                                                                production and business processes
process description techniques together with
                                                               Information modelling incl. semantic
concepts such as, abstraction hierarchies,
                                                                modelling
modeling-by-restriction, or case-based-reasoning
                                                               Software engineering for distributed system
(CBR) that have been discussed in context of the
                                                                architectures (shared memory, shared
S-BPM ONE for several years.
                                                                nothing, …)
Similar approaches are the jCPEX concept with
                                                               Industry 4.0 and Edge/Fog/Cloud computing
its behavioral interfaces or the Actorsphere
                                                               Cyber-physical-production-systems
concepts of ActNConnect.
                                                                especially    in     combination     with    a
The question to be discussed during the
                                                                process/business perspective
workshop is the potential for the approaches in
                                                               Safety         and          Security        in
regards to allowing groups of modelers spread
                                                                distributed/decentralized production systems
across geography, (company) cultures, and time
                                                                - business and technology view