Choreography diagram objects

Chapter 4 Building Business Process Diagrams

Choreography diagram objects

You can create the following objects in a choreography diagram:

Object	Tool	Symbol	Description
Process			Task to perform (see Processes (BPM)).
Composite process	None		Complex process decomposed to be further detailed (see Processes (BPM)).
Organization unit			Organization, service or person that is responsible for a process (see Organization Units (BPM)).
Role association			Unidirectional relationship that models a link between objects (see Role Associations (BPM)).
Flow			Path of the control flow between processes (see Flows (BPM)).
Decision			Decision to take when several flow paths are possible. Only one path will be triggered at execution time (see Decisions (BPM)).
Synchronization			Enables synchronization of flows between two or more concurrent actions or allows the design of a split (see Synchronizations (BPM)).
Start			Starting point of the processes described in the choreography diagram (see Starts (BPM)).
End			Termination point of the processes described in the choreography diagram (see Ends (BPM)).
Events	None	None	Instantaneous and observable occurrence during the course of a business process (see Events (BPM)).
Message format	None		Format definition of data exchanged between processes (see Message Formats (BPM)).
Message part	None	None	Portion of the WSDL (Web Services Description Language) message (see Message Parts (BPM)).
Data	None	None	Piece of information exchanged between processes (see Data (BPM)).
CRUD matrix	None	—	Table that shows the actions a process can perform on data or resources (see CRUD Matrix (BPM)).
Resource			Storage unit of abstract data circulating within the model, which is accessed by a process to perform actions (see Resources (BPM)).
Resource flow			Access of a process to a resource (see Resource Flows (BPM)).
Service provider	None	None	Object that contains a set of interfaces and operations (see Service Providers (BPM)).
Service interface	None	None	Object that contains a set of operations (see Service Interfaces (BPM)).
Operation	None	None	Input and output elements defined in terms of messages or message parts (see Operations (BPM)).
XSD document	None	None	Object that contains the data schema handled by a service provider (see XSD Documents)).
Variable	None	None	Data container (see Variables (BPM)).
Correlation key	None	None	Set of variables, which is used to identify a process instance (see Correlation Keys (BPM)).
Data transformation	None	None	Object that allows the copy of data from a source to a target with potential transformations (see Data Transformations).