Evaluating the appropriateness of the BPMN 2.0 standard for modeling service choreographies using an extended quality framework

Abstract : The concept of choreography has emerged over the past years as a foundational concept for capturing and managing collaborative business processes. The latest version of the Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN 2.0) adopts choreography as a first-class citizen. However, it remains an open question whether BPMN 2.0 is actually appropriate for capturing this concept. In this paper, we extend an existing language evaluation framework in order to evaluate the support for choreographies in BPMN 2.0. The framework provides a means of identifying the strengths and weaknesses of BPMN 2.0 for choreographies. We also give potential solutions that may be taken into account in future extensions or improvements to BPMN 2.0.