Documenting Patterns with Business Process Models

The last years have seen a rise in the number of tools and methods developed to help developers and domain users communicate. One such method is Business Process Modeling. The Business Process Modeling Notation provides a graphical visualization and modeling tool for end-to-end business process documentation and thus excels in directness and ease of communication between non-expert users and technical people. The goal of this paper is to present the basis for a new process-oriented perspective into pattern design representation. We claim that this modeling technique can be effectively used as a representation format for most patterns, bridging across domains and styles.