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Using the ILOG JViews BPMN Modeler

Thank you for using the ILOG JViews BPMN Modeler. Using this software application, technical and business users can model business processes using standard BPMN notation.

The essential benefits of this software are as follows:

It uses BPMN notation to represent business processes. This notation, created and specified by BPMI.org and published by the OMG, is widely recognized to be comprehensive, and sufficiently intuitive to be used by both business and technical users. For more information about BPMN, go to http://www.bpmn.org/
The nodes (activities, gateways, sub-processes, and so on) and edges of the diagram can be positioned automatically by the modeler to produce readable diagrams whatever their size and complexity. The underlying technique, named Graph Layout, is used to automatically arrange complex graphs.
The modeler generates and reads a simple yet complete XML format that describes the content of the business process, see Format of XML Files for BPMN Objects. This XML can be used by an application to read the process being modeled, or to supply content to the BPMN Modeler. Contrary to many diagramming tools, the output is not just a drawing that can only be used for documentation purposes.
If needed, the modeler can be modified or enriched by a Java developer. The look and feel, the interactions, and the data model can be adapted to specific needs. To achieve this, Java developers can use ILOG JViews Diagrammer, the leading commercial Java software component for developing diagramming applications. For more info go to http://www.ilog.com/products/jviews/workflow/ and http://www.ilog.com/products/jviews/diagrammer/.

This documentation contains a concise description of the features and capabilities of the ILOG JViews BPMN Modeler. It is assumed that you are familiar with BPMN notation and, therefore, the meanings of the symbols or the best practices for defining business processes are not described. For more information about BPMN notation, go to http://www.bpmn.org/.

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