Earlier this week I spoke to the annual meeting of caBIG (cancer
Biomedical Informatics Grid), a community of cancer researchers striving to
create an interoperable information grid in which they can share research data.
During my presentation I literally had seconds to show a slide listing our BPM
specifications.
I call this to your attention because of that group's
interest in workflow and business process notations. Within a CD I received was
a Workflow Requirements Proposal, drafted by caBIG's Architecture Workflow
SIG
. The intent of that document is stated as follows:
"This paper
will introduce a recommendation for caBIG Workflow to the Architecture
Workspace. It will first define the need for workflow within caBIG, and
delineate the scope of the proposed solution. It will then lay out the proposal
in the form of a systems overview. Finally it will call out any unresolved
issues and summarize the proposal."
Furthermore, from the paper's
scope:
"There is a wide spectrum of technologies and languages that in
some way implement or leverage workflow. In this recommendation, we do not
propose to select one language or one implementation as the only way to perform
workflow on the caBIG grid. Instead, we aim to lay out the requirements that the
domain workspaces have for workflow."
I bring this to your attention
because I don't see any reference to BPMN, BPDM or our other BPM specifications
and, in addition, it's my understanding that you are revisiting the Workflow
RFP. caBIG organizationally has adopted MDA as an approach and I think it's
important that BMI DTF touch base with their Workflow SIG as an information
resource. To that end I've taken the liberty of posting the full document as
http://doc.omg.org/bmi/2006-04-02
If you equally
feel this is important to pursue further, I'll be happy to assist in locating
contacts within
caBIG.
Regards,
Fred
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Fred
Waskiewicz
OMG
Director of
Standards
140 Kendrick Street, Building A, Suite 300
wask@xxxxxxx / +1 781 444-0404
x127 Needham, MA, USA
02494
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