The article presents an approach aimed at automatically deriving the initial conceptual database model from a set of business process models. The approach proposes the incremental synthesis of the target model by iteratively composing the partial conceptual database models that are derived from the models contained in the source set. The approach is implemented by the AMADEOS tool, which is the first online web-based tool enabling the automatic derivation of the conceptual database model from a set of business process models. The experimental evaluation proves that the implemented approach enables effective automatic derivation of the initial conceptual database model.

The paper presents an approach aimed at automatically deriving the conceptual database model from a set of business process models. The approach proposes the incremental synthesis of the target model by iteratively composing the partial conceptual database models that are derived from the models contained in the source set. The approach is implemented by the AMADEOS tool, which is the first online web-based tool enabling the automatic derivation of the conceptual database model from a set of business process models.

Existing approaches to business process model-driven synthesis of data models are characterized by a direct synthesis of a target model based on source models represented by concrete notations, where the synthesis is supported by monolithic (semi)automatic transformation programs. This article presents an approach to automated two-phase business process model-driven synthesis of conceptual database models. It is based on the introduction of a domain specific language (DSL) as an intermediate layer between different source notations and the target notation, which splits the synthesis into two phases: (i) automatic extraction of specific concepts from the source model and their DSL-based representation, and (ii) automated generation of the target model based on the DSL-based representation of the extracted concepts. The proposed approach enables development of modular transformation tools for automatic synthesis of the target model based on business process models represented by different concrete notations. In this article we present an online generator, which implements the proposed approach. The generator is implemented as a web-based, service-oriented tool, which enables automatic generation of the initial conceptual database model represented by the UML class diagram, based on business models represented by two concrete notations.

The paper presents an online two-phase business process model-driven generator of the conceptual database model. The generator is implemented as a web-based, platform-independent tool, in contrast to the existing tools that are dependent on some specific technological platform used for their implementation. Unlike the existing approaches, which are characterised by the direct synthesis of the target model based on business process models represented by a sole concrete notation such as BPMN, the presented generator uses an indirect two-phase approach, which is based on the introduction of a simple domain specific language as an intermediate layer between source and target notations. The implemented online generator enables automatic generation of the target data model represented by UML class diagram, based on business process models represented by two concrete notations: BPMN and UML activity diagram.

This paper presents an approach to reverse engineering of the relational database schema, and its representation by the standard UML notation. The proposed approach is illustrated by the application of the implemented tool to an MS SQL relational database.