Cesar Chew at 18:59, 25 November 2014

2014-11-25T18:59:21Z

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{{Cat|BPMN|55}}
{{Cat|NobleProg BPMN Certification Level 1|02.2}}

== Artifacts ==
* Show additional information about a Process that is not directly related to the Sequence Flows or Message Flows of the Process.

BPMN provides three standard Artifacts:
** [[File:Element association.png|35px]] Associations
** [[File:Artifact - Group.png|35px]] Groups
** [[File:Text Annotation.png|35px]] Text Annotations

* Additional Artifacts MAY be added to the BPMN specification in later versions
* A modeler or modeling tool MAY extend a BPMN diagram and add new types of Artifacts to a Diagram

=== Association ===
[[File:Element association.png|100px]]
* Associates information and Artifacts with Flow Objects
* Also used to show the Activity used for compensation
* Association is different than [[Data Association]]
=== Group ===
[[File:Artifact - Group.png|100px]]
* Provides a visual mechanism to group elements of a diagram informally
* The grouping is tied to the CategoryValue supporting element
* Groups are often used to highlight certain sections of a Diagram without adding additional constraints for performance-as a Sub-Process would.
* The highlighted (grouped) section of the Diagram can be separated for reporting and analysis purposes
Groups do not affect the flow of the Process.

[[File:Artifact - Group Example.png|600px]]

=== Text Annotation ===
[[File:Text Annotation.png|100px]]
* Is a mechanism for a modeler to provide additional information for the reader of a BPMN Diagram
* The Text Annotation object can be connected to a specific object on the Diagram with an Association
* Does not affect the flow of the Process

BPMN 2.0 Artifacts - Revision history

Cesar Chew at 18:59, 25 November 2014