Enacting complex data dependencies from activity-centric business process models

Execution of process models requires a process engine to handle control flow and data dependencies. While control flow is well supported in available activity-oriented process engines, data dependencies have to be specified manually in an error-prone and time-consuming work. In this paper, we present an extension to the process engine Activiti allowing to automatically extract complex data dependencies from process models and to enact the respecting models. We also briefly explain required extensions to BPMN to allow a model-driven approach for data dependency specification easing the process of data modeling.