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Artifact-Centric Modeling and Implementation of Blockchain-Enabled Business Processes

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  • Victor Amaral de Sousa

    (University of Namur
    KU Leuven)

  • Corentin Burnay

    (University of Namur)

  • Monique Snoeck

    (KU Leuven)

Abstract

Smart contracts can be used to support the execution of cross-organizational business processes involving mutually distrusting participants. Model-driven engineering is often used to generate such contracts and requires an appropriate blockchain-enabled process modeling language. Although artifact-centric languages are recommended in this context to support the business objects, lifecycles and cross-organizational process dimensions, most approaches rely on activity-centric languages such as BPMN. The few artifact-centric ones lack integrated support for one or more of these dimensions. To address this issue, in this paper we apply the design science research methodology. The authors propose a set of requirements for artifact-centric and blockchain-enabled business process modeling languages. It is used to evaluate existing work and present the design and demonstration of the B-MERODE language as an improved solution. The models created with the language can be formally verified and used as input to automatically generate smart contracts supporting the required process dimensions.

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  • Victor Amaral de Sousa & Corentin Burnay & Monique Snoeck, 2025. "Artifact-Centric Modeling and Implementation of Blockchain-Enabled Business Processes," Business & Information Systems Engineering: The International Journal of WIRTSCHAFTSINFORMATIK, Springer;Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI), vol. 67(5), pages 657-686, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:binfse:v:67:y:2025:i:5:d:10.1007_s12599-024-00885-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s12599-024-00885-4
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