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BPMN2 — tActivityResource::resourceRef should be optional

  • Key: BPMN2-166
  • Legacy Issue Number: 14720
  • Status: closed  
  • Source: International Business Machines ( Mr. Matthias Kloppmann)
  • Summary:

    ##Source: IBM (Matthias Kloppmann, matthias-kloppmann@de.ibm.com)
    ##Original Issue: http://www.osoa.org/jira/browse/BPMN-494
    ##Original Info: (Severity: Significant - Nature: Revision)

    tActivityResource::resourceRef is a required attribute, but should be optional - in case the resource is resolved via a ResourceAssigmnentExpression there won't be any statically assigned resourceRef (except for a dummy, which is how I resolved the problem in the example).

    <performer resourceRef="dummy">
    <!-Issue: If specified via an expression, a resourceRef is not needed, i.e., the attribute must not be required.->
    <resourceAssignmentExpression>
    <formalExpression>getInputData()/resource</formalExpression>
    </resourceAssignmentExpression>
    </performer>

  • Reported: BPMN 2.0b1 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00 GMT
  • Disposition: Resolved — BPMN 2.0
  • Disposition Summary:

    (a) Replace Figure 10.7 (pg 161)
    Update the UML metamodel, giving the ActivityResource.resourceRef association a multiplicity of [0..1]
    (b) Update Table 10.5 (pg 162)
    Specify a multiplicity of [0...1] for the resourceRef association
    New description for resourceRef: The Resource that is associated with the Activity. Should not be specified when a resourceAssignmentExpression is provided.
    Append to description for resourceAssignmentExpression: Should not be specified when a resourceRef is provided.
    Append to description for resourceParameterBindings: Is only applicable if a resourceRef is specified.
    (c) Update Table 10.30 (pg 175)
    Replacement XSD snippet
    <xsd:complexType name="tActivityResource">
    <xsd:complexContent>
    <xsd:extension base="tBaseElement">
    <xsd:choice>
    <xsd:sequence>
    <xsd:element name="resourceRef" type="xsd:QName"/>
    <xsd:element ref="resourceParameterBinding" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
    </xsd:sequence>
    <xsd:element ref="resourceAssignmentExpression" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
    </xsd:choice>
    </xsd:extension>
    </xsd:complexContent>
    </xsd:complexType>
    [Note: a consequence of formalizing in the XSD as a 'choice' is that the resourceRef is now an element instead of an attribute]
    (d) Update Table 10.19 (pgs 181-182)
    Replace the 'resourceRef' attributes with equivalent 'resourceRef' elements.
    Disposition: Resolved

  • Updated: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 20:57 GMT