GenGraph: A multi-grammar and multi-perspective business modeling tool – Overview of conceptualization and implementation

Abstract

Within the information systems field, modeling of business systems results in complex information models which demand appropriate tool support. This paper discusses the motivation and development of a generic editor for information modeling. Our approach enables the user to configure the concepts of the utilized modeling grammars. So, this approach does not implement a specific set of modeling grammars. Instead it is based on a flexible meta-model which uses typed graph descriptions and allows multi-perspective modeling of business systems. Furthermore, we introduce the concepts of modules and links as means to deal with complex business models. Shortcomings and problems with graph-based descriptions of modeling grammars are discussed.