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vr.tr.process-q3249551 · thing-q3249551

Let an agent handle processes by domain, inputs, steps, outputs and control, and link to specific process types.

Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.PRC
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Description Steps.

Steps

Sequence.

Steps

Steps.

  1. What are the main steps of this process? definition
  2. In what order? definition

Inputs and outputs

Boundaries.

Inputs and outputs

Inputs and outputs.

  1. What are its inputs and outputs? definition
  2. Where does it start and end? boundary
Modelling Notation.

Notation

BPMN.

Notation

Process notation.

  1. How can the process be modelled in BPMN or a flowchart? action
  2. Who owns each step? provenance

Natural

Science.

Natural

Natural processes.

  1. Which scientific model describes this natural process? provenance
  2. What drives it? definition
Control Performance.

Metrics

Performance.

Metrics

Process metrics.

  1. How is the process measured, such as cycle time or yield? measurement
  2. What are the targets? measurement

Improvement

Change.

Improvement

Improvement.

  1. Where are the bottlenecks and waste? measurement
  2. Which improvement method fits? action
Senses Disambiguation.

Computing

Running programs.

Computing

Computing sense.

  1. Is a computing process meant? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

Legal

Legal process.

Legal

Legal sense.

  1. Is legal process or service of documents meant? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Activities and processes
Entry kind
thing
Plane
ACT
Domain
ACT.PRC

What it is Filled

A series of actions, changes or events occurring over time that lead to a result, in nature (physical, chemical, biological processes) or in human activity (business, legal and manufacturing processes).

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle processes by domain, inputs, steps, outputs and control, and link to specific process types.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Unfolds over time
  • Has inputs and outputs
  • Natural or designed
  • Can be measured and improved

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Skip required checks or approvals in a process to make it faster.
  • Change an organization's process without the process owner's agreement.
  • Present a modelled or idealised process as how work is actually done.
  • Run an automated process on people's cases without a way for them to challenge the result.

Only with a human decision

  • Decisions in a process that affect a person's rights, money or safety.

May

  • Describe, model and document processes from evidence and the owner's information.
  • Run or monitor a business process it is authorized to operate, logging each step.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Processes that decide about people need human accountability and a route to appeal.
  • Automating a process can hide who is responsible for its results.

Who is affected

  • People subject to the process
  • Workers who carry it out
  • The organization

Owners Filled

Steward

The process owner in an organization; nobody owns natural processes.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q1190554 - registry parent class
  • Q141183644 - registry parent class
  • Q67518978 - registry parent class

related

  • occurrence - category
  • result - output
  • BPMN - notation
  • cell differentiation and polymerisation - examples

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.process-q3249551
  • Wikidata: Q3249551 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3249551)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Steps and stages
  • Flowcharts and BPMN diagrams
  • A computing process is a running program, a related sense
  • Not a single object; seen as sequences of events or activities.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • describe a process step by step
  • identify inputs, outputs and controls
  • model processes with standard notations
  • improve process performance

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Undocumented steps
  • Unclear ownership
  • Confusing senses

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • ISO 9001 process approach
  • BPMN 2.0 specification

Context of use required Filled

  • Describing how things happen and how work is done.
  • natural processes
  • chemical and physical processes
  • business processes
  • legal processes
  • manufacturing processes

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q3249551: process - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Process (science) - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should process types be separate entries?
  • How should BPMN models be linked?
  • How should computing processes be split off?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q3249551/spec.json