Business Process Model and Notation
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Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) is a graphical representation for specifying business processes in a business process model.
Business Process Management Initiative (BPMI) developed BPMN, which has been maintained by the Object Management Group since the two organizations merged in 2005. Version 2.0 of BPMN was released in January 2011, at which point the name was adapted to Business Process Model and Notation as execution semantics were also introduced alongside the notational and diagramming elements.