activity partition

A partition on activity graphs for organizing responsibilities for activities. Activity partitions do not have a fixed meaning, but they often correspond to organizational units in a business model. They can also be used to specify the class responsible for implementing a set of tasks. Sometimes called swimlane because of its notation.

See also activity.

Semantics

The activity nodes within an activity may be organized into partitions, often called swimlanes because of their notation. Activity partitions are groupings of activity nodes for organizing an activity graph. Each activity partition represents some meaningful characteristic of the nodes—for example, the business organization responsible for a workflow step. Activity ...

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