{"id":87843,"date":"2003-06-15T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-06-15T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/industry-science.com\/artikel\/the-knowledge-modeler-description-language-kmdl-for-modelling-knowledge-intensive-business-processes\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T18:29:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T16:29:58","slug":"the-knowledge-modeler-description-language-kmdl-for-modelling-knowledge-intensive-business-processes","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/industry-science.com\/en\/articles\/the-knowledge-modeler-description-language-kmdl-for-modelling-knowledge-intensive-business-processes\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge Modeler Description Language (KMDL)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"download-section\" class=\"gito-pub-download-section\" style=\"text-align:center;margin:20px;\">\n<h2>Your downloads<\/h2>\n<p><button style=\"font-size:14px;margin-right:15px;\" class=\"button gito-pub-cpt-download-button\" data-postid=\"87843\" data-userid =\"0\" data-filename=\"IM-3-2003gronau.pdf\"><span style=\"margin-top:5px !important;\" class=\"dashicons dashicons-download\"><\/span>&nbsp;&nbsp;PDF<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"gito-pub-tags-social-share\" style=\"display:flex;justify-content:space-between;\"><div>Tags: <span class=\"gito-pub-tag-element\"><a href=\"\/tag\/business-process\/\">business process<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"gito-pub-tag-element\"><a href=\"\/tag\/engineering\/\">engineering<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"gito-pub-tag-element\"><a href=\"\/tag\/knowledge-management\/\">knowledge management<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"gito-pub-tag-element\"><a href=\"\/tag\/software-development\/\">software development<\/a><\/span> <\/div><div><div class=\"social-icons share-icons share-row relative\" ><a href=\"whatsapp:\/\/send?text=Knowledge%20Modeler%20Description%20Language%20%28KMDL%29 - https:\/\/industry-science.com\/en\/articles\/the-knowledge-modeler-description-language-kmdl-for-modelling-knowledge-intensive-business-processes\/\" data-action=\"share\/whatsapp\/share\" class=\"icon button circle is-outline tooltip whatsapp show-for-medium\" title=\"Share on WhatsApp\" aria-label=\"Share on WhatsApp\"><i class=\"icon-whatsapp\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/industry-science.com\/en\/articles\/the-knowledge-modeler-description-language-kmdl-for-modelling-knowledge-intensive-business-processes\/\" data-label=\"Facebook\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href,this.title,'width=500,height=500,top=300px,left=300px'); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon button circle is-outline tooltip facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?url=https:\/\/industry-science.com\/en\/articles\/the-knowledge-modeler-description-language-kmdl-for-modelling-knowledge-intensive-business-processes\/\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href,this.title,'width=500,height=500,top=300px,left=300px'); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon button circle is-outline tooltip x\" title=\"Share on X\" aria-label=\"Share on X\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-x\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Knowledge%20Modeler%20Description%20Language%20%28KMDL%29&body=Check%20this%20out%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Findustry-science.com%2Fen%2Farticles%2Fthe-knowledge-modeler-description-language-kmdl-for-modelling-knowledge-intensive-business-processes%2F\" class=\"icon button circle is-outline tooltip email\" title=\"Email to a Friend\" aria-label=\"Email to a Friend\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-envelop\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https:\/\/industry-science.com\/en\/articles\/the-knowledge-modeler-description-language-kmdl-for-modelling-knowledge-intensive-business-processes\/&title=Knowledge%20Modeler%20Description%20Language%20%28KMDL%29\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href,this.title,'width=500,height=500,top=300px,left=300px'); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon button circle is-outline tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Share on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Share on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><hr style=\"margin-top:0px;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knowledge as a resource for business value creation became an increased importance during the last years. Industries are mainly influenced, which value creation is basing for the most part on the acquisition, generation and usage of knowledge. Known tools for business process modelling only consider explicit knowledge which is represented in a formal manner. There is no focus on person-related knowledge that is not mainly used for information processing. 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