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BPMN interchange set reference
The current BPMN interchange set is supported for the import and export of BPMN data.
The following table shows the set of BPMN symbols that are supported in the BPMN interchange set and System Architect.
Standard set
Descriptive set
BPMN interchange
System Architect
Participant (pool)
 
X
Lanes
X
X
LaneSets
 
X (1)
Sequence Flow (unconditional)
X
X
Message Flow
 
X
Exclusive gateway
X
X
Parallel gateway
X
X
Task
X
X
User task
X
X
Service task
X
X
Subprocess
 
X
Call activity (global processes)
X
X
Call activity (global tasks)
 
X
Data object
X
X (2)
Text annotation
X
X
Association
X
X
Data association
X
X
Data store or data store reference
 
X (2)
Start event
X
X
End event
X
X
Message start event
X
X
Message end event
X
X
Timer start event
 
X
Terminate end event
X
X
Group
 
X
Additional set
Descriptive set
BPMN interchange
System Architect
Conditional sequence flow
 
X
Default sequence flow
 
X
Send task
 
X
Receive task
 
X
Looping
 
X
MI
 
X
Inclusive gateway
 
X
Event gateway
 
X
Link events
X
X
Signal events
 
X
Intermediate message events
X
X
Boundary timer events
 
X
Escalation events
 
X
Message
X
X
Item definition
X (XSD types)
X
Business rule task
X
X
Multiple events
 
X
Interface and operation
 
 
External relationships
 
 
Notes
1 LaneSets are supported without nested lanes. LaneSets can be modeled with one level of lanes within a single pool. For imported BPMN XML, a pool is added if the generated process diagram has a laneSet.
2 If the data store and data object is not connected with an association connector, then they will not be imported during an import operation.
See also
Importing and exporting BPMN 2.0 model information