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processes in terms of the communication acts being performed by the business actors. Because
communication acts may be modeled in terms of propositions (facts) and associated illocu-
tionary forces, a clean integration with ORM's fact-based approach becomes feasible.
While our initial fi ndings indicate positive benefi ts for synthesizing the DEMO and
ORM approaches, a number of research problems require further analysis. In particular,
the role of identifi cation schemes in modeling needs further study. ORM mandates the use
of such reference schemes early in the modeling process, while DEMO deliberately avoids
them. The pragmatic consequences of this difference needs closer examination, as does the
decision process involved in specifying automation boundaries to scope those aspects of the
business that are to be implemented in an automated information system.
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