I don't see a forum topic area devoted to BPMN specifically, so I am posting my BPMN questions here. Please inform me if there's a more appropriate thread / sub-forum for me to post questions about BPMN. BTW, I know this is an EA forum, and I do have specific questions pertaining to EA that I've posted in the proper threads.
Now for my question: If a map exists with N number of DataObjects with the same name - e.g. Bob - with each one connected to a different activity via a data association (the intent being to show how one or more physical documents move through a business process), is the correct way to interpret that map that each DataObject named Bob is a separate, unrelated entity and that there are N number of separate "Bobs", each with data associated only to the activity to which an association is indicated?
My thinking is that the "correct" way to illustrate movement of an object/data through a process diagrammed using BPMN 2.0 would be to place the object on a diagram one time and then create the appropriate data input and data output associations between that one DataObject and each activity that requires it.
I know BPMN is not intended to document how DataObjects and information move through a business process, but that's what management wants to see and I'm trying to determine the "correct" or "best" way to illustrate that in my maps.
Thanks for any assistance.