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Petri Nets therefore can be used to model certain business processes with corresponding state and transitions or activities with in and outputs. Moreover, Petri Nets can be used to model different software systems and transitions between these systems. In this way programmers use it as a schematic coding reference.

In recent years a number of attempts have shown that Petri Nets can contribute to the development of business process integration. One of these is the Model Blue methodology, which is developed by [[IBM]] Chinese Research Laboratory and outlines the importance of model driven business integration as an emerging approach for building integrated platforms.<ref>Zhu et al. (2004); Model-driven business process integration and management: A case study with the Bank SinoPac regional service platform, IBM Corporation, Res. & Dev. Vol. 48 No. 5/6.</ref> A mapping between their Model Blue business view and an equivalent Petri Net is also shown, which indicates that their research closes the gabgap between business and IT. However, instead of Petri Nets they rather use their own Model Blue IT view, which can be derived from their business view through a transformation engine.

===Unified Modeling Language===