DEMO, commitment, DEMO enterprise ontology (DEO) , FAR ontology

The notion of commitment is a fundamental term in human communication in social systems. It can be also considered as an elementary contract, in which human beings enter into and comply with to achieve their business aims. DEMO (Design Engineering Methodology for Organization) has its foundation in DEMO Enterprise Ontology (DEO) and provides a strong theoretical foundation for business process modeling with truthful state machine with well-defined states and state transitions. Its generic transaction pattern provides capabilities for unilateral commitment modeling. Commitment is implemented within a transaction pattern (transaction). However, in real world applications, reciprocal commitment models prevail. The paper describes and illustrates all modeling possibilities of the unilateral commitments and then introduces reciprocal commitment model in which one commitment is done in consideration of another commitment. The paper discusses and contemplates possible extension of reciprocal commitments and their utilization.