Import from XMI - BPMN

[Glassboy]

The help says

You can also import the *.emx and *.uml2 files generated by tools such as Rational Software Architect (RSA) and Rational Software Modeler (RSM), as well as BPMN 2.0 XML files,

Does  BPMN 2.0 XML files mean XPDL?

[Eve]

No. It's a different file format (and from memory serializes a subset of BPMN 2.0)

EA can export XPDL 2.2, but I don't think there's an equivalent import.

[Glassboy]

Is it worth putting in a feature request?  Seems an odd omission. 

[Eve]

There's no harm in putting in a request, but it's not that odd. EA went for years with a BPMN export but no import. Longer before getting the XPDL export.

What you're exporting from doesn't have BPMN XML support?

[Glassboy]

There's no harm in putting in a request, but it's not that odd. EA went for years with a BPMN export but no import. Longer before getting the XPDL export.

What you're exporting from doesn't have BPMN XML support?

One of the risks I constantly raise about online tools is the lack of data exporting and roundtrip capability.  One of the process mapping tools will be adding an XPDL export capability.  I'd said EA could import most things, so I was caught out slightly :-)

[Eve]

I wouldn't say EA can import most things.

Certainly it can import most variants of XMI, including the custom extensions used by a number of competing products. There are a few other standard formats that can be imported, and the list has been growing recently.

The problem is that almost anyone can define a file format. Especially one based on xml. It's only a step beyond that to call it a "standard", but that doesn't necessarily imply tool support or that it is suitable for exchanging a model.

[Glassboy]