Oracle Designer support and future

Hello, I would like to know about the future of Oracle Designer.
As this is no longer part of 11g Developer suite, does this mean that we should start phasing out the use of Designer and switch to lesser tools such as SQL-Developers Data-Modeller?

Is there any interface prepared that would integrate data modelling, process modelling, workflow modelling ( BPEL&BPMN ) and generation of forms, stubs of batch procedures ( like XML processing ) ?
Seems today is challenge that business automatisation problems are no more so homogenous:
1. in system analisys
    OLTP operational part of IT architecture is more tied to Data analytics
    So during re-engeering of present OLTP system and integration of some modules on core ERP or other OLTP modules there is always
    consideration how such data will end in accounting and data aggregattion schemes.
2. changes are more granular
    Strong core system and then changes and integration problems...
It seems Designer was too "fat" and complex tools. But there is still challenge how to integrate data modelling with process flow, workflow and controls.
Also business rules dictionary is challenge ?
Where data dictionaries for business rules so that controle process of implementing is managed.
For example where to generate business rule code or controle: on data model through constraints and relational model rules, or database server code ( triggers, validating procedures ) or program server code or thin client code ?

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