Title :
The evolution of workflow standards
Author :
Schmidt, Marc-thomas
Author_Institution :
IBM UK Labs. Ltd., Hursley, UK
Abstract :
Evolving standards enable workflow management systems to automate and coordinate work done by independently developed applications across enterprises and over the Internet. Modern workflow can interact with such technology as OOP, business object models, APIs, XML, and HTTP. The paper discusses the standards for workflow management produced by the Workflow Management Coalition
Keywords :
Internet; business data processing; software standards; workflow management software; API; HTTP; Internet; Workflow Management Coalition; XML; business object models; enterprises; object oriented programming; workflow management systems; workflow standards; Automation; Enterprise resource planning; HTML; Internet; Middleware; Monitoring; Object oriented modeling; Production; Routing; Technology management;
Journal_Title :
Concurrency, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/4434.788778