GroupSpeak: High-level Language Extension for Workflow Capability

Author

Gutman, Moshe ; Radhakrishnan, Sridhar ; Kim, Changwook ; Sekharan, Chandra N. ; Laufer, Konstantin

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

6-10 July 2009

Firstpage

1035

Lastpage

1036

Abstract

Currently, workflow systems are either XML based or component based. Both paradigms have usability deficiencies. XML is not designed for procedural programming. Legacy code is difficult to adapt to component based systems. We propose a new paradigm by adding workflow keywords to an existing high-level language. This approach, called GroupSpeak, uses a procedural style of programming and allows for easy introduction of workflow patterns to legacy code. The programmer can leverage their existing knowledge of the high-level language to easily add workflow capabilities to their applications.

Keywords

XML; high level languages; object-oriented programming; workflow management software; XML; component based system; groupspeak; high-level language extension; legacy code; procedural programming; workflow capability; workflow pattern; Computer science; Encoding; High level languages; Java; Programming profession; USA Councils; Usability; Visual BASIC; Web services; XML; language extensions; programming patterns; web services composition; workflow;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Web Services, 2009. ICWS 2009. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Los Angeles, CA

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3709-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICWS.2009.135

Filename

5175937