Title :
Workflow interoperability - enabling e-business
Author :
Zhang, Yan ; Shi, Meilin ; Miao, Chunyu ; Zhuang, Zixin ; Chen, Xinxiang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Technol., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Workflow interoperability is a significant problem that can be used to (almost) decide whether an e-business could be conducted successfully. In this paper, we first describe a typical, simplified e-business flow, in order to analyze the collaborative work in it, and we introduce the workflow interoperability problem. We define the collaborative model of e-business as a hierarchical structure, which can also be regarded as a sketch-map of the workflow interoperability in the e-business. Then, two typical approaches to implement workflow interoperability are discussed. Our idea is to combine the two methods and apply them to different hierarchies. Workflow interoperability standards are also presented
Keywords :
electronic commerce; groupware; open systems; software standards; workflow management software; business flow; collaborative work; electronic business; hierarchical structure; standards; workflow interoperability; Business; Collaborative work; Companies; Computer science; Explosives; Information technology; Manufacturing; Propulsion; Road transportation; Virtual enterprises;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, The Sixth International Conference on, 2001
Conference_Location :
London, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
0-660-18493-1
DOI :
10.1109/CSCWD.2001.942294
