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Communication middleware for reliable workflow management systems

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Trends in Distributed Systems CORBA and Beyond (TreDS 1996)

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In distributed workflow management systems (WfMSs) many workflow servers and clients should work together cooperatively using client/server communication. Depending on the communication partners, different characteristics are required for a client/server interaction. In this paper we introduce a middleware service for WfMSs which supports client/server interaction qualities. These qualities characterize the behavior of client and server in case of failure and recovery independently of underlying base services like TP monitors. Our middleware service separates a WfMS from communication base services and provides interoperability among them.

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  1. Department of Computer Science VI, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Martensstr. 3, D-91058, Erlangen, Germany

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Schuster, H. (1996). Communication middleware for reliable workflow management systems. In: Spaniol, O., Linnhoff-Popien, C., Meyer, B. (eds) Trends in Distributed Systems CORBA and Beyond. TreDS 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1161. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61842-2_26

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