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In an e-commerce or e-service environment, workflow involves not only a single organization but also a number of business partners. Workflow inter-operability is therefore an important issue for workflow enactment in such an environment. In this paper, we propose the use of workflow views as a fundamental support for workflow inter-operability and for visibility by external parties. We present taxonomy of workflow views, discuss various components of a workflow view, and their semantics with example usage. We also demonstrate how contracts can be facilitated with a supply-chain example.
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Chiu, D.K.W., Karlapalem, K., Li, Q. (2003). Views for Inter-organization Workflow in an E-commerce Environment. In: Meersman, R., Aberer, K., Dillon, T. (eds) Semantic Issues in E-Commerce Systems. IFIP - The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 111. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35658-7_9
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