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Fitting the Workflow Management Facility into the Object Management Architecture

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Business Object Design and Implementation II

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One of the major requirements for an OMG Workflow Management Facility is the definition of a workflow metamodel, which provides the model elements to construct workflow schemas. This paper proposes a layered logical architecture for workflow-management within the Object Management Architecture. In particular, the integration with the OMG Meta-Object Facility is taken into account.

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  1. Database Group, Dresden University of Technology, Dürerstraße 26, 01307, Dresden, Germany

    Wolfgang Schulze

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  1. School of Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics, South Bank University, 103 Borough Road, London, SE1 0AA, UK

    Dilip Patel

  2. IDX Corp., 1400 Shelburne Rd, S. Burlington, VT, 05403, USA

    Jeff Sutherland

  3. MCI Systemhouse, 550 Wayzata Blvd Ste 200, Golden Valley, MN, 55416, USA

    Joaquin Miller

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Schulze, W. (1998). Fitting the Workflow Management Facility into the Object Management Architecture. In: Patel, D., Sutherland, J., Miller, J. (eds) Business Object Design and Implementation II. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1286-0_12

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