Building a Repository for Workflow Systems

workflow technology is becoming the key technologyfor businessprocess modeling, reengineering and automating. During the workflowspecification, enactment and administmtion, there may appear various types of metadata about workflow specifications and instances. A repository manager is, therefore, necessary to store and manage these metadata. In this paper, a workflow metamodel is proposedfirst. Then the requirements of repository support for workflows are explored and analysed. Based on the requirements, an object oriented design for the repository manager is presented.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1999
• Where: TOOLS
• Authors: Chengfei Liu, Xuemin Lin, Xiaofang Zhou, Maria E. Orlowska
• Keywords: Key Technologyfor Businessprocess, Programming Languages, Repository Manager, TOOLS 1999, Workflows