Abstract
Workflow management is emerging as a challenging area for databases, stressing database technology beyond its current capabilities. Workflow management systems need to be more integrated with data management technology, in particular as it concerns the access to external databases. Thus, a convergence between workflow management and databases is occurring. In order to make such convergence effective, however, it is required to improve and strengthen the specification of workflows at the conceptual level, by formalizing within a unique model their “internal behavior” (e.g. interaction and cooperation between tasks), their relationship to the environment (e.g. the assignment of work task to agents) and the access to external databases. The conceptual model presented in this paper is a basis for achieving convergence of workflows and databases; the workflow description language being used combines the specification of workflows with accesses to external databases. We briefly indicate how the conceptual model presented in this paper is suitable for being supported by means of active rules on workflow-specific data structures. We foresee an immediate application of this conceptual model to workflow interoperability.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | OOER 1995 |
| Subtitle of host publication | Object-Oriented and Entity-Relationship Modeling - 14th International Conference, Proceedings |
| Publisher | Springer Verlag |
| Pages | 341-354 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Volume | 1021 |
| ISBN (Print) | 3540606726, 9783540606727 |
| Publication status | Published - 1995 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 14th International Conference on Object-Oriented Entity-Relationship, OOER 1995 - Gold Coast, Australia Duration: 13 Dec 1995 → 15 Dec 1995 |
Publication series
| Name | Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) |
|---|---|
| Volume | 1021 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0302-9743 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1611-3349 |
Conference
| Conference | 14th International Conference on Object-Oriented Entity-Relationship, OOER 1995 |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| City | Gold Coast |
| Period | 13.12.95 → 15.12.95 |
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- Computer Science(all)
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Conceptual modeling of workflows. / Casati, F.; Ceri, S.; Pernici, B.; Pozzi, G.
OOER 1995: Object-Oriented and Entity-Relationship Modeling - 14th International Conference, Proceedings. Vol. 1021 Springer Verlag, 1995. p. 341-354 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 1021).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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