工作流互操作规范

Workflow Interoperability Specification

一、目的目前不同的工作流产品有各自的工作流引擎,当某个工作流引擎请求另一个工作流引擎对某个已知的流程定义进行选择、实例化、设定等动作时,工作流引擎之间需要互相通信。另外,发出请求的引擎应该收到流程定义执行的返回状态信息。同时,有必要对产生的数据进行审核以保障互操作的顺利进行。

To support interoperability between different workflow engines, Workflow Management Coalition established the standard [WFMC1021] to provide an abstract specification which defines the principles and functions of interoperability. According to this document, workflow vendors can scale their current products and develop standard ones. This paper covers strategies of implementation,models of interoperability and levels of interoperability on workflow interoperability.