WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT AS TELESERVICE

The rapidly growing networks that connect more and more computers offe r new levels of communication. This is also valid for the area of work flow management. The VORTEL project defines a teleservice for the inte roperability of workflow management systems. This teleservice integrat es heterogeneous workflow management systems of different vendors and allows distributed workflow management. The teleservice consists of a set of protocols for the communication of different classes of workflo w management system components. This paper introduces the generic VORT EL architecture and describes one of the defined protocols in detail. Furthermore, a vision of the use of a workflow teleservice as a public service is given.