Title :
Client/server qualities: a basis for reliable distributed workflow management systems
Author :
Schuster, Hans ; Jablonski, Stefan ; Bussler, Christoph
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. VI, Erlangen-Nurnberg Univ., Germany
Abstract :
In distributed workflow management systems (WfMSs) many workflow servers and application programs referenced within workflows have to work together cooperatively. We introduce a middleware service for WfMSs which offers qualities for client/server communication. These qualities characterize the behavior of clients and servers in case of failure and recovery. Our middleware service builds an abstraction from the concrete implementation of a client/server interaction and hides characteristics of underlying system services, e.g. RPC mechanisms and TP monitors. For this reason, our middleware service supports the implementation of reliable distributed WfMSs
Keywords :
client-server systems; distributed algorithms; office automation; remote procedure calls; software fault tolerance; RPC mechanisms; TP monitors; abstraction; application programs; client/server communication; client/server interaction; client/server qualities; concrete implementation; middleware service; reliable distributed WfMSs; reliable distributed workflow management systems; underlying system services; workflow servers; Application software; Computer science; Concrete; Condition monitoring; Engines; Middleware; Protocols; Quality management; Scalability; Workflow management software;
Conference_Titel :
Distributed Computing Systems, 1997., Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7813-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICDCS.1997.598027
