An Integrated Workflow Management Solution for Heritage Information Mashups

This paper outlines the process of developing and deploying an integrated workflow management solution for our system that uniquely integrates heritage data mashups whose digital content is derived from social network repositories and a specific museum digital collections repository and presentation system called ARCO. This workflow solution accommodates a number of integration techniques, based on social networking with user defined content, and using virtual and augmented reality in a Web 2.0 mashup to dynamically present digital heritage content. Other technologies exploited in this scenario include a web service based Grid solution for generating 3D virtual reconstruction animations. The implementation of the workflow solution is based on the Windows Workflow Foundation while the adoption of the multi-tiered human workflow architecture leads to a fully integrated workflow management engine.