Using an active DBMS to implement a workflow engine

Author

Tagg, Roger ; Lelatanavit, Warunee

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Syst., Massey Univ., Palmerston North, New Zealand

fYear

1998

fDate

8-10 Jul 1998

Firstpage

286

Lastpage

295

Abstract

A lightweight workflow server has been proposed as a cheaper alternative to today´s fat-client, high cost-per-seat commercial software products. This alternative product would also support inter-organisational workflows where there is no control over the client platforms of the independent participant organisations. As well as using GUI software embedded in a Web browser, lower cost to the user might be achieved by using a workflow engine built cheaply on top of software that is already installed on many servers, namely an active DBMS. This paper describes work done which examines the feasibility of this latter approach

Keywords

Internet; active databases; business data processing; electronic data interchange; graphical user interfaces; online front-ends; World Wide Web browser; active DBMS; client platforms; cost; embedded GUI software; independent participant organisations; inter-organisational workflows; lightweight workflow server; workflow engine; Business process re-engineering; Collaborative work; Computer architecture; Costs; Embedded software; Engines; Information systems; Network servers; Routing; Workflow management software;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Database Engineering and Applications Symposium, 1998. Proceedings. IDEAS'98. International

Conference_Location

Cardiff

ISSN

1098-8068

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8307-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IDEAS.1998.694388

Filename

694388