以XML與規則為基礎的工作流程模式

Abstract

隨著網際網路與虛擬組織觀念的興起，促使組織與組織間的合作關係更為重要，因此，如何利用網際網路的發展整合跨組織間的工作流程管理系統，以為跨組織間的合作帶來效率上的提昇，將是未來企業成功的關鍵因素。 本研究應用XML自我描述語言(self-descriptive)的功能，來描述跨組織工作流程間的交換資訊，並透過XML攜帶主動規則之控制流程資訊，藉由主動規則所啟動的事件狀態來動態地決定工作流程的執行，使跨組織工作流程的執行更具彈性與效率。

With the rising popularity of the Internet and the "virtual enterprise" concept, the coordination between enterprises is becoming more important. Therefore, how to integrate workflow management systems across enterprise boundaries on the Internet is a critical success factor for future enterprises. This work applies XML to interchange information among workflow across enterprise boundaries. Besides data sessions, the defined XML Forms also contain active rules to carry dynamic control information. Through the activation of the event status activated by the active rule, the workflow engine is able to dynamically determine the control flow of the workflow process. As a result, the execution of the inter-workflow across enterprise boundaries can be more flexible and efficient.