Method of generating an implementation of reusable parts from containers of a workflow process-model

US6028997A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Frank Leymann · Aidlingen, DE
• Dieter Roller · Schenefeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 30, 1997
• Grant date: Feb 22, 2000
• Expiry date: May 30, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S715/967
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Method for automatically generating an implementation of input and output container reusable parts for a process model managed and executed by at least one computer system. The method of generating uses the specification of a process model extended by specifications associating the process model to a reusable part environment outside the workflow process environment and generates an implementation of said input and output containers as reusable parts residing within said reusable parts environment. The method of generating comprises an analysis of the specifications of said process model. Based on this analysis the method generates the associated input container reusable parts and associated output container reusable parts as implementations of said input and output containers.