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Method for runtime execution of one or more tasks defined in a workflow process language

US8156508B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SOFTWARE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Allesandro Tommasi · Viareggio, IT
Cesare Zavattari · Cagliari, IT
Harald Schöning · Dieburg, DE
Andreas Fröhlich · Darmstadt, DE
Michael Gesmann · Darmstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 3, 2007
Grant date	Apr 10, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 8, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06Q10/06
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Runtime execution of one or more tasks defined in a workflow process language. The method may include obtaining a description of the task from a process ontology (PO). The PO may define a hierarchical taxonomy of executable tasks, where each task refers to at least one frame of a hierarchical frame taxonomy of the PO. The method may further include identifying at least one parameter as described in the frame description to which the task refers, resolving the value of the at least one parameter, and executing the most specific applicable version of the task contained in the task taxonomy of the process ontology.

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