EDIT WP5 Internet Platform for Cybertaxonomy

1. EDIT WP5 Internet Platform for Cybertaxonomy Proposal for a Workflow Management Software Gubányi A.-Kiss, V.-Kilián, I. (Hungarian Natural History Museum) Meeting: HNHM Budapest, 7-May-07.

2. Workflow modelling • The basic concepts and relationships to be modelled • Incremental evolution with other concepts • Inferred relationships: eg. sequence of activities can be inferred from dataflow model. • Other business rules/constraints

3. Workflow modelling • The basic concepts and relationships to be modelled • Incremental evolution with other concepts • Inferred relationships: eg. sequence of activities can be inferred from dataflow model. • Other business rules/constraints

4. Workflow modelling • The basic concepts and relationships to be modelled • Incremental evolution with other concepts • Inferred relationships: eg. sequence of activities can be inferred from dataflow model. • Other business rules/constraints

5. Workflow modelling • The basic concepts and relationships to be modelled • Incremental evolution with other concepts • Inferred relationships: eg. sequence of activities can be inferred from dataflow model. • Other business rules/constraints

6. Workflow modelling scheme • The basic concepts and relationships to be modelled • Incremental evolution with other concepts • Inferred relationships: eg. sequence of activities can be inferred from dataflow model. • Other business rules/constraints

7. Basic Workflow Modelling • Human Actors • tasks are passed to them electronically) • Activities • information gathering • decisions • wrappers for System Actors • System Actors • Embedded software (word processors, RDBMS) • Attached hardware (GPS, Camera, etc.)

8. Workflow Management Software in a Nutshell I. • Client-Server solution • Server side • maintains the workflow • appoints new workers • Client side • Feeding information by forms • Wrappers for common software • Downloading information from external devices directly (camera, GPS) • Downloading information from Web-based electronic services (databases)

9. Workflow Management Software in a Nutshell II. • Standalone solution for field work • Standalone solution running on a single (on a small network of laptops) • Reduced functionality • No Internet access • No huge database access • Export-import/download-upload functionality • Exporting the working environment to a laptop before field work • Importing the working environment to a laptop afterwards

10. Workflow Management Software in a Nutshell III. • Proposal for implementation • Server-based Java programming (Java Server Pages • Thin-Fat client: functionality is embedded in client side only when it is delivered by external software • Description of workflows • Alternatives for workflows depending on discipline • Compiled vs. interpreted solution • Compiled: workflows are hard-coded • Interpreted: metamodel is hard-coded (customizable!) • Language of workflow description • UML Activity diagrams? • Business Process Engineering Language BPEL • UML Software Process Engineering Model SPEM

11. Workflow Management Software in a Nutshell IV. • Interpreted workflow description (proposal) • Metamodel is hard coded • Workflow customization/editing facilities are to be programmed (new Use Case!!!)

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