Coupling of workflow and component—oriented systems

Abstract

The use of component-oriented systems in a workflow system solves several problems of today’s workflow systems like e. g. lacking adaptability. For that purpose, however, both systems must be modified and coupled in a two level system. In this paper several modifications are proposed that will improve the systems’ cooperation, like the creation of interfaces and the provision of a process context, as well as the introduction of interactively changeable views in the application.