Hi, I am still not clear on the distinction being made between the Process and Workflow engines. I was also wondering you are referring to jakarta-commons-sandbox\workflow\PROPOSAL.html when you refer to Proposal (as I did not see a reference to process). If not, could you please refer me to the correct Workflow and Process proposals.
Based on my understanding of WfMC, a Workflow is made up of Activities. An activity may be "manual" or "automatic". Manual activities are synchronous - i.e. they involve users. Both should be part of a workflow. So in a sense a WorkFlow definition (XML) is the script that ties the processes. In addition, there is noting to prevent an Activity to be a script itself. I am interested in what you call Wizards and how you see them working. Thanks. - viraf --- "Craig R. McClanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Viraf Bankwalla wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 14:37:36 -0800 (PST) > > From: Viraf Bankwalla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: Jakarta Commons Developers List > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Workflow > > > > Hi, > > > > I noticed that there was a workflow component in > the > > commons sandbox. I have read the proposal, and > was > > inquiring to see if there were more details. > > > > Are we leveraging any existing work for this ? > Are we > > basing it on any standards such as the WFMC ? > > > > Hello Viraf, > > I looked at WFMC and a couple of the other "high > level" standards for this > sort of thing before designing the Workflow > component. They didn't really > address the sort of "low level" things that I was > interested in scripting, > which tend to be synchronous, short duration, and > executed by a single > individual. In particular, I wanted to be able to > script things like a > "wizard" dialog in web applications, where you had > to interact with the > user across multiple HTTP requests, which required > the ability to suspend > and resume execution of the script. > > WFMC and friends are more appropriately used at what > the Commons Workflow > proposal calls the "Process" concept (which hasn't > been fleshed out at all > yet) than the "Activity" concept (which is focused > on the lower level > things). > > > Thanks. > > > > - viraf > > Craig > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
