Hi Renzo, On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 08:04:20PM +0100, Renzo Tomaselli wrote: > I'm evaluating a few open-source workflow engines to be > used as > embedded automation subsystems within a distributed, CORBA-based DMS we > are working on since several years.<br> > My favorite approach is pattern-based, and thus I'm dangling between > Openwfe and Yawl.<br>
Thanks for you interest, > Our DMS is CORBA-based, hosting its own OO database, distributed > security and role-based accounting. Thus handling of users, roles and > persistency are services already available.<br> > I have do see how to overlap a component capable of providing > automation tasks, which should behave persistently in a > transaction-oriented environment. Our platform is written in C++, and > it includes low-level, distributed atomic components which I would see > as flow action executors (we already use them for similar purposes by a > job dispatcher).<br> Maybe you'd be interested in our REST interface (http://web.openwfe.org/display/openwfe/OpenWFE+REST+Interface) or directly in receiving/sending workitems from/to OpenWFE engine (like implementing a C++ APRE (http://www.openwfe.org/docbook/build/ch09.html). Developing a SocketListener/SocketDispatcher pair in C++ would allow you to interact directly with OpenWFE at will. > While I will reserve some time to evaluate Openwfe in the near future, > any comment about using it for the above purposes is much welcome. Also > any word comparing Openwfe vs. Yawl would be appreciated.<br> Well, what can I say about YAWL... It's an academic effort, though I've read there is a company backing them up for some implementation efforts. They're using colored petri nets (the 'native' language for Van Aalst flow patterns) whereas OpenWFE is using pool (Process Oriented OpenWFE Lisp). I can't say much more about YAWL, it's a very respectable effort. Every open source workflow solution has a different background (and a different mindset). Best regards, -- john.mettraux @ openwfe.org -///- http://www.openwfe.org P.S. (could you please turn off HTML mail when mailing to me ? Thanks in advance :-) ) ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ OpenWFE - Open source WorkFlow Engine OpenWFE-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openwfe-users
