XML-enabled workflow management for e-services across heterogeneous platforms

VLDB Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 91-103

  Shegalov, German ^a   Gillmann, Michael ^a   Weikum, Gerhard ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Business processes; Information system interoperability; Internet e services; Workflow management; XML XSL

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035431980     PISSN: 10668888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007780100038     Document Type: Article

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