XML-based schema definition for support of interorganizational workflow

Information Systems Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-46

  Van der Aalst, W M P ^a   Kumar, Akhil ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E Business; Interorganizational Workflows; Petri Nets; Workflow Nets; Workflow Systems; XML

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; PETRI NETS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

WORKFLOW NETS;

XML;

EID: 0038301528     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.14.1.23.14768     Document Type: Article

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