Right now I will admit that including the term "Workflow" in my initial 're-'search keywords does drag along far too much baggage. I remember previous attempts to find valuable resources digging up all sorts of things along these lines.
The problem is that "Workflow" is one of those buzzwords that has been around 10-15 years (probably longer in those famous and well-bankrolled Californian research centers) but has still yet to really strike a seam of gold. So all sorts of ideas and solutions have been generated, especially in the earlier days - and although they have been valid enough to trickle along generating just enough revenue to survive, they have never really flourished into the maintstream.
So I have trawled through far too many mid nineties whitepapers, and hit quite a few pre-and-post-millenial companies and products that have gathered dust but not merited further attention. And finally I have come across a true starting point for research at the Workflow Management Coalition. I am not holding my breath, but it will give me at least one view of the state of the art, even if it does turn out to be slightly rusty or out on a limb. I have a feeling I may come across a number of these, but its better than anything I have come across so far. The main resources of interest seem to be at WfMC Free Downloads and in the links around the page.
The problem is that "Workflow" is one of those buzzwords that has been around 10-15 years (probably longer in those famous and well-bankrolled Californian research centers) but has still yet to really strike a seam of gold. So all sorts of ideas and solutions have been generated, especially in the earlier days - and although they have been valid enough to trickle along generating just enough revenue to survive, they have never really flourished into the maintstream.
So I have trawled through far too many mid nineties whitepapers, and hit quite a few pre-and-post-millenial companies and products that have gathered dust but not merited further attention. And finally I have come across a true starting point for research at the Workflow Management Coalition. I am not holding my breath, but it will give me at least one view of the state of the art, even if it does turn out to be slightly rusty or out on a limb. I have a feeling I may come across a number of these, but its better than anything I have come across so far. The main resources of interest seem to be at WfMC Free Downloads and in the links around the page.
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