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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2004
Donald J. Mccrady, Redmond, WA (US);
Amit Mital, Kirkland, WA (US);
A. S. Sivakumar, Issaquah, WA (US);
Donald J. McCrady, Redmond, WA (US);
Amit Mital, Kirkland, WA (US);
A. S. Sivakumar, Issaquah, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a database schema for representing a workflow process definition (e.g., a schedule). The database schema may also include one or more bindings associated with the schedule, as well as persisted state information and data. The invention further includes a method for storing schedule information in a storage medium, as well as a computer-readable medium having a data structure stored thereon. The storage of schedule-related information provides for ease of version control, and ease of distribution, for example, where several engines point to the same database as a single source of transaction processing or workflow schedule definitions. The definitional database schema may be advantageously employed to reconstruct the schedule definition language solely from information in a database. In addition, the schema may be used for storing instances of running schedules and data associated therewith. This allows ease of schedule state and data monitoring using existing database query tools.