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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2003
Kenneth Carlin Nelson, Hollister, CA (US);
Kenneth Carlin Nelson, Hollister, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system automates workflow routing within a system such as a content management system. The system administrator specifies initial workflow process and priorities for item types, ItemTypes. When the administrator defines an ItemType, a drop-down field is provided by the present system in which the available process names are displayed. A second drop-down field provided by the present system will contain the priority for the work. The administrator may select one of each for the new document, item, or folder. This process and priority information is stored as part of the ItemType definition in the library server. When an item is created, the library server checks the definition of the ItemType. If auto-workflow is specified, a work package is created by the present system on the first node in the specified process. The priority of the item is also set as previously defined by the administrator.