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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2005
Melissa Aron, Tampa, FL (US);
Michael A. Blocksome, Rosedale, MD (US);
David G. Herbeck, Rochester, MN (US);
Todd E. Johnson, Chatfield, MN (US);
Melissa Aron, Tampa, FL (US);
Michael A. Blocksome, Rosedale, MD (US);
David G. Herbeck, Rochester, MN (US);
Todd E. Johnson, Chatfield, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system and article of manufacture for workflow processing and, more particularly, for managing creation and execution of data driven dynamic workflows. One embodiment provides a computer-implemented method for managing execution of workflow instances. The method comprises providing a parent process template and providing a child process template. The child process template is configured to implement an arbitrary number of workflow operations for a given workflow instance, and the parent process template is configured to instantiate child processes on the basis of the child process template to implement a desired workflow. The method further comprises receiving a workflow configuration and instantiating an instance of the workflow on the basis of the workflow configuration. The instantiating comprises instantiating a parent process on the basis of the parent process template and instantiating, by the parent process template, one or more child processes on the basis of the child process template.