Distributed Coordination and Workflow on the World Wide Web

  • Authors:
  • Antonietta Grasso;Jean-Luc Meunier;Daniele Pagani;Remo Pareschi

  • Affiliations:
  • Rank Xerox Research Centre, Grenoble Laboratory, 6, chemin de Maupertuis, 38240 Meylan, France E-mail: {grasso,meunier,pagani,pareschi}@grenoble.rxrc.xerox.com;Rank Xerox Research Centre, Grenoble Laboratory, 6, chemin de Maupertuis, 38240 Meylan, France E-mail: {grasso,meunier,pagani,pareschi}@grenoble.rxrc.xerox.com;Rank Xerox Research Centre, Grenoble Laboratory, 6, chemin de Maupertuis, 38240 Meylan, France E-mail: {grasso,meunier,pagani,pareschi}@grenoble.rxrc.xerox.com;Rank Xerox Research Centre, Grenoble Laboratory, 6, chemin de Maupertuis, 38240 Meylan, France E-mail: {grasso,meunier,pagani,pareschi}@grenoble.rxrc.xerox.com

  • Venue:
  • Computer Supported Cooperative Work - Special issue on groupware and the World Wide Web
  • Year:
  • 1997

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Abstract

This paper describes WebFlow, an environment thatsupports distributed coordination services on theWorld Wide Web. WebFlow leverages the HTTP Webtransport protocol and consists of a number of toolsfor the development of applications that require thecoordination of multiple, distributed servers.Typical applications of WebFlow include distributeddocument workspaces, inter/intra-enterprise workflow,and electronic commerce. In this paper we describe thegeneral WebFlow architecture for distributedcoordination, and then focus on the environment fordistributed workflow.