Document configuration control processes captured in a workflow

  • Authors:

  • Hyerim Bae;Wonchang Hu;Woo Sik Yoo;Byeong Kwon Kwak;Yeongho Kim;Yong-Tae Park

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Internet Business, Dongeui University, Pusan 614-714, Republic of Korea;Department of Industrial Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea;Department of Industrial Engineering, Incheon University, Incheon 402-749, Republic of Korea;Institute of Handysoft Corp., Seoul 137-070, Republic of Korea;Department of Industrial Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea;Department of Industrial Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea

  • Venue:
  • Computers in Industry
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

This paper proposes a new method of document version management for workflow management systems (WfMSs). A WfMS is considered an essential element for automation of complex business processes involving many companies, particularly for those in an e-business environment. A core element of such business processes is the documents that flow through the processes. In fact, it can be thought that the execution of a business process is often tantamount to working out a set of formed documents. Therefore, it is very important to have a systematic management of document changes along with the process, execution. We propose a version model that can take into account the structure of the underlying process over existing version management techniques. In this model, the components of a document and a process are associated with each other, and this becomes the basis for automatic creation of document versions and automatic configuration of relevant documents for a certain user at a certain stage of the process. A prototype system is implemented, and the potential advantages of the approach are discussed.