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In an e-service environment, workflow involves not only a single organization but also a number of business partners. Workflow inter-operability is therefore an important issue for workflow enactment in such an environment. In this paper, we introduce a novel concept of workflow views as a fundamental support for E-service workflow inter-operability and for controlled visibility by external parties. Furthermore, we develop a contract model based on workflow views and demonstrate how management of contracts can be facilitated, with an Internet start-up E-service inter-organization workflow example.
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Kafeza, E., Chiu, D.K.W., Kafeza, I. (2001). View-Based Contracts in an E-Service Cross-Organizational Workflow Environment. In: Casati, F., Shan, MC., Georgakopoulos, D. (eds) Technologies for E-Services. TES 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2193. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44809-8_6
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