Workflow ontology
This workflow ontology is used to capture both sequential and state-based workflows. A workflow is an instantiation of the Workflow class (or subclass) in the ontology. The ontology captures the structure of the workflow - using classes, and a specific workflow - in the instances, e.g. a voting workflow. When used, we need another layer to capture an executable workflow, e.g., the voting workflow for user 1 when in state 3.
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The workflow ontology is currently in Frames format, but can be easily converted to OWL.
Download from here.
Open workflow_ontology.pprj. Browse an example of workflow in the Instances Tab. Look for the instances of the Workflow subclasses.
We have also implemented an application prototype that can execute an instance of a workflow using the JBoss workflow engine. The source code can be browsed here, and it can be checked out from svn with:
svn co http://smi-protege.stanford.edu/repos/protege/workflow-mgmt/trunk workflow-management
Resources
Read more about this ontology and its use:
- A Generic Ontology For Collaborative Ontology-Development Workflows, A. Sebastian, N. F. Noy, T. Tudorache, M. A. Musen. 16th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (EKAW 2008), Catania, Italy, Springer. Published in 2008.
- Customizable Workflow Support for Collaborative Ontology Development , A. Sebastian, T. Tudorache, N. F. Noy, M. A. Musen. 4th International Workshop on Semantic Web Enabled Software Engineering (SWESE) at ISWC 2008, Karlsruhe, Germany. Published in 2008.
Authors: Abraham Sebastian
Maintainers: Protege team
