CSC Workflow technology seems to be all the rage for enabling cooperative work for work teams. From expense report processing to astronomical sky map processing, people in power or specialized skill positions are promised a better life by workflow management tools that help organize their participation. We hear of its promise in business, science, academic journal production - everywhere a process requires significant hand-off to get accomplished.
Who is going to deliver the killer framework? Could Microsoft or IBM? You would think they would be poised to deliver, if anyone. Does a bottom up framework approach have any chance of emerging to be as revolutionary as the Web browser itself? The Java community thinks it possible. And if we do get useful standards, will the same workflow tools used for business also enable workflow in our personal, scientific, academic, or governmental lives?
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