Ontology-Extended Component-Based Workflows : A Framework for Constructing Complex Workflows from Semantically Heterogeneous Software Components

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Jyotishman Pathak, Doina Caragea, Vasant G. Honavar

Published: 2004, Last Modified: 14 Sept 2025SWDB 2004EveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY-SA 4.0
Abstract: Virtually all areas of human endeavor involve workflows – that is, coordinated execution of multiple tasks. In practice, this requires the assembly of complex workflows from semantically heterogeneous components. In this paper, we develop ontology-extended workflow components and semantically consistent methods for assembling such components into complex ontology-extended component-based workflows. The result is a sound theoretical framework for assembly of semantically well-formed workflows from semantically heterogeneous components.