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Distributed Coordination and Workflow on the World Wide Web

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This paper describes WebFlow, an environment thatsupports distributed coordination services on theWorld Wide Web. WebFlow leverages the HTTP Webtransport protocol and consists of a number of toolsfor the development of applications that require thecoordination of multiple, distributed servers.Typical applications of WebFlow include distributeddocument workspaces, inter/intra-enterprise workflow,and electronic commerce. In this paper we describe thegeneral WebFlow architecture for distributedcoordination, and then focus on the environment fordistributed workflow.

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    Antonietta Grasso, Jean-Luc Meunier, Daniele Pagani & Remo Pareschi

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Grasso, A., Meunier, JL., Pagani, D. et al. Distributed Coordination and Workflow on the World Wide Web. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) 6, 175–200 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008652312739

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