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8 The Design Environment ....................................................221
Stephan Clemens, Marcello La Rosa, and Arthur ter Hofstede
8.1 Introduction ...........................................................221
8.2 Setting up the Process Control Logic ................................222
8.3 Defining Data Aspects ................................................227
8.4 Assigning Human Resources to the Process.........................231
8.5 Error Reporting .......................................................234
8.6 Specification File .....................................................236
8.7 Summary ..............................................................238

9 The Runtime Environment ..................................................241
Michael Adams
9.1 Introduction ...........................................................241
9.2 Basic Operations ......................................................241
9.3 Internal Architecture ..................................................243
9.4 The Life-Cycle of a Case .............................................246
9.5 The Life-Cycle of a Work item.......................................249
9.6 Persistence.............................................................252
9.7 Logging................................................................254
9.8 Summary ..............................................................257
Part V Services

10 The Resource Service.........................................................261
Michael Adams
10.1 Introduction ...........................................................261
10.2 Functional Overview..................................................261
10.3 Organizational Model.................................................265
10.4 Architecture ...........................................................269
10.5 Initial Distribution ....................................................278
10.6 Privileges ..............................................................281
10.7 The Worklist ..........................................................284
10.8 Conclusion ............................................................288

11 The Worklet Service..........................................................291
Michael Adams
11.1 Introduction ...........................................................291
11.2 Service Overview .....................................................291
11.3 Service Oriented Architecture........................................293
11.4 Worklet Service Architecture.........................................295
11.5 Service Installation and Configuration ...............................298
11.6 Worklet Process Definition ...........................................301
11.7 Exlet Process Definition ..............................................306
11.8 Ripple-Down Rule Sets...............................................312
11.9 Extending the Available Conditionals ...............................314
11.10 The Rules Editor ......................................................315