Harmonized Messaging - A New Foundation for Automated Process Communication

流程通信，特别是在web环境中，其特点是企业内部异构和自治系统之间以及贸易伙伴之间的复杂交互。大量的计划和建议正在进行中，以提供流程规范和沟通的解决方案。然而，重点通常是定义api，而不是底层消息交换的语义。我们看到了改变当前消息传递基础设施以适应其新角色的巨大潜力，即促进在分散环境中操作的协作流程的复杂、长时间运行的交互。这种设想的下一代消息传递技术将扩展其在以web为中心的环境中支持动态业务流程的能力。为多个消息提供一定程度的协调，以形成新形成的消息流的单个自定义可定义主干，这创造了一个极具挑战性的新研究方向。在处理由不同的合作伙伴拥有的多个通信过程和在不同的系统上执行时，项目结果很有可能提供一种新的方法来克服众所周知的困难。

Process communication, especially in web environments is characterized by complex interactions between heterogeneous and autonomous systems within the enterprise and often between trading partners. An overwhelming number of initiatives and proposals are underway to provide solutions for process specification and communication. However, the focus is often on defining APIs rather than the semantics of the underlying message exchange. We see a great potential in changing the current messaging infrastructure to suit its new role in facilitating complex, long running interactions for collaborative processes operating in a decentralized environment. This envisaged next generation of messaging technology will extend its ability to support dynamic business processes in a web-centric environment. Providing a level of harmonisation to multiple messages to form a single custom definable backbone of a newly formed message stream, creates a highly challenging new research direction. There is a strong potential that the project outcomes will present a new way of overcoming well understood difficulties in dealing with multiple communicating processes owned by different partners and executing on disparate systems.