Abstract:
Visual composition of workflows enables
user to visually depict the workflow as a graph of activities
in a process. Tools that support visual composition translate
those visual models to traditional workflow languages such
as BPEL and execute them thus freeing the end user the
need of knowing workflow languages. Mashups on the other
hand, provide a lightweight mechanism for ordinary
centric service composition and creation, hence considered
having an active role in the web 2.0 paradigm. In this
paper, wc extend a visual workflow composition tool to
support mashups, thus providing a comprehensive tooling
platform for mashup development backed up by workflow
style modelling capabilities, while expanding the reach of
the workflow domain into web 2.0 resources with the
potential of the mashups. Furthermore, our work opens up
a new possibility of converging the mashup domain and
workflow domain, thus capturing beneficial aspects from
each domain.
