Re: [werkflow-user] [Fwd: Re: ping]

> I have a client request to add a basic workflow functionality to an
> existing web solution we have built for them. I know very little about
> workflow and have been googling for a Java based open source solution
> for a couple of days. My clients requirements are very primitive
> (compared to what I've found on some workflow standards site) and I
> could probably write a simple workflow that would satisfy them myself
> fairly easily, but I am anticipating other clients with more
> sophisticated requirements. My development environment is apache httpd
> and tomcat. I am using struts for my presentation layer and am prepared
> to do the presentation development myself, I would just like a basic
> workflow engine to plug in to.
> 
> I have found very little in the way of howto's and want to find out the
> status of the project before I dedicate too much time to figuring out
> how to use it. I realize everyone has day jobs and am not trying to be
> critical, I just need to understand where the project is. I'm not even
> sure if I can just add the werkflow-1.0-beta-6.jar to my web
> application and use it or if I need to run some other kind of service,
> much less the api to use or anything. I've seen some mention of
> integrating with avalon, but I don't use that and am not sure how I
> would integrate that with tomcat.

werkflow initially hasn't be targetted at UIs, but more towards business
processes.  blissed, which is a simpler state-machine, is being used
for UI type of flows.

> I am also looking at some stuff from OpenSymphony as an alternative,
> but I'm so new to both projects, I am a bit lost where to even start
> comparison and evaluation...

Yah, OSWorkflow is an option, I reckon.

> Is werkflow used as part of the workflow solution ZenPlex offers (the
> Dalim software)? No, I have nothing to do with the publishing industry,
> just curious if werkflow is being used (some blog entry somewhere led
> me to believe no one was actually using werkflow).

No, it's not part of Dalim, but is being using in Tambora, along with
blissed for UI flow, if I recall.

The best docs we have at the moment are:

http://werkflow.codehaus.org/pdf/guide.pdf