coo: a workflow operator to improve cooperation modeling in virtual processes

摘要

Due to the popularization of Internet, co operative applications are expected to become commonplace on the WEB. We are especially interested in cooperation in temporarily virtual enterprises.This paper introduces a new operator, called coo, which contributes to a better organization of the interactions between cooperating activities than current workflow operators alone can. After motivating the interest of this operator, we give it asemantics and discuss its feasibility.