NATURAL LANGUAGE WORKFLOW CONSTRUCTION

摘要

A computer-implemented method for designing a workflow for use in workflow management software having access to a workflow database that includes one or more data objects, actions for operation on data objects, and a plurality of stakeholder objects each associated with (a) one or more of the data objects and (b) one or more of the actions, the method comprising: receiving at a user interface of a computer system a natural language input and an indication of a stakeholder represented in the workflow database by a stakeholder object; parsing the natural language input at a processor so as to identify a verb and a noun in the natural language input; verifying whether a data object corresponding to the noun exists in the workflow database; and if such an entity type does not exist in the workflow database: using a predefined data object, creating in the workflow database a new data object for the identified noun; using a predefined process definition, storing in the workflow database an action for the identified verb; and linking in the workflow database the new data object, the action for the identified verb, and the stakeholder object such that, when the workflow management software is in use by the stakeholder, the stakeholder is permitted to operate the action on an instance of the new data object associated with the stakeholder.