Correlation framework

A system for receiving a message, comprising:

• a message identification component that receives a message associated with a business process, identifies a schema and a message type associated with the message and provides an output having information associated with a correlation set associated with the message based, at least in part, upon the schema and a correlation value of the message;
• and,
• a message routing component that routes the message to instance data associated with the business process based, at least in part, upon the output received from the message identification component.

A business process system, comprising:

• a first party having a data retrieval component that retrieves a schema associated with a type of business process, identifies a message type associated with the schema and a business process, and, provides an output associated with at least one of the schema and the message type, and, a service component that generates an activation message that uniquely defines a correlation value for a correlation field of a correlation set for a subsequent message in a correlation group associated with the business process based, at least in part, upon the output of the data retrieval component;
• and,
• a second party having a message identification component that receives the activation message associated with a business process, identifies a schema and a message type associated with the activation message and provides an output having information associated with a correlation set associated with the message based, at least in part, upon the schema and a correlation value of the message, and, a message routing component that routes the activation message to instance data associated with the business process based, at least in part, upon the output received from the message identification component, the message routing component creating the instance data if it does not exist.

A business process system, comprising:

• a first party having a data retrieval component, a service component, a schema store, a process definition store, a process data store, a message identification component and a message routing component;
• and,
• a second party having a data retrieval component, a service component, a schema store, a process definition store, a process data store, a message identification component and a message routing component, the first party initiating a business process by an activation message that uniquely identifies a correlation set for the business process with a subsequent message having the correlation set.

The method of claim 22, further comprising at least one of the following acts:

• creating instance data associated with the business process;
• and,
• sending the activation message to a business process system.

A data packet adapted to be transmitted between two or more computer processes facilitating a business process, the data packet comprising:

• a correlation set comprising at least one correlation value, the correlation set uniquely identifying the business process.

A computer readable medium having computer usable components for a system for sending a message, comprising:

• a data retrieval component that retrieves a schema associated with a type of business process, identifies a message type associated with the schema and a business process, and, provides an output associated with at least one of the schema and the message type;
• and,
• a service component that generates an activation message that uniquely defines a correlation value for a correlation field of a correlation set for a subsequent message in a correlation group associated with the business process based, at least in part, upon the output of the data retrieval component.

A computer readable medium having computer usable components for a system for receiving a message, comprising:

• a message identification component that receives a message associated with a business process, identifies a schema and a message type associated with the message and provides an output having information associated with a correlation set associated with the message based, at least in part, upon the schema and a correlation value of the message;
• and,
• a message routing component that routes the message to instance data associated with the business process based, at least in part, upon the output received from the message identification component.