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AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsChristopher Ambler, Andrew Wallace
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A client computer in a communications network with a server computer assembles a record set that has a MIME declaration header with a multipart content type and a content sub-type indicative of a workflow media type. The first client computer also assembles a binary file having therein an encoded workflow specification. The record set is then transmitted with the binary file to the communications network. A second client computer on the communications network receives both the record set and the binary file and begins decoding the workflow specification. The second client computer uses an application program to execute the decoded workflow specification so as to perform all or a portion of the workflow process that is specified therein. The workflow specification is optionally written in eXtensible Mark-up Language (XML).
In a system having a plurality of processes including one or more client processes for execution on a client computer and one or more server processes for execution on a server computer that is in a communications network with said client computer, a method at processing a workflow specification using an interoperable communication protocol for electronic messaging systems so as to avoid errors and warnings that otherwise may occur when using an inflexible communication protocol, the method comprising:
A computer readable medium having computer executable instructions carried thereon for implementing a method of processing a workflow specification using an interoperable communication protocol for electronic messaging systems so as to avoid errors and warnings that otherwise may occur when using an inflexible communication protocol, the method comprising:
In a networked system having one or more client systems and one or more server systems, a method of managing a workflow specification using an interoperable communication protocol for electronic messaging systems so as to avoid errors and warnings that otherwise may occur when using an inflexible communication protocol, the method comprising:
For a networked system having one or more client systems and one or more server systems, a computer program product comprising one or more computer readable media for implementing a method of managing a workflow specification using an interoperable communication protocol for electronic messaging systems so as to avoid errors and warnings that otherwise may occur when using an inflexible communication protocol, the method comprising:
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