Databases and Workflow Management: What is it All About?

Summary: Workflow management is presented as a distinct DB-related layer, handling long-lived, stateful executions requiring roll-forward recoverability. It argues for database support beyond standard transactions to provide stable events, long-running consistency, and integrated workflow state. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID: 8308
Venue: VLDB
Year: 1995
Pagerank: 4.3223802e-05
Overall Rank: 9,537 | 33.72%
DOI: -

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1,931	Foundations of Data-Aware Process Analysis: A Database Theory Perspective	2013	PODS	0.0001005178

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