Single sign-on implementation and interoperability interface to inter-organizational workflows, 2008

Item — Call Number: MU Thesis Mon[t]

Identifier: b2090065

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate Software Engineering program. The holdings are bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Science degree.

Dates

Creation: 2008

Creator

Monto, Robert, Jr. (1983- ) (Author, Person)
Rosca, Daniela (Thesis advisor, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use. Access is by appointment only.

Access to the collection is confined to the Monmouth University Library and is subject to patron policies approved by the Monmouth University Library.

Collection holdings may not be borrowed through interlibrary loan.

Research appointments are scheduled by the Monmouth University Library Archives Collections Manager (723-923-4526). A minimum of three days advance notice is required to arrange a research appointment for access to the collection.

Patrons must complete a Researcher Registration Form and provide appropriate identification to gain access to the collection holdings. Copies of these documents will be kept on file at the Monmouth University Library.

Extent

1 Items (print book) : 89 pages ; 8.5 x 11.0 inches (28 cm).

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The ability to communicate between workflows from different organizations is a mandatory feature that is here to stay. With the need to seamlessly share information comes the necessity to protect proprietary information from unauthorized partners. The work presented in this thesis expands the inter-organizational workflow tool previously developed at Monmouth University, in the Software Engineering Department, in several dimensions. The first, and most important, is the addition of a security level that allows independent organizations to trust requests for services or information from outside sources. A Single Sign-On implementation was developed for this puropose. Worflows and users, according to specfied rules, need to identify themselves only once, before getting access to a set of resources, across organizational boundaries. In order to ensure the appropriate level of communication between workflows from different organizations, a web serice-based interoperability interface was developed for independent workflow engines, following the recommendations of the Workflow Management Coalition standard. The interoperability examples shown in this thesis refer to the notification and asynchronous communication types, which can occur among workflows from the emergency management application domain.

Partial Contents

Abstract -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- List of terms -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Engineering -- 3. WIFAis distributed interorganizational workflow system interoperability -- 4. Conclusion -- Appendix A. WIFA diagrams -- Appendix B. WIFAis architecture diagrams -- Appendix C. WIFAis engine diagrams -- Appendix D. WIFAis editor client diagrams -- Appendix E. WIFAis enactment client diagrams -- Appendix F. WIFAis security diagrams -- References.