Content assembly for business process applications
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1. A content assembly and management system comprising:
- a document management system coupled to a workflow engine;
a repository configured to store document fragments processed by different authoring roles managed through said workflow engine; and
, a content assembler coupled to said repository and programmed to produce a composite document from said document fragments.
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Abstract
A method, system and apparatus for document content assembly and management. The system can include a document management system coupled to a workflow engine. A repository can be configured to store document fragments processed by different authoring roles managed through the workflow engine. Finally, a content assembler can be coupled to the repository and programmed to produce a composite document from the document fragments.
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14 Claims
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1. A content assembly and management system comprising:
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a document management system coupled to a workflow engine;
a repository configured to store document fragments processed by different authoring roles managed through said workflow engine; and
,a content assembler coupled to said repository and programmed to produce a composite document from said document fragments. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A document content assembly and management method, the method comprising the steps of:
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defining a business process having a plurality of activities and a plurality of authoring roles authorized to participate in said activities;
applying modifications to selected document fragments through said authoring roles; and
,combining said document fragments to form a single composite document; and
,rendering said document for viewing by at least one of said authoring roles. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. A document content assembly and management method, the method comprising the steps of:
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defining a business process having multiple activities and multiple actors performing said activities;
composing a document from a set of document fragments;
assigning different ones of said document fragments to different ones of said multiple actors for processing within different activities in said business process; and
,providing a view to said composed document reflecting real-time modifications to said document fragments by said multiple actors. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A machine readable storage having stored thereon a computer program for document content assembly and management, the computer program comprising a routine set of instructions which when executed by the machine cause the machine to perform the steps of:
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defining a business process having a plurality of activities and a plurality of authoring roles authorized to participate in said activities;
applying modifications to selected document fragments through said authoring roles; and
,combining said document fragments to form a single composite document; and
,rendering said document for viewing by at least one of said authoring roles. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A machine readable storage having stored thereon a computer program for document content assembly and management, the computer program comprising a routine set of instructions which when executed by the machine cause the machine to perform the steps of:
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defining a business process having multiple activities and multiple actors performing said activities;
composing a document from a set of document fragments;
assigning different ones of said document fragments to different ones of said multiple actors for processing within different activities in said business process; and
,providing a view to said composed document reflecting real-time modifications to said document fragments by said multiple actors. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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