Research On Application Of Workflow Technology In Office Automatic System Based On Lotus Domino/Notes

With the rapid development of computer and Internet technology, many enterprises in china have set up its own Intranet, using computer to deal with all kinds of routines and share information through network. Computer gradually became the indispensable working tool, and office automation technology was booming with it. Workflow is the key technology in today's realization of office automation system. This paper has the background of development and implementation of Office Automatic project of Guangdong Keda industrial Co., Ltd., which based on Lotus Domino/Notes development platform. A kind of workflow that accorded with Keda's workflow characteristics was studied and applied in Office Automatic system. The major work is summarized as follows:(1) On the foundation of analysis of the workflow technology including its development, basic conceptions and reference model, this paper summarized the characteristic of Keda's workflow.(2) Studied Lotus Domino/Notes, one of groupware with mature technology of workflow, explained its support to workflow though analyzing its configuration of database and products, and finally brought forward that Lotus Domino/Notes is the best groupware platform to develop Office Automatic system now.(3) Designed a workflow system, which accorded to the characteristics of Keda's workflow. This system used Domino Designer as development kits, based on the workflow reference model putted forward by WfMC. This system included workflow design, workflow configure, workflow engine and workflow APIs.(4) Gave the network frame and the system function frame of Keda's Office Automatic system, which based on Lotus Domino/Notes; explained the realization of workflow designed above in Office Automatic system by taking the report flow as an example.Finally, the conclusion and the developing trend were put forward.