Decentralised audit system in collaborative workflow environment

摘要

A system to manage a workflow includes a workflow model having a version, the version being executable by an execution engine as a specific workflow instance. The system includes a workflow data monitor to receive and associate audit information with an object processed by an execution engine in terms of the specific instance of the workflow model.

主权项

1. A system including:
a non-transitory memory to store a workflow model having at least one version, the at least one version being executable by an execution engine as a specific workflow instance, the specific workflow instance associated with context information, the context information comprising model information identifying the workflow model and version information identifying the at least one version of the workflow model; and a processor to implement a workflow data monitor to receive and associate audit information with an object processed by an execution engine in terms of the specific instance of the workflow model, the audit information comprising the context information and execution information, the workflow data monitor further to receive an audit request with respect to the object processed in terms of a specific workflow instance and, responsive to receipt of the audit request with respect to the object is to:
retrieve the associated audit information associated with the object;retrieve further audit information from at least one of the workflow model and the execution engine; andcompare the associated audit information with the further audit information.