@techreport{TR-DCC-95-26, number = {DCC-95-26}, author = {Barthelmess, Paulo and Wainer, Jacques}, title = {{WorkFlow} Systems: {A} Few Definitions and a Few Suggestions}, month = {December}, year = {1995}, institution = {Department of Computer Science, University of Campinas}, note = {In English, 14 pages. \par\selectlanguage{english}\textbf{Abstract} This paper hopes to make a contribution on three aspects of workflow systems: we stress the fact that there is a broken symetry between the level of the specification of the procedures and the level of their enactment; we propose some ways of classifying activities and exceptions; and we propose some run-time functionalities to help users deal with exceptions. } }