<s>
The	O
Workflow	B-General_Concept
Open	I-General_Concept
Service	I-General_Concept
Interface	I-General_Concept
Definition	I-General_Concept
(	O
OSID	B-Architecture
)	O
is	O
an	O
Open	O
Knowledge	O
Initiative	O
specification	B-Application
which	O
provides	O
the	O
means	O
to	O
define	O
a	O
process	O
composed	O
of	O
steps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OSIDs	B-Architecture
are	O
programmatic	O
interfaces	O
which	O
comprise	O
a	O
Service	O
Oriented	O
Architecture	O
for	O
designing	O
and	O
building	O
reusable	B-Application
and	O
interoperable	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Work	O
events	O
are	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
Agents	B-Architecture
performing	O
a	O
specific	O
role	O
in	O
the	O
Process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Separate	O
applications	O
for	O
designing	O
and	O
using	O
Workflow	O
are	O
likely	O
to	O
be	O
written	O
,	O
each	O
of	O
which	O
will	O
rely	O
on	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
OSIDs	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Workflow	B-General_Concept
OSID	I-General_Concept
provides	O
an	O
application	B-Application
,	O
or	O
set	O
of	O
applications	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
means	O
for	O
coordinating	O
and	O
managing	O
workflow	O
based	O
on	O
some	O
predetermined	O
logic	O
,	O
among	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
actors	O
(	O
agents	B-Architecture
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Abstracting	O
and	O
separating	O
the	O
workflow	O
from	O
the	O
application	B-Application
insulates	O
the	O
application	B-Application
from	O
changes	O
in	O
the	O
workflow	O
logic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Common	O
tools	O
for	O
displaying	O
,	O
monitoring	O
and	O
maintaining	O
workflow	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
the	O
application	B-Application
,	O
saving	O
the	O
application	B-Application
from	O
delivering	O
this	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
