Abstract: A web service enabled enterprise resource application. The enterprise resource application provides a business framework that includes a data dictionary. The data dictionary is a metadata model that describes business objects in the applications. Systems and methods are provided that automate the process of creating and updating services for key business functions and dynamically enables web services for customization, extensions and modules developed on top of the business framework. These web services are meta data driven and dynamic—the web services can be created, updated and enabled using the model driven platform. Systems and methods are also provided that automatically create and update web services for business functions based on the data dictionary model.

Abstract: Systems and methods for executing business processes over a network. In an exemplary embodiment of a method of executing business processes via a computer network, the method comprises the steps of creating and installing software resources available over a network, browsing a database of software resources using a process model builder to identify software resource definitions, loading the software resource definitions identified by the process model builder to create a business process model comprising the software resources from the database of software resources, mapping inputs and outputs of the database of software resources to allow the business process model to be executed, saving the business process model on a storage medium accessible by the network, and initiating a collaborative business process by loading the business process model into a process interpreter and executing the software resources defined within the business process model.