Abstract: An apparatus, method, and article of manufacture provide the ability to publish information to an external source as part of an integrated workflow in a computer system. The computer system executes a relational database management system (RDBMS). A publication services processing engine utilizes the RDBMS to publish the information based on a publication node. A publication object defines a collection of information that is published to the external source. A publication action defines a specification of a manner in which the information in the publication object is to be published to the external source. The publication node defines a workflow data process that specifies the publication object and the publication action.