Abstract: A device overloading a web service identification name so that multiple services with a common name can be stored in a Web service directory is disclosed. Each of the services identified by the common name can have a different and unique (for the set of commonly named services) structure for input data. The data structure of the input data can be used to discern which of the set of commonly name Web services a requestor desires.

Abstract: Techniques for selective backward routing in a workflow system are provided. For example, one technique includes obtaining workflow processing history information, obtaining one or more conditions for selection of the one or more valid return destinations, wherein the one or more conditions are defined in advance, and combining the workflow processing history information and the one or more conditions to determine the one or more valid return destinations in the workflow. Techniques are also provided for executing a valid return action in a workflow.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a solution for overloading a Web service identification name so that multiple services with a common name can be stored in a Web service directory. Each of the services identified by the common name can have a different and unique (for the set of commonly named services) structure for input data. The data structure of the input data can be used to discern which of the set of commonly named Web services a requester desires.