Documents in Workflows

Hi,
1. What are various ways we can post/send a document(it can be any, doc, xlz, pdf, xml...) to a workflow process from a client/application ?
2. Is there any authentication or we can impose restriction on who can post to the WF ?
3. If it is possible to send a document, can it be viewed within/from the WF Monitor ? And without storing it in any custom table ?
4. Is there any time limit for which that document resides in the WF database ?
The idea is to have an application (stand-alone, non-Oracle) posting documents to WF. Once the WF has the document, WF should be able to post it back to some URL.
To have this implemented, what is available out of the box and what needs customization.
Thanks!!
Shalu

Hi Shalu
(1) It depends on whether you have a Document Management System. For example, you could post a document to Oracle Files, and that posting could trigger a workflow which links back to the source document using a URL.
(2) As per (1), the DM system could impose restrictions on who can upload document or access documents stored in folders.
(3) The URL could be acccessed from the workflow monitor, or you could access Notifications from the workflow monitor which link to the document.
(4) A workflow can have a persistence type and retention time. But the document itself is stored in the DM system, which could have a different lifecycle than the workflow.
Cheers
Mark

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