1. A system providing automated validation processing and validation workflow management comprising: a user interface, said user interface having at least one dialog box populated with a plurality of validation processing information and/or validation workflow management information and operable to allow the selection of at least one of said validation processing information and/or validation workflow processing data; and a validation processing engine cooperating with said user interface, said validation processing engine maintaining at least one validation processing rule to operate on said selected validation processing data to generate validation protocol data.