1. A method for supporting workflow design comprising the steps of: a) receiving a description of a business-to-business interaction standard; b) converting the description of business-to-business interaction standard to a structured representation of the business-to-business interaction standard; c) automatically generating at least one process template based on the structured representation of the business-to-business interaction standard; and d) using the process template to design a workflow.
9. The method of claim 1 wherein using the process template to design a workflow includes retrieving a process template from the process template repository; and adding at least one local service to the process template.