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.
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. 4. The method of claim 1 wherein converting the description of the electronic business-to-business interaction standard to a structured representation of the business-to-business interaction standard further includes representing data in a structured form by employing a mark-up language.