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author Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
date Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:25:12 -0700
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IntentMadeManifest
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python workflow engine via directed graph

As risen from the stillborn ashes:
http://k0s.org/mozilla/hg/MozbaseWorkflow/


Intents
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What is a directed graph?

- dependency resolution
- workflow

Potential Uses
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* dependency somethin somethin'
  - DEPS: http://deps.alioth.debian.org/ ,
    http://vasks.debian.org/projects/deps/
  - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6130680&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fxpls%2Fabs_all.jsp%3Farnumber%3D6130680

Meta:
  - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?tp=&arnumber=5514484&contentType=Conference+Publications&searchWithin%3DSearch_Index_Terms%3A.QT.Flow+graphs.QT.


Links
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Python packages:

* https://pypi.python.org/pypi/finite
  Yet another finite state automaton

* https://pypi.python.org/pypi/fluidity-sm
  State machine implementation for Python objects.

* https://pypi.python.org/pypi/fysom
  pYthOn Finite State Machine

* https://pypi.python.org/pypi/workflow/1.01
  Simple workflows for Python;
  Not sure if this is really what's needed. And....1.01???

* https://pypi.python.org/pypi/xworkflows
  A library implementing workflows (or state machines) for Python projects.


State Machines:

Workflow == state machines, so an understanding from either
perspective is the same apropos the other.

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite-state_machine

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Jeff Hammel
k0scist@gmail.com