Each human workflow component can be associated with a resource bundle. The bundle defines the resource strings to use as display names for the task outcomes. The resource strings are returned by the TaskMetadataService method getTaskDefinitionOutcomes, and are displayed in Oracle BPM Worklist and the task flow task details application.

In addition, you can use the human workflow XPath function getTaskResourceBundle string to look up resource strings for the task's resource bundle. For example, this XPath function can be part of the XPath expression used to construct notification messages for the task.

A human workflow component is associated with a resource bundle by setting the Resource Name and Resource Location fields of the Resource Details dialog in the Presentation section of the Human Task Editor. The value for the Resource Location field is a URL, and the resource bundle can be contained within a JAR file pointed to by the URL. It is possible to share the same resource bundle between multiple human workflow components by using a common location for the resource bundle.

If no resource bundle is specified for the human workflow component, the resource string is looked up in the global resource bundle. (See Global Resource Bundle – WorkflowLabels.properties.) Commonly-used task outcomes can be defined in the global resource bundle, alleviating the need to define a resource bundle for individual human workflow components.

If no resource string can be located for a particular outcome, then the outcome name is used as the display value in all locales.