Edward Plaisance Jr Apr 23, 2009:

proceedings/abstract of record Thank you for returning to the original legal context. The only dictionary I found gardeshkar in was my Persian-English legal dictionary and the only definition was "abstract of record".

Here is the legal definition of "abstract of record": http://www.answers.com/topic/abstract-of-record-2

Depending on the asker's context, "proceedings" could work.

Every other place I saw gardeshkar was in Persian websites where the meaning was "workflow".

It would be interesting to know how this word and its meanings developed and diverged.

Rahi Moosavi Apr 23, 2009:

Proceedings In this context گردش کار basically means the summary of legal actions done and what the court had done afterwards, so I think "proceedings" will be a good option.

Edward Plaisance Jr Apr 23, 2009:

workflow---continued workflow (one word) is found in www.dictionary.com with a very simple definition

For a very comprehensive discussion of the meaning, history, and application of the term workflow, check out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_flow
It should be pretty obvious that the various Persian sites using gardeshkar (especially the ones that include workflow charts) are using this concept and not "procedure"

Edward Plaisance Jr Apr 22, 2009:

work flow After searching numerous Persian sites I realized that "gardeshkar" was taken from the English concept of "work flow" or "work flow charting/diagramming". In fact several sites included work flow charts. Check http://www.chto-khr.ir/news/show_detail.asp?id=165 (go down to paragraph 6)

This was from another computer website:

گردشکار، نشان دهنده جریان کار در محیط های سازمانی است که نوعا شامل چندین فعالیت می باشد و اجرای خودکار آنها توسط سیستمهای مدیریت گردشکار انجام می شود.

This site is list of work flows
http://www.bonyadmaskantehran.ir/raahnamaaye-morajein/