A notification is simply information that is sent to a users when a step in the process executes. Notifications manifest themselves as alerts in a user's Inbox or as emails. The users to which the notification must be sent are determined by the allocation strategy specified for the notification. The details that are displayed to the user in the alert or email are specified as part of the activity in the workflow process definition.
Notifications can be attached to any activity in a workflow process definition. The notification is created and sent using the specified delivery mechanism when the Workflow Engine executes the activity containing the notification.
The metadata associated with activity notifications is described in the Activity Notifications chapter of the Cúram Workflow Reference Guide.