Welcome to BPEL XML.org.

This is the official community gathering place and information resource for the WS-BPEL OASIS Standard and related specifications. BPEL uses Web services standards to describe business process activities as Web services, defining how they can be composed to accomplish specific tasks. This is a community-driven site, and the public is encouraged to contribute content.

Webinar Recording: Introduction to ActiveVOS for Systems Integrators

Location: 
http://www.vosibilities.com/podcast/vosibilities-podcast-9-webinar-replay-an-introduction-to-activevos-for-systems-integrators/2008/06/05/
Date: 
5 Jun 2008 - 14:00 - 15:00
Event Type: 
Webinar

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"We developed a product based on XPDL,but our customers asked us about BPEL/B4P, so we want to integrate a BPEL product in our product.

we find that  we can do anything what BPEL/B4P can do  by XPDL, including web-service function. I don't know  what is the benefits of BPEL/B4P comparing with XPDL? Why i need a  BPEL product?”

 

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Testing Process Orchestrations Based on the BPEL Standard

... In fact, unit testing for BPEL-based applications doesn’t have to be harder than testing any other kind of program. If you take a few reasonable steps you’ll have the information you need to confidently revise and deploy your standards-based composite application using a test-first methodology.

A clear first step is to take the process offline. For example, if your application calls for a credit check, it may be impractical to send 10, 100, or 1,000 requests to the credit agency while you’re testing.

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InfoQ Interviews BPEL4People Representatives

Since before it was first announced that BPEL4People/WS-HumanTask were heading for a standards body, there has been a lot of interest around this new attempt to provide a standard in BPM. BPEL (aka WS-BPEL) has continued to split the workflow community, so isn't this the same fate for BPEL4People? Well the technical committee has had its first face-to-face meeting, so we took the opportunity to talk with several of the people behind the work.

Read the complete interview by Mark Little at InfoQ. 

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ROI by the Ton -- Going Green with SOA, EDA, RIA and Web 2.0

David A. Chappell writes about a concrete example of one of Oracle’s customers, Verizon Wireless, who is in the process of going green by rewriting their fraud detection application using SOA, EDA, and Web 2.0, and as a result plan to eliminate 6 tons of hardware from their datacenter, and reduce power consumption by 99.5% from 200 kW/h down to 1100 W/h.

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