August, 2006

I just posted the RDDL for the OASIS BPEL 2.0  spec.   Does anyone have a RDDL validator? I haven't been able to find one.   If you are new to RDDL you can learn more about it at here .

Just spotted this on ZDNet: BEA: 'registry' no longer joined at the hip to 'repository' by ZDNet 's Joe McKendrick -- Registry is mainly about runtime, repository is mainly about design time. Got that? Talk about a blast from the past.  This reminds me...

Good news and bad news: Good News: The BPEL TC approved going to Public Review yesterday so look for an announcement soon. Bad News: One of the new requirements for OASIS Standardization is an XHTML version of the spec. I was testing...

I never thought I'd see this day happen. The world-famous BPEL Issues List is 100% closed with no open issues (the list hadn't yet been updated at the time I posted this blog entry). At this rate we should be ready for Public Review by the end of the...

Patrick Leonard nails it rather succinctly. ESB is an EAI pattern (not a product) that may not be suitable for all SOA-related initiatives. This doesn't necessarily mean that ESBs are dead, it merely means that there is no single solution for designing...

We're finally getting there. Its been a three year effort but its almost complete. You can access the latest committee draft here: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/19511/wsbpel-specification-draft-Aug01-2006.htm .

Below is a slide from an internal event I spoke at last week. Thanks to Jorgen for summarizing the status of these specs. This "status" slide is current as of 8/2/2006.