Loosely Coupled Thinking : BPEL4WS

"Concept Typedefs", the Holy Grail of BPM and Closing the Gap Between Business and IT

jevdemon — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:01:00 GMT

A typedef is a keyword in both C and C++ used to introduce new names for existing types. A simple typedef declaration lets you define your own names that can be used in place of type specifiers such as int, float, and double. Surprisingly, some people...(read more)

If you can do something it doesn't mean that you should...

jevdemon — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:39:00 GMT

I'm not really doing anything BPEL related these days but a post by Jesper Joergensen caught my eye. Since I'm not focused on BPEL I haven't kept up with some of the developments in the BPM-related blogosphere. Apparently Bruce wrote a post illustrating...(read more)

BPEL4People and WS-HumanTask to OASIS

jevdemon — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:05:05 GMT

The BPEL4People and WS-HumanTask specs are headed to OASIS, resulting in a new BPEL4People Technical Committee (TC) - expect to see an announcement and call for participation soon. The TC will focus on defining human interactions (“human tasks”)...(read more)

Dave on Orchestration

jevdemon — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:05:00 GMT

Dave Linthicum is blogging about orchestration and gets it mostly right. The blog entry does a decent job of describing orchestration at a high level - if you're unfamiliar with orchestration the blog entry is worth a read. The following, however, made...(read more)

BPEL != BPM

jevdemon — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:03:00 GMT

Interesting perspective on SOA and BPM here from Joe , but positioning BPEL as BPM is just wrong. BPM encompasses much more than simple service orchestration. It’s good to see the human element addressed here - there is some interesting work going on...(read more)

The State of BPM

jevdemon — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 23:44:00 GMT

What a depressing article . I had a few concerns with this article - here are a few: The conclusion that IT should drive BPM couldn’t be more wrong - the "B" stands for "Business", not IT. BPM is not just about technology/app integration. The article...(read more)

SOA in the Real World now available

jevdemon — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 06:37:00 GMT

The book I previewed here a few weeks back is now available in both PDF and XPS formats. Enjoy!...(read more)

BPEL4People headed to OASIS

jevdemon — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 21:05:00 GMT

That white paper and spec with the funny name is going to be an OASIS spec . I'm not surprised - I only hope they can fix some of the issues (such as people resolution) and come up with a name.that doesn't sound like a punchline. :)...(read more)

Shutting down the OASIS WS-BPEL Technical Committee

jevdemon — Sat, 05 May 2007 11:08:00 GMT

The WS-BPEL TC has its last conference call next week. It's taken over three years of effort but the spec and schemas are finally done . A non-normative Primer and FAQ are also available. (The final version of the Primer will be published after our last...(read more)

Help influence the future of BPEL on the Microsoft platform

jevdemon — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:15:00 GMT

Apparently over 3,000 people have downloaded the BPEL Community Technology Preview (CTP) for Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) . Now it's your turn to tell us what you love or hate about the implementation. To do this you'll need to sign up for a Windows...(read more)

BPEL Primer - work in progress

jevdemon — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:25:00 GMT

The WS-BPEL Primer is a non-normative doc that will be finished by 5/14 (at the latest). A draft of the work in progress is publicly accessible here (doc format): http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/23470/wsbpel-primer-draft_April_11.doc...(read more)

WS-BPEL 2.0 Approved as an OASIS Standard

jevdemon — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:11:00 GMT

I am happy to state that BPEL is finally approved as an official OASIS standard. Its been a long time coming (just short of four years) but its finally done. The official press release is here (and below). (BTW, Jack is not part of the official press...(read more)

InfoWorld covers BPEL

jevdemon — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:35:00 GMT

The article is fairly favorable and provides a fairly quick overview of the BPEL 2.0 spec. Here's some of what's new in BPEL 2.0: New activity types if-then-else replaces BPEL4WS 1.1 “switch” repeatUntil Validate forEach with completion conditions extensionActivity...(read more)

Happy Friday! BPEL for WF is now available!

jevdemon — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:00:44 GMT

The first Community Technology Preview of BPEL for Windows Workflow Foundation is now available: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6d0daf00-f689-4e61-88e6-cbe6f668e6a3&displaylang=en The CTP supports BPEL 1.1. A later release...(read more)

Upcoming BPEL strategic and technical webcasts

jevdemon — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:20:47 GMT

These are sponsored by OASIS, not Microsoft: WS-BPEL is central for defining SOA business processes. Members of the OASIS WS-BPEL Technical Committee will present this free webinar that will help business analysts and managers to better understand the...(read more)