Loosely Coupled Thinking : XML

Copying the Silverlight community menu

jevdemon — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:30:00 GMT

I'm building out a website using Silverlight. The more I learn about Silverlight the more I love it - I haven't had this much fun writing code in a long time. This is seriously addicting stuff . One of the things that frustrated me is that many of the...(read more)

Free XSLT Profiler

jevdemon — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:16:23 GMT

Today the XML Editor team released the XSLT Profiler Addin for VS 2008 , a quick and reliable performance analysis profiler tool that assists in the development and debugging of XSLT documents. The XSLT Profiler allows developers to measure, evaluate,...(read more)

Say What?

jevdemon — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:35:00 GMT

Interesting perspective from Randy Heffner (Forrester) in the latest issue of Redmond Magazine: Perhaps Randy is unaware of our work on XML , SOAP and the Web Services Workshops that led to the WS-* specifications . The quote above seems to be inspired...(read more)

SOA and Business Process Conference 2007

jevdemon — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:04:00 GMT

The 2007 Microsoft SOA & Business Process Conference will be held from October 29th through November 2nd, 2007 at the Microsoft Conference Center on the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, WA. Customers and partners can learn about Microsoft’s current and...(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)

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)

Microsoft's commitment to BPEL 2.0

jevdemon — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:41:00 GMT

If you haven't already heard about it , Microsoft will soon be releasing a BPEL 1.1 activity library for Windows Workflow Foundation (WF). The activities will enable you to build workflows that can be losslessly exported to BPEL 1.1. Also included is...(read more)

Where's i-Technology Headed in 2007?

jevdemon — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 03:12:08 GMT

From the Java Developer's Journal. I guess I should feel guilty for appearing in JDJ now that I work for Microsoft. Nah - Sys-Con is a great bunch of guys (I got to know many of them when I was editor of XML Journal ). Thanks Jeremy !...(read more)

Setting Your Sail for 2007

jevdemon — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:20:48 GMT

E.F. Schumacher, a well-known British economist, once wrote: "I cannot predict the wind but I can have my sail ready". With that thought in mind here are ten predictions and hopes to help get your sails ready for 2007: 1. The WS-BPEL 2.0 specification...(read more)