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BibliographyNitzsche, Jörg; van Lessen, Tammo; Karastoyanova, Dimka; Leymann, Frank: BPEL light.
In: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM 2007).
University of Stuttgart, Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Information Technology.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science; 4714, pp. 214-229, english.
Springer-Verlag, September 2007.
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-75183-0_16.
Article in Proceedings (Conference Paper).
CR-SchemaC.2.4 (Distributed Systems)
D.2.11 (Software Engineering Software Architectures)
D.2.12 (Software Engineering Interoperability)
H.4.1 (Office Automation)
KeywordsBPEL; BPEL light; WSDL-less BPEL; BPM; Workflow; SOA; Web services; flexibility; reusability
Abstract

In this paper we present BPEL light which decouples process logic from interface definitions. By extending BPEL 2.0 with a WSDL-less interaction model, BPEL light allows to specify process models independent of Web service technology. Since its interaction model is based on plain message exchange, it is completely independent of any interface description language. This fosters flexibility and reusability of process models and enables modelling platform and component model independent business processes. The presented approach takes a significant step towards narrowing down the gap between business level and IT level by facilitating a more business-oriented modelling of executable processes.

CopyrightSpringer-Verlag
Contactjoerg.nitsche@iaas.uni-stuttgart.de and tammo.van.lessen@iaas.uni-stuttgart.de
Department(s)University of Stuttgart, Institute of Architecture of Application Systems, Architecture of Application Systems
Project(s)SUPER
Entry dateJuly 6, 2007
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