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Last Updated: Jan 14, 2005 
BEA, IBM, Microsoft, SAP and Siebel joined forces to create Business Process Execution Language (BPEL). Get up to speed on this XML-based language here. >> Doron Sherman is Chief Strategy Officer of FiveSight Technologies, a provider of BPEL technology for enabling delivery of SOA applications, and our resident BPEL expert. Ask him your question today.
NEWS:
>> Oracle releases BPEL server (SD Times) 01 Aug 2004
>> IT wants rapid return on Web services spending (SearchWebServices.com) 04 Aug 2004
>> IBM to bring BPEL, Web services to server lines (Midrange Server) 13 Apr 2004
>> If BPELJ, why not BPEL.NET? (IT-Director.com, special to SearchWebServices.com) 30 Mar 2004
LINKS:
>> Best Web Links-->Related Protocols and APIs -->BPEL4WS
ADVICE:
>> How has industry acceptance been for the BPEL4WS specification?
ASK THE EXPERTS :How has industry acceptance been for the BPEL4WS specification? Is everyone accepting it?
>> BPEL4WS for outside Web services
ASK THE EXPERTS :Can you use BPEL4WS to orchestrate Web services that are hosted outside of the company where the BPEL process is running? If ...
>> Integrating application functionality into a process with BPEL
ASK THE EXPERTS :How can BPEL integrate existing application functionality, such as SAP or legacy CICS, that's not exposed as Web services ...
>> Defining subprocesses in BPEL
ASK THE EXPERTS :Is it possible to define subprocesses in BPEL, like function(Methods) in programming languages?
>> How do I invoke Java code from BPEL?
ASK THE EXPERTS :How do I invoke Java code from BPEL?
>> BPEL abstract processes
ASK THE EXPERTS :For an orchestration engine, what is the significance of BPEL abstract processes? Can you give an example where an abstract ...
>> Is BPEL the same as BPM, workflow or integration?
ASK THE EXPERTS :Is BPEL the same as workflow, BPM or integration? Is BPEL the all-encompassing language for modeling process logic?
>> Can I call SAP functions from a BPEL process?
ASK THE EXPERTS :Can I call SAP functions from a BPEL process?
>> Manual tasks in a BPEL process
ASK THE EXPERTS :Can I incorporate manual tasks into a BPEL process?
>> Does BPEL support human interactions?
ASK THE EXPERTS :Does BPEL process support human interactions? Are you planning to add in this feature?
>> BPEL educational resources
ASK THE EXPERTS :What educational resources are available for learning all about BPEL?
>> Including Web services in a BPEL process
ASK THE EXPERTS :Can I include any Web service published on the network in my BPEL process?
>> How to place asynchronous calls from a BPEL server
ASK THE EXPERTS :What protocol is used by a BPEL server to coordinate interactions with asynchronous Web services, how is the asynchronous ...
>> Visual modeling tools for BPEL4WS
ASK THE EXPERTS :Because BPEL4WS is the mix of WSFL and BPEL,it is hard to provide visual modeling tools to build BPEL4WS documents. How do ...
>> BPEL in a cyclical scenario
ASK THE EXPERTS :Can BPEL be used in a cyclical scenario where three processes call each other sequentially? (i.e. client => A => B => C => A)
>> Orchestration standards
ASK THE EXPERTS :What standards are associated with Web services orchestration?
>> When to use abstractProcess='yes' in BPEL4WS
ASK THE EXPERTS :When would a process in BPEL4WS format with attribute abstractProcess="yes" be used? Somebody should interpret these kind of ...
>> Why is BPEL4WS better for a loosely coupled world than traditional workflow?
ASK THE EXPERTS :Why is BPEL4WS better for a loosely coupled world than traditional workflow?
>> Difference between processes in BPEL4WS
ASK THE EXPERTS :In the B2B world, there are two kind of processes. One is public process, another is private process. In BPEL4WS, there are ...
>> Does BPEL4WS support recursive Web service composition?
ASK THE EXPERTS :Does BPEL4WS support recursive Web service composition?
>> Does BPEL4WS support recursive Web service composition?
ASK THE EXPERTS :Does BPEL4WS support recursive Web service composition?
>> How do the new BPEL4WS standards relate to Web service orchestration?
ASK THE EXPERTS :How do the new BPEL4WS standards relate to Web service orchestration?
>> Why does RosettaNet have to use BPSS or BPEL4WS?
ASK THE EXPERTS :Why does RosettaNet have to use either BPSS or BPEL4WS to express its standards for executing business transactions using Web ...
>> Why is there a need for BPEL4WS for orchestrating Web services?
ASK THE EXPERTS :Why is there a need for BPEL4WS for orchestrating Web services? Why not simply use Java and JAX-RPC?
>> Commercial implementations of the BPEL4WS spec
ASK THE EXPERTS :What commercial implementations of the BPEL4WS specification are available today?

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