XPDL

Saša Bojanić, Vladimir Puškaš, Zoran Milaković, Together Teamlösungen, Austria....... In this article, we are elaborating the possibility of using XPDL (XML Process Definition Language defined by WfMC) to completely define event driven applications, that we call XPDL Applications. XPDL application is a normal XPDL process definition that complies only with few additional rules and restrictions. This definition, when being interpreted by an XPDL engine, and from an engine’s point of view, results in an executionof a normal workflow process. The framework we will describe makes adifference. It also interprets XPDL in its own way and presents to the useran interface based on process definition and current state of the process instance.

This is the current XSD for XPDL 2.1, approved by the WfMC April 23, 2008.

This is the final approved specification for XPDL 2.1 including, documentation on gateways and transition restrictions clarified to help with BPMN portability conformance. (217 pages total)

Written by Robert M. Shapiro, Chairman of the WfMC XPDL Working Group, this 16-page report provides an overall of the role of business process model portability, specifically illustrating how XPDL enables serialization and portability of process designed using BPMN.  Included are an explanation of the improvements to XPDL included in the version

2.1 release, as well as an illustration of process interchange using the popular email voting use case developed in BPMN.

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