- From: Howard N Smith <howard.smith@ontology.org>
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 17:00:05 +0000
- To: public-ws-chor@w3.org
Choreography pioneers, Following a short conversation with Steve R-T, he agreed for me to send you this paper. It is intended as a draft for discussion. The paper is new information. It shows how, based on BPML, it is possible to model all of the advanced workflow patterns identified by workflow theorists, whereas most workflow engines only support approx 50% of patterns directly and very few of the advanced patterns. In addition, it gives insights into the BPML implementation inherent to a BPMS, and how a BPMS is able to support many process models not supported by workflow technology. Screenshots from Intalio|n3 BPMS are given as examples. Further, the workflow engine itself can be modelled in BPML, as reusable processes for use in end-to-end processes. The paper was written to more fully explain the work of BPMI.org and its direction in creating BPMS foundation technologies. Peter Fingar and I have taken great care with this paper, and do hope it adds to the understanding of BPML/BPMI/BPMS direction. While the paper cannot present proof of these claims, you can consider it a report on the work so far. The paper can be downloaded from: http://www.bpm3.com/picalculus/workflow-is-just-a-pi-process.pdf Regards, Howard --- New Book - Business Process Management: The Third Wave www.bpm3.com Howard Smith/CSC/BPMI.org cell +44 7711 594 494 (worldwide) home office +44 20 8660 1963
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