An introduction to BPEL
BPEL stands for Business Process Execution Language. The standard body for BPEL is Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) that produces worldwide standards incorporating industry consensus. The syntax of BPEL is XML-based and the current specification is WSBPEL Version 2.0.
BPEL is a programming language that has a mix of structured (blocks) and unstructured (control-links and events). BPEL is used for designing business processes that integrate web services into end-to-end process flow, and for the orchestration of business services. BPEL is mainly used for orchestrating services. The following figure shows the sample structure of a BPEL process:
A brief description of BPEL is given ...
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