Business Processes

• Definition: Business process

  • A business task carried out using a service.

• Standards for business processes would simplify building / using Web services.

• Presently there are competing XML standards:

  • IBM: Web Services Flow Language
  • Microsoft: XLANG
    • Part of BizTalk, a .Net component
  • OASIS: Business Process Service
    • A component of ebXML
  • Business Process Management Institute: BPML
    • Business Process Management Language

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