bruce on April 5th, 2011

The most basic user expectation for any language “standard” is interoperability between tools.  BPMN 1.x, however, never provided a standard interchange format.  For years, WfMC filled that gap with XPDL, an XML format originally developed for interchanging process models between proprietary workflow tools.  With each new version of the BPMN spec, Robert Shapiro and, more [...]

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bruce on June 9th, 2010

I tuned in to Sandy Kemsley’s webcast for Active Endpoints on How to Explain BPMN to Business Users today to see how this pet topic of mine is filtering out to the world. Longtime BPMS Watch readers will recall the spirited discussion I had with Michael zur Muehlen a couple years back, when he did [...]

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Thanks to all of you who contacted OMG in support of the BPMN 2.0 conformance classes proposal.  Yesterday I received a copy of the following note sent out to Finalization Task Force members: Supporters of the conformance sub-types proposal: SAPERION AG EFG Consulting Ltd Raytheon iG, Brasil DUNA, Spain Statoil ASA Computas AS Visionest Fraunhofer-Institut [...]

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bruce on February 3rd, 2010

Today Robert Shapiro of XPDL 2.x fame, also a member of the BPMN 2.0 Finalization Task Force in OMG, delivered an update on progress toward completing both XPDL 2.2 and BPMN 2.0.  Here is the link to the unedited replay.  Also, Sandy Kemsley does her usual fine job of summarizing the high points here. I [...]

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