Composing aggregate web services in BPEL

Web services are increasingly being used to expose applications over the Internet. These Web services are being integrated within and across enterprises to create higher function services. BPEL is a workflow language that facilitates this integration. Although both academia and industry acknowledge the need for workflow languages, there are few technical papers focused on BPEL. In this paper, we provide an overview of BPEL and discuss its promises, limitations and challenges. Keywords Web services, workflow language, BPEL, business processes, A2A integration, and B2B integration.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: ACMSE
• Authors: Onyeka Ezenwoye, Seyed Masoud Sadjadi
• Keywords: ACMSE 2006, BPEL, Theoretical Computer Science, Web Services, Workflow Language