Transforming BPEL to Petri Nets

We present a Petri net semantics for the Business Process Execution Language for Web Services (BPEL). Our semantics covers the standard behaviour of BPEL as well as the exceptional behaviour (e.g. faults, events, compensation). The semantics is implemented as a parser that translates BPEL specifications into the input language of the Petri net model checking tool LoLA. We demonstrate that the semantics is well suited for computer aided verification purposes. Key words: Business process modeling and analysis, Formal models in business process management, Process verification and validation, BPEL, Petri nets

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: BPM
• Authors: Sebastian Hinz, Karsten Schmidt 0004, Christian Stahl
• Keywords: BPM 2005, Business, Business Process, Petri Nets, Semantics