RE: [regrep] Generic Workflow and Registry - =?UTF-8?Q?XPDL=3F?=

["David RR Webber \(XML\)" <david@drrw.info>]

Farrukh,

 

Deep breathe - OK - yes I can do XPDL but... my calendar is full for the next month!

 

Self-help is I suspect the order of the day here.  Let me see what may I suggest.

 

One of my preferred quick and easy tools is this one:

http://www.activemodeler.com/downloadAvFoundation

 

and then of course you simply export from the diagram to the XPDL. 

 

I've found XPDL straightforward to follow looking at the raw XML level too.

 

TIBCO also have slick free solution - but its a big install -

http://www.tibco.com/resources/solutions/bpm/brunt-road-to-xpdl.pdf

 

Thanks, DW

 

 

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [regrep] Generic Workflow and Registry - XPDL?
From: Farrukh Najmi <farrukh@wellfleetsoftware.com>
Date: Thu, March 19, 2009 1:52 pm
To: "David RR Webber (XML)" <david@drrw.info>
Cc: "regrep@lists.oasis-open.org" <regrep@lists.oasis-open.org>


No apologies needed. I think XPDL seems to be a terrific suggestion as
an expression syntax for allowing RegRep to associate a
ChangeProposal process with a Register.

Ideally I would like us to capture the Change Proposal Process as an
XPDL file as an experiment.
Do you have expertise in XPDL? If not, do we know someone who will be
willing to get us boot-strapped.

Any one monitoring the list that may be able to help should please post
to the list.

Another option that costs money is to get Together to help us:

http://www.together.at/together/services/index.html

This option will not be possible unless some entity can donate funds to
get above consulting services.

Thanks.

David RR Webber (XML) wrote:
> Farrukh,
>
> Apologies for the curve ball!
>
> Here's the wikipedia reference:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xpdl
>
> and then I found open source implementations including this one:
> http://www.enhydra.org/apps/index.html
>
> Definately appealing that someone could use an XPDL designer tool to
> manage roles and actions in regrep...
>
> XPDL is lightweight - its not intended to be a heavyweight BPMS - but
> it has the strong advantage of being easy for business functional
> staff to comprehend the diagrams and actions...
>
> Ok - off to get a cup of tea so I can think better before I cause more
> disruption in the fabric of the universe!
>
> Thanks, DW
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Regards,
Farrukh

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