Re: [wsbpel] Q: process priority?

[Monica Martin <monica.martin@sun.com>]

Sid Askary wrote:

> Danny & Edwin,
> I appreciate the notion of the similarity with OS and process.  
> However, that is not what I had in mind.  In a distributed 
> collaborative environment were internal behavior is exposed; 
> environmental attributes, such as the capability to prioritize, come 
> in handy.  In the case of BPEL, the partners can gain insight as to 
> the priority afforded them in a collaboration execution and may choose 
> the ones that meet certain criteria.  This determination is possible 
> even in the simpler case of bi-party collaboration were perhaps one 
> partner has similar processes offered with different execution 
> priorities.
>
> This feature will cut across layers (i.e. application, platform, 
> programming language, OS and hardware).  A “deployment descriptor”, at 
> least in this context, is at best platform specific - whereas BPEL in 
> not.

mm1:  This is another example of context.  The context is external to 
BPEL generally, but of which BPEL should be aware.
Thanks.