Hi guys, I'd like to raise a discussion about the ecosystem at Apache around ODE in particular and BPM in general.
While ODE is getting mature and provides a stable BPEL execution, the BPM market is moving on, bringing up new languages (BPMN 2.0), new human task definitions (WSHT), new integrations (BPEL4People), new projects (Apache Hise), new adopters (JBoss Riftsaw), etc. I think it is time to discuss not only an adjusted road map for ODE (adding support for BPMN 2.0 and BPEL4People/WSHT) but also the BPM ecosystem at Apache. Apache Hise is currently under incubation and ODE is the sponsoring PMC. There may also be other BPM related projects that may want to find their home at Apache, but not necessarily under the umbrella of ODE, which would directly connect them with BPEL and/or process execution. I think we should think about founding a BPM umbrella PMC at Apache the can serve as the home of Ode, Hise, and whatever BPMish project that will come up in future. Honestly, this is yet just an uncooked idea, but I'd like to get your opinions on that. WDYT? Thanks, Tammo -- Tammo van Lessen - http://www.taval.de
