thanks alex, On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 6:26 AM, Alex Boisvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 12:36 AM, Mohammad Shamsi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > my company want to chose an open source Workflow engine. > > > > i worked with OSworkflow and JBPM before. can any tell me some ODE > > advantages and benefits in compare with other workflow engine such as OS > > workflow or JBPM ? > > > > where can i found companies that use ODE as a workflow engine ? > > > Hi Mohammad, > > Apache ODE isn't a directly workflow engine, it's an orchestration engine > based on BPEL. The main difference being that Ode doesn't natively > understand workflow concepts like tasks, people, escalation, etc. > Instead, > Ode can natively invoke many types of web services that may include > workflow > services. In other words, Ode can do workflow and it can do a whole lot > more. > > The BPEL4People specification is a set of extensions that bring some of > the > worklfow concepts natively into BPEL. Apache Ode doesn't implement > BPEL4People extensions yet, although it's been requested before and it's > on > our roadmap. In the mean time, you can still implement workflow functions > using external services, either by writing your own or integrating with an > existing workflow solution. Intalio Tempo (http://tempo.intalio.org) is > an > open-source example of such approach. Tempo implements BPEL4People and > workflow concepts without extending BPEL. > > If you want to get a glimpse of companies using Apache Ode, you can take a > look at Intalio's customer list ( > http://www.intalio.com/customers/industry-verticals/). Our BPM solution > is > based on Apache Ode. > > cheers, > alex > -- sincerely yours M. H. Shamsi
