On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 6:17 AM, Martin Meyers <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Tuscany users and developers:
>
> Currently I'm very interested in using your Tuscany runtime platform to 
> integrate existing BPEL processes into the SCA world.
> Concerning *plain* BPEL processes all seems clear to me, thank to the 
> delivered Tuscany example(s). But, questions remain in relation to the 
> integration of *BPEL4People* processes (i.e., BPEL processes extended by 
> PeopleActivities specified in the "BPEL4People" specification and using a 
> "WS-HumanTask"-compliant Task Management System). These concrete obscurities 
> are:
>
> 1. Is it actually possible to use other BPEL engines than "Apache ODE" in 
> SCA-BPEL component implementations?

Although currently we only support Apache ODE as a BPEL engine, we can
easily extend Tuscany to support other BPEL engines, as long as it's
compatible with Apache license.

>    This is due to the fact that ODE does not yet support BPEL4People, does it?
>

I don' t know the current status of BPEL4People in ODE, but they have
started some work on this last year if I remember it correctly. Maybe
Matthieu is watching and could give more details here.

> And perhaps more important:
>
> 2. Can these *BPEL4People* processes be integrated in an SCA domain with the 
> actual version of Tuscany?
>
>    2.a: If so, how? I.e., do anyone of you have a working (minimalistic) 
> example for me to take a look at?
>
>    2.b: If not, how could this goal be achieved with alternative products?
>          (I would port the existing definitions to other *non-commercial*, 
> appropriate products)
>

Let me try to find a better answer for 2.a and 2.b and get back to you.

> As these issues are very important to me, I want thank you a lot for any 
> constructive solution hints in advance.
>
> Best regards,
> Martin
>
>
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