RE: [Obe-developer] Which version of XPDL is supported?

[Anthony E. <me...@an...>]

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> Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 5:23 PM
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> Subject: [Obe-developer] Which version of XPDL is supported?
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> 
> I've just started looking into workflow and stumbled onto OBE 
> and XPDL.  I'm still trying to tackle and understand all of 
> this.  I just noticed today that they added a new Version 1.0 
> Beta of the XPDL document to the WfMC web site.  Does OBE 
> cover handle this version?  If not, how close is it?

OBE currently uses the XPDL DTD version 0.03a.  I will look into what
changes have occurred in the new type definition.  Of course, the fact
that it uses XSchema as opposed to a DTD means it will take a little
longer since I can't really put them side-by-side and diff them.  Go
WfMC.

Off of the top of my head I do see some variations:

Additions:

 - ActivitySets and ActivitySet elements
 - Activity Deadline element
 - Application ExternalReference element
 - Script element
 - SchemaType element
 - BlockActivity element
 - WorkflowProcess AccessLevel attribute

Changes:

 - The type definitions have been modified

All in all I think it will take a little time to support these new
elements.
 
> On a related note, is there any schedule or roadmap for OBE?  
> It looks like it is in pretty good shape from what I've seen, 
> but I also see a number of pieces (designer, etc) in CVS that 
> haven't been released at all yet.

There is no roadmap at the moment because it is dependent on what kind
of time I have to dedicate to it.  The plan on the designer is to finish
up a first alpha release within the next couple of weeks.  I need to
read through the updated specification and make necessary updates as
well and will probably do that next week.

Naturally, if you want to see it go faster then contributions are always
welcome. :-)

Sincerely,
Anthony Eden