Courseware and Primers

Learn about the building blocks, including BPMN 2.0, BPEL and WS-HumanTask, that you will need to implement process-based applications. Click the Learn More links in the gray navigation bar on the left to view replays of the CTO Tuesdays podcast series and various business process management topics.

In addition to the educational resources below, we also offer online, instructor-led and onsite training classes. View an overview of the courses available.

Courseware

ActiveVOS Concepts and Capabilities Course

Download the ActiveVOS Concepts and Capabilities training class courseware

ActiveVOS Fundamentals Course

Download the ActiveVOS Fundamentals training class courseware

BPMN

What is BPMN?

Introduction to BPMN

CTO Tuesdays episode 8: Watch an introduction to BPMN

CTO Tuesdays #1: The BPMN Diamond

CTO Tuesdays episode 1: The BPMN diamond

CTO Tuesdays #6: Diamond Patterns in BPEL and BPMN

CTO Tuesdays episode 6: Diamond patterns in BPEL and BPMN

BPEL

What is BPEL?

A short introduction to BPEL, the native execution language of SOA

What is BPEL Accompanying Document

“What is BPEL?” presentation

BPEL for Java Developers Webinar

The basics of SOA-based service orchestration for Java developers

BPEL for Java Developers Technical Note

This technical note accompanying the webinar offers Java developers a conceptual introduction to SOA-based service orchestration using familar concepts

BPEL for Java Developers ActiveVOS Designer Project

Download the “BPEL Basics” ActiveVOS Designer project

CTO Tuesdays #7: Adding Looping Links to BPEL

CTO Tuesdays episode 7: Looping links in BPEL. Refer to the accompanying paper in the Standards and Specifications section

BPEL4People and WS-HumanTask

CTO Tuesdays #2: Introduction to WS-HumanTask

CTO Tuesdays episode 2: Introduction to WS-HumanTask

Integrating People Processes and Services

An overview of ActiveVOS task management components and the relationship between human and system activity

Architectural Description of WS-HumanTask

An excerpt of the WS-HumanTask specification

XML Schema and WSDL

XML Schema Primer

A video about XML schema, a prerequisite for creating BPEL processes

XML Schema Primer Accompanying Document

View the XML Schema presentation slides

WSDL Primer

A video about WSDL definitions, a prerequisite for creating BPEL processes

WSDL Primer Accompanying Document

View the WSDL definitions primer slides

WSDL Bindings

Review this primer on WSDL bindings and learn how ActiveVOS uses them

WSDL Bindings Accompanying Document