Service-Oriented Design: Part IV: Business Process Design

Service-Oriented Design: Part IV: Business Process Design
Thomas Erl
Thomas Erl has just published a major book titled Service-Oriented Architecture: Concepts, Technology, and Design (Prentice-Hall, 2005. 760pp. $44.99). This is a book for IT analysts and designers who need a technical understanding of SOA. Chapter 16, which we reproduce here, provides an introduction to BPEL basics, to WS-Coordination, and a step-by-step introduction to service-oriented business process design.