The result of modeling is a set of business artifacts saved in BPM notation (BPMN) that are stored in a shared metadata repository—the business process blueprint— from which they are retrieved by the Oracle SOA Suite and converted into an executable business process implementation. (Figure 3). Because the design and execution environment share the same data, both environments are constantly up-to-date, such any change—whether facilitated in the Oracle BPA Suite or in the Oracle SOA Suite—is immediately visible to all other tools.
Figure 3a. The business process is modeled by business analysts in collaboration with IT staff.
Figure 3b. From this model, a blueprint (that is, a logical design) is generated.
Figure 3c. From the blueprint, an executable model is generated. This model consists of standards-based BPEL, which is shown diagramed here.
The Oracle SOA Suite converts the artifacts generated by the BPA suite into an executable model. This model is represented internally in BPEL (Business Process Execution Language), which is an XML-based standard for expressing the orchestration of business services, especially in the context of an SOA deployment.
The generated BPEL can be modified by technical staff in the Oracle SOA Suite, which enables changes to the
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