Active Endpoints Releases Milestone 1 of ActiveBPEL Community Edition 5.0 Server

[Active BPEL]

Active Endpoints, the inventor of visual orchestration systems (VOS),
today announced the availability of Milestone 1 of ActiveBPEL(R)
Community Edition 5.0 Server. ActiveBPEL 5.0 represents the world's
first release of an open-source implementation of both BPEL4People and
WS-Human Task. These specifications allow human interactions to be
included in services-based applications. By incorporating human tasks
in composite applications, WS-Human Task and BPEL4People expand
project teams' flexibility and efficiency in delivering standards-
based solutions.

Features and availability
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Milestone 1 of ActiveBPEL Community Edition 5.0 Server is available
for download at:
http://www.active-endpoints.com/active-bpel-engine-overview.htm

In addition to containing BPEL4People and WS-Human Task, ActiveBPEL
Community Edition 5.0 Server provides comprehensive support of the
BPEL 1.1 specification and the WS-BPEL 2.0 standard. The server
supports the full complement of BPEL activities including event
handling, exception handling and scope/compensation management. The
ActiveBPEL Community Edition 5.0 Server also includes advanced
capabilities such as deployment packaging, process persistence, event
notifications and console APIs.

Developers and others interested in gaining early experience with the
standards-based systems for creating services-based applications are
invited to download the Milestone 1 release as an introduction to the
full capabilities of a visual orchestration system.