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BPEL Use Cases
Examples and usage scenarios from users, vendors, academic, and research organizations

Four Star Resources

Grid Service Orchestration using the Business Process Execution Language
Describes the researchers' experience in orchestrating scientific, grid-based workflows using BPEL. Then describes "the reliability, performance and scalability that can be achieved by executing a complex scientific workflow with ActiveBPEL, an industrial strength but freely available BPEL engine." 34 Pages.
Source: London Software Systems, Dept. of Computer Science, UCL, London

A Comparison between Incremental Composition and BPEL
"In this paper we will describe the Incremental Composition approach and the BPEL approach of composing web services to one web service composition. Firstly the use case and the different web services are explained. Each approach is applied to the use case and the same service chain is developed for both approaches. Finally the approaches are compared: differences in implementation, execution as well as the conceptual differences between the approaches are outlined."
Source: EDU-GILA

Using BPEL: What IT Managers Need to Know
Covers the role of BPEL, why you need BPEL and how BPEL will be used. An excellent overview and primer.
Source: Web Services Journal

Explainer: BPEL
A semi-technical and services-oriented look at BPEL, including hypothetical insurance industry use cases.
Source: Computerworld

Our BPEL Experience
A user's experience with BPEL, including recommendations on BPEL tooling and servers.
Source: radikalFX

Build Your Business Apps With BPEL
'Examine a collection of commercial and open source tools to support the full lifecycle of BPEL development." This informative article uses real-world problems to illustrate the use of BPEL.
Source: Enterprise Architect

Three Star Resources

Using BPEL Process Descriptions for Building up Strategic Models of Inter-Organizational Networks
A deep, technical application of BPEL containing architectural, code, and design perspectives.
Source: Knowledge-based Systems Group

BPEL To The Rescue: A Real-World Account on SOA Web Services
An end-user's account of how to use BPEL to orchestrate Web Services and realize the benefits of a service-oriented architecture (SOA).
Source: SOA Web services Journal

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