Comparing WS-BPEL 2.0 to Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)

WS-BPEL is very much a subset of what can be represented using WF.  Think of WF as a "graph of activities" that can be transformed to virtually any workflow standard.    I'll try to post a similar comparison between WS-BPEL 2.0 and XPDL 2.0 later this week.

 

BPEL Activity	WF Activity
<receive>	Workflow start or WebServiceReceive
<reply>	Workflow finish or WebServiceResponse
<sequence>	Sequence
<assign>	Code
<while>	While
<if>, <elseif>	IfElse
<invoke>	InvokeWebService
<scope>	Scope
<flow>	Parallel
<pick>	Listen
<throw>	Throw
<compensate>	Compensate
<exit>	Terminate
<wait>	Delay , Suspend
<faultHandlers>	ExceptionHandler/ExceptionHandlers