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XPDLDocumentsTC-1025 -Ver 1.0 XML Process Definition Language
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Workflow Process Definition Interface - Version 1.0 Final Draft A variety of different tools may be used to analyse, model, describe and document a business process. The workflow process definition interface defines a common interchange format, which supports the transfer of workflow process definitions between separate products. The interface also defines a formal separation between the development and run-time environments, enabling a process Workflow Management Coalition Process Definition 31 July 2002 XML Process Definition Language Definition, generated by one modelling tool, to be used as input to a number of different workflow run-time products. A workflow process definition, generated by a build-time tool, is capable of interpretation in different workflow runtime products. Process definitions transferred between these products or stored in a separate repository are accessible via that common interchange format.To provide a common method to access and describe workflow definitions, a workflow process definition meta-data model has been established. This meta-data model identifies commonly used entities within a process definition. A variety of attributes describe the characteristics of this limited set of entities. Based on this model, vendor specific tools can transfer models via a common exchange format. Programming in XPDL
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PDF Version of XPDL 2.1 Schema bpmnxpdl_31
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This is the current XSD for XPDL 2.1, approved by the WfMC April 23, 2008.
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