Fusion Middleware Developer's Guide for Oracle SOA Suite

Fusion Middleware Developer's Guide for Oracle SOA Suite 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.4.0)

 

Business Process Execution Language (BPEL), short for Web Services Business Process Execution Language (WS-BPEL) is an OASIS[1] standard executable language for specifying actions within business processes with web services. Processes in BPEL export and import information by using web service interfaces exclusively.

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is a flexible set of design principles used during the phases of systems development and integration in computing. A system based on an SOA will package functionality as a suite of interoperable services that can be used within multiple, separate systems from several business domains.

 

 

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