Public Description (Wiki Format)
Status of the XPDL2.2 Revision
There now exist preliminary versions of the specification and schema. These documents will be available for review and further editing. Threaded discussions about issues related to them should take place on the BPMN Users Group on Google.
This release contains all the new visual elements added to the Process Modeling component of BPMN in BPMN2.0.
The schedule for this release is as follows:
- February 1: Documents available for review by WfMC members
- March 1: Documents available for review by public.
- April: Vote to approve/reject XPDL2.2 release.
Public Links (Link Format)
Leaflets (Leaflet)
Preliminary Version of XPDL 2.2 Specification
XXX Public Content - XPDL2.2/BPMN2.0 Projects
Projects in Working Group 1
Developing XPDL2.2
This is the current major focus of the group. Work is coordinated by Robert Shapiro.Objective is the have a schema and specification for XPDL2.2 by summer 2009.
Maintaining and Developing Conformance software and the Conformance Project
The Web-based validator for XPDL/BPMN is available. A Google Project has been set up with the source code. It is located at http://code.google.com/p/bpmn-xpdl-conformance/ . The validator supports XPDL2.0 and XPDL2.1. It will have to be extended to handle XPDL2.2. Andy Adler and Tom Laverty have current responsibility for this project.
Maintaining and developing Open Source Sketchpad BPMN editor.
Global 360 has made available the code for Sketchpad. It is a SourceForge opensource project. http://sketchpadbpmn.sourceforge.net/
Developing a BPMN Users Group
A Google Group has been set up: http://groups.google.com/group/bpmn-users-group/
There is now available a first version of the XPDL 2.2 specification, based on the bpmnxpdl_39.xsd. The change-log in the specification indicates all changes made to the document. Change-log items in red indicate problem areas that require further work. Search on ??? to locate problems indicated in the change-log or located in the text of the document. If you want to work on a problem area please let Robert Shapiro know. Any comments will be appreciated.