In Depth
| Start Here | ||
| ActiveVOS Datasheet | Review an overview of ActiveVOS, the BPMS development teams love. |  |
| ActiveVOS Demo | View a quick demo of the latest features of ActiveVOS, including BPMN 2.0 modeling, visibility into running processes and ActiveVOS Central. |  |
| ActiveVOS "Classic Cars" Demo | See how Vintage Old Stock, a classic car restoration company, uses ActiveVOS to automate the car restoration estimate process in this online demo. |  |
| ActiveVOS Technologies | Review the core technologies in ActiveVOS. Benefit from adopting SOA-centric process orchestration. | |
| VOSibilities | Read the ActiveVOS blog and download podcasts about BPEL, BPMN, CEP and more. | |
| Screenshot tours | A short tour of some of the new features available in ActiveVOS 7.0, including the BPMN 2.0 modeler and ActiveVOS Central. | |
| Capabilities | ||
| ActiveVOS Modeling Vignette | Learn how to use ActiveVOS Designer to model and develop a process orchestration. | |
| ActiveVOS Implementing Vignette | Learn how to design and implement a business process containing both automated services and human activities. | |
| ActiveVOS Testing Vignette | Learn how to simulate and test a business process. | |
| ActiveVOS Deploying Vignette | Watch as an orchestration process is deployed to the ActiveVOS Server. | |
| ActiveVOS Central Vignette | Learn how users can conveniently interact with processes, tasks and reports in ActiveVOS Central. | |
| ActiveVOS Forms Vignette | Use ActiveVOS Designer to create, edit and deploy ActiveVOS Central forms for working with tasks and initiating a new process instance . | |
| ActiveVOS Reporting Vignette | Creating reports is quick and easy in ActiveVOS. | |
| ActiveVOS Event Processing Vignette | Explore complex event processing (CEP) in ActiveVOS. | |
| ActiveVOS Console Vignette | Learn about the ActiveVOS Console. | |
| Product Documentation | Get product documentation for the current and prior versions of ActiveVOS. | |
| ActiveVOS POJO Vignette | Learn how to use POJOs in ActiveVOS. | |
| ActiveVOS BPMN Designer Business Process Model Simulation | Learn how to use the BPMN Designer in ActiveVOS to simulate the people, resources and throughput of your business process application. | |
| ActiveVOS MultiSite Clustering Vignette | Learn how to use ActiveVOS to deploy BPM applications across geographically distributed data centers. | |
| Technology | ||
| BPMN Specification | The Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) standard facilitates collaboration in developing and the understanding of business processes through a graphical notation. | |
| Visual Orchestration | Lean about the vision of visual orchestration with Mark Taber, CEO of Active Endpoints. |  |
| What is BPMN? | A short overview of BPMN. | |
| BPEL Basics for Java Developers | Get moving in the right direction from your starting point as a Java Developer and use this "footbridge" to explore the worlds of SOA and BPEL. |  |
| Best Practices | Read about real-world experiences and applications in implementing ActiveVOS, regardless of scale and complexity. | |
| Introducing BPEL for People | Get a high-level perspective of the BPEL4People specification, which adds human workflow to the WS-BPEL 2.0 language. | |
| Simplifying SOA | Learn about a "right weight" approach to SOA without needing heavy skills or infrastructure requirements. | |
| WSBPEL 2.0 Specification | Web Services Business Process Execution Language Version 2.0 | |
| BPEL4People Specification | WS-BPEL for People (BPEL4People) Specification | |
| Web Services Human Task Specification | Web Services Human Task Specification | |
| Your SOA Needs BPEL | Get a first look at BPEL4People and WS-HumanTask, and learn more about the benefits and constructs of WS-BPEL 2.0 and where it fits within the SOA stack. | |
| DevTalks | ||
| JBoss and Rules Demo | View this demo to learn how ActiveVOS leverages ESB and Rules technologies to create dynamic composite applications, especially with JMS-based services and the JBoss Rules engine. | |
| JMS Messaging Presentation | Kim Pease discusses sending and receiving messages using JMS transport. | |
| JMS Messaging Demo | Kim Pease shows how to implement and run processes with a JMS messaging service. | |
| Scenario Testing | See solutions for testing composite applications by following a practical test first methodology. | |
| WS-Security Part 1 |
Hear a talk on using endpoint policies to enable and use the WS-Security features. | |
| WS-Security Part 2 |
View a demonstration of using endpoint policies to enable and use the WS-Security features. | |
| VOS Stack Basics | ||
| XML Schema Primer | Review this primer on XML Schema, a prerequisite for undertaking visual orchestration system design. | |
| WSDL Primer | Review this primer on WSDL definitions, a prerequisite for undertaking visual orchestration system design. (Best viewed after the XML Schema Primer.) | |
| WSDL Bindings | Read this primer on WSDL bindings and learn how a VOS uses them. | |
| WSDL Partner Interactions | View a brief presentation on Partner Interaction in BPEL, including PartnerLinks and PartnerLinkTypes. | |
| What is BPEL? | Take a tour of WS-BPEL 2.0 and learn more about the basics of BPEL. | |
| Technical Notes | ||
| ActiveVOS Architecture | An in depth look at the ActiveVOS product architecture. | |
| ActiveVOS linksAreTransitions BPEL Extension | This paper describes an ActiveVOS extension to WS-BPEL 2.0, permitting BPEL to support the free-form control flow that is allowed by the BPMN 2.0 notation. | |
| Best Practices | Read about real-world experiences and applications in implementing ActiveVOS, regardless of scale and complexity. | |
| Supported Standards | Learn more about the standards supported by ActiveVOS. | |
| Using JMS with ActiveVOS | Learn more about JMS support in ActiveVOS. | |
| Setting Up JMS with ActiveVOS | Use the "Web Service Interactions using JMS" sample to learn how to set up JMS with ActiveVOS. | |
| Integrating Apache ActiveMQ with ActiveVOS | Learn how to integrate Apache ActiveMQ with ActiveVOS. | |
| ActiveVOS Database Sizing | Read about ActiveVOS 6 database tables used to support process persistence. | |
| ActiveVOS Performance Characteristics | Learn about the factors that can influence ActiveVOS performance. | |
| ActiveVOS Performance Tuning Characteristics | Understand how different server configurations affect the allocation of resources and performance. | |
| ActiveVOS's Integration with CMIS | An orchestration project that demonstrates ActiveVOS's integration with Alfresco's Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) web services interfaces. | |
| WSDM/MUWS for ActiveVOS Engine Monitoring | Learn more about the use of OASIS WSDM/MUWS as a way to perform ActiveVOS engine monitoring. | |
| ActiveVOS vs. Enterprise Service Bus | A comparison and contrast of ActiveVOS with an ESB. | |
| Vintage Old Stock Demonstration | ||
| Vintage Old Stock Project Files | Test drive the Vintage Old Stock project online or download the project files to explore what ActiveVOS has to offer. | |
| Owner's Manual | Test drive a complete BPM application written in ActiveVOS. This Owner's Manual shows you how. | |
| Demo Design | This document covers the scenario, design and description of the application. | |
