Appendix A. BPEL Syntax Reference

This appendix provides a syntax reference for the BPEL (BPEL4WS) version 1.1 as defined in the specification dated May 5th, 2003 available at the following URLs:

• http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/2046/BPEL%20V1-1%20May%205%202003%20Final.pdf

• http://dev2dev.bea.com/webservices/BPEL4WS.html

• http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/specification/ws-bpel/

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnbizspec/html/bpel1-1.asp

• http://ifr.sap.com/bpel4ws/

• http://www.siebel.com/bpel

In the following sections, you will see the syntax for:

• BPEL activities and elements

• BPEL functions

• Deadline and duration expressions

• Standard elements

• Standard attributes

• Default attribute values

• Standard faults

• Namespaces