A Template-Based Approach for Automatic Mapping between Business Process and BPEL Process

In order to support just-in-time reconfiguration of business process execution language （BPEL） process, a template-based mapping method is proposed to map business level process to BPEL process. The method builds up mapping relationships between the key points of business level process and BPEL process, which helps users to adjust the business level process with simplified operations, and automatically maps the changes to BPEL. In addition, a case of the application of the method in a clothing enterprise was illustrated.

A Reflective Approach for Dynamic Change of BPEL Process

WS-BPEL （Web Service Business Process Execution Language）, as an emerging workflow standard, provides a simple and effective way to construct Web Services-oriented workflows. However, to the best of our knowledge, few effort from the industry and academia has addressed the dynamic change problems of BPEL process. This paper proposes a reflective approach to solve this problem. In this paper, a formal meta-object model of process instance is defined; the behavioral consistency criterion based on this model is proposed; a set of modification primitives are given to modify the meta-object while keeping the change atomic and consistent; and in addition, the MOP is offered to provide the programming interfaces for dynamic BPEL process change.

Analysis and modeling of web services flow using π-calculus

In order to increase the effectiveness and the reliability of web services flow, the ~r-calculus formal method is introduced as a development language for web services flow. The π-calculus overcomes inabilities of web service flow languages in demonstrating the consistency, validating the correctness and so on. The π- calculus analysis and modeling of web services flow is presented, the dynamic actions and basic activities of WS-BPEL with π-calculus formally are described, and the mapping from π-calculus expression to WS-BPEL is built. The basic construction of web services flow with the π-calculus method after the analysis of the syntax of WS-BPEL and inter-description between WS-BPEL and π-calculus is expressed. Also discussed are the approaches to web services flow by modeling from different views, and the proposed approaches through the development and modeling of an e-commerce web service flow application are illustrated.

A Testing Method for Web Services Composition Based on Data-Flow

This paper proposes a method of data-flow testing for Web services composition. Firstly, to facilitate data flow analysis and constraints collecting, the existing model representation of business process execution language （BPEL） is modified in company with the analysis of data dependency and an exact representation of dead path elimination （DPE） is proposed, which over-comes the difficulties brought to dataflow analysis. Then defining and using information based on data flow rules is collected by parsing BPEL and Web services description language （WSDL） documents and the def-use annotated control flow graph is created. Based on this model, data-flow anomalies which indicate potential errors can be discovered by traversing the paths of graph, and all-du-paths used in dynamic data flow testing for Web services composition are automatically generated, then testers can design the test cases according to the collected constraints for each path selected.

A Formal Model for BPEL4WS Description of Web Service Composition

Communicating Sequential Processes （CSP） is a kind of process algebra, which is suitable for modeling and verifying Web service composition. This paper describes how to model Web service composition with CSP. A set of rules for translating composition constructor of Business Process Execution Language for Web Services （BPEL4WS） to CSP notations is defined. According to the rules that have been defined, the corresponding translation algorithm is designed and illustrated with examples . The methods for model checking, model verification and model simulation are also introduced.

Context-aware BPEL workflow system using aspect-oriented programming

Business process execution language(BPEL)is a most recognized standard workflow language.However,it is difficult to be used in the ubiquitous system computing environment because it is difficult to describe the context information in the selection of the flow through the branch.To solve this problem,we propose a new BPEL workflow system with context-awareness by using aspect-oriented programming(AOP).This system is composed of a BPEL system module and a weaving module using AOP for context-aware.The BPEL system module generates a BPEL workflow program.And the weaving module converts a context-aware mark-up language(CAML)document to the aspect-oriented program that is applied to context-aware code without modification of the existing BPEL document.We also define a new document form that is called CAML,which provides a context-aware that is not available in BPEL.The system can generate a context-aware workflow program.It is developed in a way that inserts context information using AOP to provide context-aware services.

Using information flow analysis to detect implicit information leaks for web service composition

Information leak,which can undermine the compliance of web-service-composition business processes for some policies,is one of the major concerns in web service composition.We present an automated and effective approach for the detection of implicit information leaks in business process execution language(BPEL)based on information flow analysis.We introduce an adequate meta-model for BPEL representation based on a Petri net for transformation and analysis.Building on the concept of Petri net place-based noninterference,the core contribution of this paper is the application of a Petri net reachability graph to estimate Petri net interference and thereby to detect implicit information leaks in web service composition.In addition,a case study illustrates the application of the approach on a concrete workflow in BPEL notation.