almost all the testcases in the source use jBPM from a pojo as an embedded library. If you deploy jBPM (on an appserver) and you want to remotely interact with it, use the commandservice (ejb). The webservice 'api' is kind of similar as the commandservice but with the advantages of being transactional. Not sure how mature the ws-api is btw... View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4188049#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...