[jbpm-dev] jBPM5 Request for Comments

[Kris Verlaenen]

Over the last few years, we have accumulated a lot of knowledge and 
experience in various BPM-related projects here at JBoss, and in an 
effort to consolidate that, we would like to combine our efforts in what 
will be the next generation BPM platform, called jBPM5.

jBPM5 will be based on the combined experience of jBPM and Drools Flow 
(and related projects like RiftSaw and Overlord), and will bring 
together the benefits of both solutions (and much more). As part of this 
process, we would like to ask you, our community, for feedback and 
assistance on this.

The architecture of jBPM5 builds on the experience that was built up 
over the past few years based on our customer feedback as well as strong 
community involvement. It will continue the vision of all of the 
constituent projects, so large parts of the architecture that is 
presented here will probably not come as a surprise to you, either 
because it already exists in a current project or because it has been on 
the roadmap for quite some time (e.g. BPMN2).

Nevertheless, wide feedback is very important to us, and we have 
therefore constructed a “Request for Comments” document which describes 
(what we believe could be) the new architecture of jBPM5. Now is the 
time for the community that has helped shape these projects so well in 
the past to do so again.

http://community.jboss.org/wiki/jBPM5RequestforComments

This not only includes an overview of the most important components, but 
also some of the key characteristics. Based on this architecture (and 
the feedback we receive), we will roll out a roadmap for jBPM5.

We would like to welcome any feedback feedback on this proposal, using 
the jbpm-dev at lists.jboss.org mailing list, or in private by sending your 
comments to your JBoss contact. If you want to subscribe to the jbpm-dev 
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Kris