A Formal Semantics for the Business Process Execution Language for Web Services

Roozbeh Farahbod, Uwe Glässer, Mona Vajihollahi

2005

Abstract

We define an abstract operational semantics for the Business Process Execution Language for Web Services (BPEL) based on the abstract state machine (ASM) formalism. This way, we model the dynamic properties of the key language constructs through the construction of a BPEL abstract machine in terms of a distributed real-time ASM. Specifically, we focus here on the process execution model and the underlying execution lifecycle of BPEL activities. The goal of our work is to provide a well defined semantic foundation for establishing the key language attributes. The resulting abstract machine model provides a comprehensive and robust formalization at three different levels of abstraction.

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Farahbod R., Glässer U. and Vajihollahi M. (2005). A Formal Semantics for the Business Process Execution Language for Web Services . In Proceedings of the Joint Workshop on Web Services and Model-Driven Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: WSMDEIS, (ICEIS 2005) ISBN 972-8865-27-9, pages 144-156. DOI: 10.5220/0002576901440156


in Bibtex Style

@conference{wsmdeis05,
author={Roozbeh Farahbod and Uwe Glässer and Mona Vajihollahi},
title={A Formal Semantics for the Business Process Execution Language for Web Services},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Joint Workshop on Web Services and Model-Driven Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: WSMDEIS, (ICEIS 2005)},
year={2005},
pages={144-156},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002576901440156},
isbn={972-8865-27-9},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Joint Workshop on Web Services and Model-Driven Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: WSMDEIS, (ICEIS 2005)
TI - A Formal Semantics for the Business Process Execution Language for Web Services
SN - 972-8865-27-9
AU - Farahbod R.
AU - Glässer U.
AU - Vajihollahi M.
PY - 2005
SP - 144
EP - 156
DO - 10.5220/0002576901440156