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Hi there,
as we now have two different ideas how such a press release might look like,
please find below a version where I tried to combine the advantages of both
(sorry, Chris, again with bullet points). I added a short sentence about our
integration in Galileo which is worth mentioning, I guess, and also shows
the importance of our release :-)
Concerning the order of the improvements: I would rather like to start with
the important ones and only include the less important things (bugfixes,
etc.) at the end. But I took most of your text, here, Chris.
Alas, I don't have an idea what you wanted to say with "A solid base for
future extensions of the meta model, it can also be used to enhance JWT with
the ability to support custom model aspects." How does the converter be a
base for aspects?
Here my second draft for a text:
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The Eclipse project Java Workflow Tooling (JWT) released version 0.7 which
is now available for download. JWT aims to build design time, development
time and runtime workflow tools and to foster an ecosystem of interoperable
Business Process Management (BPM) platforms. JWT is integrated in the yearly
release train of Eclipse and was already part of Eclipse Galileo.
The main features of the new release are:
- The meta model has been restructured: the project team separated the meta
model that includes the business logic from the layout information. An
independent meta model now allows developers to handle JWT workflows without
causing unnecessary dependencies. View specific data like coordinates are
now stored in a separate diagram file which makes the original files not
only more robust, but also much lighter and easier to handle. Model
transformations, like from and to BPMN, XPDL or the STP project's
Intermediate Model are therefore easier to implement and maintain. To
improve the visual representation of workflows, multiple layout information
can now be stored for each element in the model.
- Automatic layout algorithms, which have been included from the popular GEF
Zest project, finally remove the need of tedious rearranging of positions.
Simply using an horizontal, vertical, spring or tree-based theme, the
workflow models can now easily be arranged to a preferred layout.
- New converter: Full support for workflow files from previous version of
JWT is now guaranteed by a new ATL-based converter. While the old converter
transformed the model elements using Java code, the new converter allows an
easy adaptation to future changes of the meta model.
Besides the mentioned changes, version 0.7 provides a better support for
aspect-oriented model extensions and significant improvements in performance
and stability.
Version 0.7 is a joint release by researchers and developers of the
University of Augsburg (Institute for Software and Systems Engineering,
group of Prof. Dr. Bernhard Bauer) and the French company OpenWide SA. The
University of Augsburg is now also an official (associate) member of the
Eclipse Foundation.
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Would you agree with such a text?
Florian
> *Von:* jwt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:jwt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] *Im Auftrag von *Florian Lautenbacher
> *Gesendet:* Montag, 21. Dezember 2009 16:00
> *An:* 'Java Workflow Toolbox'
> *Betreff:* [jwt-dev] JWT Version 0.7 - Draft for a press release and
> blog entry
>
> Hi guys,
>
> please find below a draft for the press release and blog entry for JWT
> version 0.7 which we release today. Any comments are welcome.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Florian
>
> ---
>
> Title: *Java Workflow Tooling (JWT) 0.7 released*
>
> Content:
>
> The Eclipse project Java Workflow Tooling (JWT) released version 0.7
> which is available for download now. JWT aims to build design time,
> development time and runtime workflow tools and to foster an ecosystem
> of interoperable Business Process Management (BPM) platforms.
>
> The main features of the new release are:
>
> - The underlying *metamodel has been outsourced*: view specific
> information as well as layouting data are now stored in an own file
> and separated from the original model (similar as in GMF). This makes
> the workflow files much smaller and easier to handle for existing
> model-to-model transformations (e.g. from and to BPMN or to STP-IM) as
> well as for model-to-text transformations (generating XPDL code, BPEL
> code, etc.).
>
> - *Automatic layout mechanisms* for workflow and process models: JWT
> does now include layout algorithms for formatting the shown workflow
> model in different ways. Workflow models can be arranged based on an
> horizontal tree, vertical or using a Spring theme. These and other
> layout algorithms from the Eclipse project Zest have been integrated
> into JWT.
>
> - *New converter*: Old versions of JWT are now converted into version
> 0.7 using ATL transformations. While the old converter transformed the
> model elements using Java code, the new converter allows an easy
> adaptation to future changes of the metamodel.
>
> Besides the mentioned changes, the project team implemented an
> improved aspect handling, committed several bugfixes and improved the
> performance of JWT significantly.
>
> Version 0.7 is a joint release by developers of the University of
> Augsburg and the French company OpenWide SA. The University of
> Augsburg is now an official (associate) member of the Eclipse Foundation.
>
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