[jwt-dev] [architecture] JWT and the Process Virtual Machine

[Marc Dutoo <marc.dutoo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all

Following my last email, I'll try here to give more details on the 
concept of the "Process Virtual Machine" and why it's very interesting 
for the whole BPM field and especially for JWT.

The core idea is to solve the problem of "too many different BPM 
standards and languages", which hinders and complexifies integration 
between components using different standards. You'll note that it is the 
same problem JWT attempts to solve though on the tooling side, by having 
a unified tooling solution. The proposed solution is to "use the right 
language for the right job" without integration and compatibility 
worries by making all of them run on the same Process Virtual Machine 
(metaphorically similar to Java or rather the .NET approach).

I personally think this "gordian knot"-like approach is clever and quite 
right, since the advocated "use the right language for the right job" 
says that having multiple standards should not bring problems but 
flexibility, being a range of diverse solutions for diverse needs 
available to the architect. It would even allow users to write their own 
business-oriented BPM language and let it run on top of it, as well as 
being an open door for any proprietary language.

Moreover, being championed (and implemented in their next generation 
solutions) by JBoss jBPM, which is almost a defacto standard in the Open 
Source world, and Bull Bonita / Orchestra, which is (the just released 
Shark 2.0 aside) by far the other more complete, visible and entreprise 
ready BPM solution, it is promised, at the very least to have quite an 
imrpressive audience.

So where does JWT fit in ? The bottom line is : JWT solves the tooling 
side of the problem, so in a global point of view the picture remains 
the same : offering genericity across BPM languages and representation.

Now how could JWT actually benefit from this paradigm and runtime ?

Please send you feedback !

Regards
Marc Dutoo
Open Wide