<s>
Business	B-Language
Process	I-Language
Modeling	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
BPML	B-Language
)	O
is	O
an	O
XML-based	O
language	O
for	O
business	O
process	O
modeling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
maintained	O
by	O
the	O
Business	B-Architecture
Process	I-Architecture
Management	I-Architecture
Initiative	I-Architecture
(	O
BPMI	O
)	O
until	O
June	O
2005	O
when	O
BPMI	O
and	O
Object	B-Architecture
Management	I-Architecture
Group	I-Architecture
announced	O
the	O
merger	O
of	O
their	O
respective	O
business	O
process	O
management	O
activities	O
to	O
form	O
the	O
Business	O
Modeling	O
and	O
Integration	O
Domain	O
Task	O
Force	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BPML	B-Language
was	O
useful	O
to	O
OMG	B-Architecture
in	O
order	O
to	O
enrich	O
UML	B-Language
with	O
process	O
notation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BPML	B-Language
,	O
a	O
superset	O
of	O
BPEL	O
,	O
was	O
implemented	O
by	O
early	O
stage	O
vendors	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Intalio	O
Inc.	O
,	O
but	O
incumbents	O
such	O
as	O
IBM	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
did	O
not	O
implement	O
BPML	B-Language
in	O
their	O
existing	O
workflow	B-Operating_System
and	O
integration	O
engine	O
implementations	O
like	O
BizTalk	O
or	O
Websphere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
view	O
of	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
market	O
acceptance	O
,	O
the	O
BPMI	O
dropped	O
support	O
of	O
BPML	B-Language
in	O
favor	O
of	O
BPEL4WS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
merger	O
of	O
BPMI	O
and	O
OMG	B-Architecture
,	O
BPML	B-Language
will	O
be	O
definitively	O
deprecated	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
with	O
OMG	B-Architecture
's	O
adoption	O
of	O
BPDM	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
BPML	B-Language
was	O
designed	O
as	O
a	O
formally	O
complete	O
language	O
,	O
able	O
to	O
model	O
any	O
process	O
,	O
and	O
,	O
via	O
a	O
business	O
process	O
management	O
system	O
,	O
deployed	O
as	O
an	O
executable	O
software	O
process	O
without	O
generation	O
of	O
any	O
software	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
BPEL	O
is	O
often	O
tied	O
to	O
proprietary	O
implementations	O
of	O
workflow	B-Operating_System
or	O
integration	O
broker	O
engines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whereas	O
,	O
BPML	B-Language
was	O
designed	O
,	O
and	O
implemented	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
pure	O
concurrent	O
and	O
distributed	O
processing	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BPEL	O
and	O
BPML	B-Language
are	O
examples	O
of	O
a	O
trend	O
towards	O
process-oriented	B-Application
programming	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
BPEL	O
and	O
BPML	B-Language
herald	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
a	O
BPMS	O
as	O
an	O
IT	O
capability	O
for	O
management	O
of	O
business	O
processes	O
,	O
playing	O
a	O
role	O
similar	O
to	O
a	O
RDBMS	B-Application
for	O
business	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
