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<h1>Getting started</h1>
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The Eclipse BPEL Designer is based on WS-BPEL 2.0, and provides a way to create,
edit, validate and deploy BPEL files to BPEL runtime platforms.
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<a class="ulink" href="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsbpel/2.0/OS/wsbpel-v2.0-OS.html">WS-BPEL 2.0</a>
stands for Web Service Business Process Execution Language.
Like EAI, BPEL is an XML-based language, but BPEL is more specific
and targeted. BPEL is used by developers to join sometimes disparate
functions into an integrated process, resulting in a seamless use of
the Internet to conduct business transactions ranging from simple
money exchanges to complex calculations and asset reallocation.
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<p>The table below lists the main features of the Eclipse BPEL Designer:</p>
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<td align="left"><p>WS-BPEL 2.0 support</p>
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<td><p>The Eclipse BPEL project supports the most recent WS-BPEL 2.0 specifications.</p>
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<td align="left"><p>Close integration with BPEL runtime platforms</p>
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<td><p>For the moment, only Apache ODE and JBoss runtime platforms are supported.
There are two methods to deploy BPEL files to JBoss
BPEL runtime. The user can deploy a BPEL project as a whole and
can deploy BPEL files in a JBoss ESB project to the JBoss BPEL
runtime.</p>
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<td align="left"><p>BPEL file editor</p>
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<td><p>The editor can be used separately to edit a BPEL file.</p>
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<td align="left"><p>BPEL file validator</p>
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<td><p>The validator displays a list of BPEL file errors.</p>
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