How does Visio 2003 support BPEL?

[Mark]

This web page indicates that BPEL can be exported from Visio and imported
into BizTalk. Unfortunately, if I type the term “BPEL†in the Visio 2003 Help
system I get no results. How do I export BPEL from Visio?

A question from http://www.microsoft.com/office/visio/prodinfo/faq.mspx:

Q. Can I integrate Visio 2003 with other Microsoft technologies?

A. Yes. Visio 2003 integrates with:

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BizTalk Server. Use Visio to design or document a business process and then
dynamically share the data through XML process standards, such as old domain
exit (ODX) or business process execution language (BPEL); automate the task
with Microsoft BizTalk® Server.

 

[Al Edlund]

the hint is "xml" which can be exported.....
the following is from mai-lans blog....
al
Wednesday, April 13, 2005 11:17 AM
BPMN stencils for Visio
Visio does not natively support BPEL or BPMN, which are both commonly used
in business process management applications. BPMN stands for "Business
Process Modeling Notation" and is a proposed standardization for graphical
notation for enterprise processes. The BPMN working community has come up
with their own Visio stencils to use to create diagrams with BPMN 1.0
shapes: http://www.workflow-research.de/downloads/bpmn/

I haven't heard of anyone else in the BPEL community who has done a Visio
template. If you have, feel free to post a comment.

--- Mai-lan