Glossary

BPEL

Business Process Execution Language; a standard language for defining how to send XML messages to remote services, manipulate XML data structures, receive XML messages asynchronously from remote services, manage events and exceptions, define parallel sequences of execution, and undo parts of processes when exceptions occur.

business object

A resource in an enterprise database, such as an invoice or purchase order.

desktop page

A page in a user interface that is optimized for extended periods of use with monitors.

object workflow

Object workflows represent a series of automated tasks configured for a business object, which are invoked based on a set of trigger conditions.

sandbox

A testing environment that separates sections of an application so that changes made in this environment do not affect the mainline code or other sandboxes.

simplified page

A page in a user interface that is optimized to provide quick access to high-volume, self-service tasks from any device.

WSDL

Abbreviation for Web Services Description Language. It is an XML format that provides a model for describing Web services.