bpmn.xml

[dev1]

HI,
its been quite some time since i have been following every release of avctiviti.A small thought just came accross me….in activiti modeler we can export the .activiti file to bpmn2.0.xml which is very specific to ACTIVTI execution engine…activiti being a open sorce still gets binded very tightly with execution engine….why there cant be any feature which generates bpmn20.xml file from activiti which is very general and pertains to BPMN2.0 specifications present on OMG website…..

regards,
DEV

[trademak]

Hi,

I think you are referring to the Activiti Designer and not the Modeler, because the Modeler does comply with the BPMN 2.0 specification.
Are you aware of the fact that Activiti adds extensions to the BPMN 2.0 specification? So it's just not possible to get a spec compliant BPMN 2.0 XML out of the Designer when you use these extensions.
But in general the XML out of the Designer is close to the spec.
I'm also interested to which specific parts of the XML you are referring and why this is so important for you.

Best regards,

Tijs

[dev1]

hi,
i am finding the XML created by ACTIVTI very tightly bonded with its own engine….and secondly, the XML generated has the tag mark of "ACTIVITI"…cant it be made more universal  :?:  :?:  :?:

[trademak]

It's quite common that the editor of a BPM platform is implemented according to the process engine. The Activiti Designer is extensible so you can very easily create your own XML export if you would like to.

[dev1]

hi,
can u please tell me how to do it…i mean where i need t o do changes…

Regards,
DEV

[tiesebarrell]

Dev,

did you check the userguide? This section explains how: http://www.activiti.org/userguide/index.html#N11639

[jbarrez]

You probably mean the activiti namespace in the header of the XML?

If you are not using any Activiti custom extension, you can simply remove it.
Note however, that no BPMN editor will choke on having the namespace there.