Editing Business process modeling (section)

=== Programming language tools ===
BPM suite software provides programming interfaces (web services, application program interfaces (APIs)) which allow enterprise applications to be built to leverage the BPM engine.<ref name="NIH07"/> This component is often referenced as the ''engine'' of the BPM suite.

Programming languages that are being introduced for BPM include:<ref name="bpmfaq">{{cite web |title=Business Process Modelling FAQ |url=http://www.BPModeling.com/faq/ |access-date=2008-11-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081109082206/http://www.bpmodeling.com/faq/ |archive-date=2008-11-09}}</ref>
* [[Business Process Execution Language]] (BPEL),
* [[Web Services Choreography Description Language]] ([[WS-CDL]]).
* [[XML Process Definition Language]] ([[XPDL]]),
Some vendor-specific languages:
* [[Architecture of Integrated Information Systems]] (ARIS) supports EPC,
* [[Java Process Definition Language]] ([[JBPM]]),
Other technologies related to business process modelling include [[model-driven architecture]] and [[service-oriented architecture]].