Autonomic installation and configuration of an enterprise business process on-demand

A system for installing and configuring an enterprise business process on-demand, comprising:

• a Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) document for expressing the enterprise business process, wherein the enterprise business process comprises a plurality of components and a workflow, and wherein each component of the enterprise business process expressed in the BPEL document comprises a web service;
• a plurality of Solution Module Definition (SMD) documents, wherein each SMD document describes an installation of a component of the enterprise business process, the component comprising a software solution of a web service;
• a meta-language mapping document for mapping each component of the enterprise business process expressed in the BPEL document to at least one of the plurality of SMD documents describing the installation of that component, wherein the meta-language mapping document correlates a Web Service Description Language (WSDL) binding or port with each SMD document and provides at least one policy constraint;
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• a computer system for provisioning the enterprise business process on-demand using the BPEL document, the plurality of SMD documents, and the meta-language mapping document, the enterprise business process on-demand provisioning comprising:
• determining if each component of the enterprise business process is available, and for each component of the enterprise business process that is not available, reading the meta-language mapping document to locate the component, provisioning the located component, and updating the BPEL document to provide an updated workflow for the enterprise business process.

A program product stored on a recordable device for installing and configuring an enterprise business process on-demand, which when executed by a computer system comprises:

• program code for providing a Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) document for expressing the enterprise business process, wherein the enterprise business process comprises a plurality of components and a workflow, and wherein each component of the enterprise business process expressed in the BPEL document comprises a web service;
• program code for providing a plurality of Solution Module Definition (SMD) documents, wherein each SMD document describes an installation of a component of the rise business process, the component comprising a software solution of a web service;
• program code for mapping each component of the enterprise business process expressed in the BPEL document to at least one of the plurality of SMD documents describing the installation of that component using a meta-language mapping document, wherein the meta-language mapping document correlates a Web Service Description Language (WSDL) binding or port with each SMD document and provides at least one policy constraint;
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• program code for provisioning the enterprise business process on-demand using the BPEL document, the plurality of SMD documents, and the meta-language mapping document, the enterprise business process on-demand provisioning comprising:
• determining if each component of the enterprise business process is available, and for each component of the enterprise business process that is not available, reading the meta-language mapping document to locate the component, provisioning the located component, and updating the BPEL document to provide an updated workflow for the enterprise business process.