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Stand-alone and inline tasks

The SOA patterns recommend the realization of software solutions with a set of loosely coupled components. The human tasks that follow the SOA patterns are called stand-alone tasks, while the human tasks that are defined as part of a BPEL process are called inline tasks.

The following table shows the task kinds that are available for stand-alone and inline tasks:

Implementation	Invocation task	To-do task	Collaboration task	Administration task
Stand alone	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Inline	Yes	Yes	No	Yes

See

1. Stand-alone tasks
   
2. Inline tasks
   
3. Relationship between human tasks and BPEL processes
   

Human tasks overview