Web-oriented architecture (WOA) was coined in 2006 by Nick Gall of Gartner. It is a software architecture style that extends service-oriented architecture (SOA) to web-based applications. WOA was originally created by many web applications and sites, such as social websites and personal websites.
Definitions The official Gartner definition of Web-Oriented Architecture:
Nick Gall also gives a mathematical formula for defining "WOA = SOA + WWW + REST".Nick Gall Web-oriented architecture and the rise of pragmatic SOA, Retrieved 28 October 2014
Dion Hinchcliffe claims WOA to be:
The WOA stack Distribution (HTTP, feeds) Composition (Hypermedia, Mashups) Security (OpenID, SSL) Data Portability (XML, RDF) Data Representation (ATOM, JSON) Transfer Methods (REST, HTTP, BitTorrent)
Enterprise Enterprise Web Oriented Architecture (EWOA) is a sub-style of Enterprise Service Oriented Architecture (ESOA). EWOA is defined as the sets of web-based architectural elements, environments, principals and processes. There is an expanding set of tools building mashups from WOA resources. These tools are beneficial to IT developers to create interoperability and integration.
New applications and websites, such as Google AdSense, Wikipedia and other RESTful services are using WOA, which is gaining attention from the research community and the industry.
Current WOA examples include Google's OpenSocial and MindTouch.Aaron Fulkerson, Web Oriented Architecture, Retrieved 30 October 2014
Mobile API Mobile APIs are based on becoming more focused in using WOA technology. Creating these services have become easier using simplified web protocols, e.g. REST and JSON (JavaScript Object Notation).
These protocols are much easier for web developers, as they require less CPU and bandwidth. They are more recognised because of large social platforms, such as Facebook, Amazon and Twitter etc.http://www.convertigo.com/crm/from-soa-to-woa.html From SOA to Mobile APIs with Convertigo Mobilizer MADP 25 October 2014
Machine-readable data and AI consumption The principles of WOA have facilitated the development of Artificial intelligence search engine AI-driven search engines through concepts such as Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) and Answer Engine Optimization (AEO). Because WOA emphasizes self-descriptive messages and structured data formats like JSON-LD, it provides a machine-readable layer that allows Large Language Models (LLMs) to parse and synthesize web resources more effectively than unstructured content. By leveraging the "Identification of resources" constraint of WOA, these AI systems can treat specific web data points as verifiable facts for generative responses. This alignment between RESTful principles and AI consumption represents a shift from human-centric browsing to agent-centric data consumption, where APIs and structured hypermedia serve as the primary interface for autonomous agents.
See also Service-oriented architecture (SOA) Resource-oriented architecture (ROA) Microservices
References
External links Web Oriented Architecture at Oracle Web Oriented Architecture at Gluecon 2010 WOA: Putting the Web Back in Web Services Lean Development Applied to SOA WOA: A New Enterprise Partner for Linked Data