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Reference Architecture for Web-Oriented Architecture
16 December 2008
 
Daniel Sholler  

WOA is a style of SOA that leverages the principles of representational state transfer and the Web. This reference architecture describes the necessary components to implement WOA.




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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

1.0
    
 WOA Reference Architecture Derivation

1.1
    
 How WOA Improves on the Five Attributes of SOA

1.1.1
    
 Modular
1.1.2
    
 Distributable
1.1.3
    
 Clearly Defined
1.1.4
    
 Swappable
1.1.5
    
 Shareable
1.2
    
 The Relationship Between SOA Attributes and WOA Architectural Elements
2.0
    
 WOA Reference Architecture in Practice

2.1
    
 Implementation Models
2.2
    
 Consumer Models
2.3
    
 When to Use WOA
3.0
    
 WOA Reference Architecture Defined

3.1
    
 Comparison to Architecture of the World Wide Web, Volume 1
4.0
    
 Components in a WOA System

4.1
    
 Origin Server
4.2
    
 User Agent
4.3
    
 Gateways and Proxies
5.0
    
 Information Constructs in a WOA System

5.1
    
 Resources
5.2
    
 Resource Identifiers
5.3
    
 Representations
5.4
    
 Representation Metadata
5.5
    
 Resource Metadata
5.6
    
 Control Data
6.0
    
 Mechanisms in a WOA System

6.1
    
 Client and Server
6.2
    
 Cache
6.3
    
 Resolver
6.4
    
 Tunnel
7.0
    
 An Example of a WOA
8.0
    
 The Google Book Search API
9.0
    
 Conclusion and Recommendations

    
 Recommended Reading


List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 SOA to WOA
 

Figure 2. 
 WOA Substyle of SOA
 

Figure 3. 
 The Internet Hourglass
 

Figure 4. 
 WOA Architecture Components
 

Figure 5. 
 WOA Implementation
 



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