<s>
Web-oriented	B-Application
architecture	I-Application
(	O
WOA	O
)	O
was	O
coined	O
in	O
2006	O
by	O
Nick	O
Gall	O
of	O
the	O
Gartner	O
's	O
group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
software	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
style	O
that	O
extends	O
service-oriented	O
architecture	O
(	O
SOA	O
)	O
to	O
web-based	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
official	O
Gartner	O
definition	O
of	O
Web-Oriented	B-Application
Architecture	I-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
Enterprise	O
Web	B-Application
Oriented	I-Application
Architecture	I-Application
(	O
EWOA	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
sub-style	O
of	O
Enterprise	O
Service	O
Oriented	O
Architecture	O
(	O
ESOA	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
an	O
expanding	O
set	O
of	O
tools	O
building	O
mashups	B-Application
from	O
WOA	O
resources	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
applications	O
and	O
websites	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Google	O
AdSense	O
,	O
Wikipedia	O
and	O
other	O
RESTful	B-Protocol
services	O
are	O
using	O
WOA	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
gaining	O
attention	O
from	O
the	O
research	O
community	O
and	O
the	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mobile	O
APIs	B-General_Concept
are	O
based	O
on	O
becoming	O
more	O
focused	O
in	O
using	O
WOA	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
REST	O
and	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
(	O
JavaScript	B-General_Concept
Object	I-General_Concept
Notation	I-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Web-Oriented	B-Application
Architecture	I-Application
(	O
WOA	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
Service-Oriented	O
Architecture	O
(	O
SOA	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SOA	O
(	O
service-oriented	O
architecture	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
modular	O
approach	O
to	O
software	O
development	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
distributed	O
,	O
loosely	O
coupled	O
interchangeable	O
components	O
with	O
standardised	O
interfaces	B-Application
for	O
communication	O
over	O
standardised	O
protocols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Web-oriented	B-Application
architecture	I-Application
differs	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
uses	O
a	O
REST	O
approach	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
REST	O
(	O
Representational	B-Protocol
State	I-Protocol
Transfer	I-Protocol
)	O
is	O
an	O
approach	O
to	O
the	O
architecture	O
of	O
networking	O
protocols	O
that	O
provide	O
access	O
to	O
information	O
resources	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
best	O
known	O
system	O
built	O
largely	O
on	O
REST	B-Protocol
architecture	I-Protocol
is	O
the	O
modern	O
World	O
Wide	O
Web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HTML	O
,	O
XML	O
,	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
