SOA, WOA, and REST

I've skimmed a lot of material over the last few years on SOA and associated topics. One of the most informative observers/practitioners is Dion Hinchcliffe. Although he stopped blogging frequently quite a few months ago, he remains one of the clearest commentators on architectural issues associated with SOA and Web 2.0.

I just stumbled across his consulting blog, which has his latest discussion of what he calls Web-Oriented Architecture (which is URI/data-centric).....he contrasts it to the traditional SOA style (which is (obviously) service-centric).

I remember running across REST 2-3 years ago and thinking "now there's something profound....lots of important architectural implications, none of which are very clear or predictable." Dion's continuing exploration of REST/WOA is well worth following.