Several acronyms [SOA], [WOA], [REST] decscribe modern initiatives in technology of informational systems and science. Service-Oriented Science, or much closer to me, Service-Oriented Astronomy, is a science enabled by that technology. Another name for Service-Oriented Astronomy is Virtual Observatory (VO).
From http://blog.gartner.com/blog/index.php?itemid=400
WOA - Web Oriented Architecture is a subset of SOA.
Web Oriented Architecture:
BTW, Since WOA is a substyle of SOA (ie it imposes additional constraints above and beyond those imposed by SOA), you may be interested in our definition of SOA:
Service-Oriented Architecture: