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SOA

soa

Architecture organizing functions as services

A design architecture that organizes software functions as callable services and connects them for use.

Expanded form
Service Oriented ArchitectureService Oriented Architecture
Other spellings
서비스 지향 아키텍처
Earliest source found
Feb 11, 2004
Documented trend period
Not verified

This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.

01Examples, with English translations

  • Example by Julimmal

    여러 기능을 서비스로 연결하는 SOA 구조를 검토했다.

    I reviewed an SOA structure connecting different functions as services.

02Documented history

  1. 2007The 2007 material introduced the spelling and usage context of “SOA”.[1]

03Origin & word formation

It takes the initial letters of Service Oriented Architecture. The expansion was checked in a 2007 abbreviation table and the meaning in the relevant web-services glossary entry. Use earlier than the checked sources and the original creator have not been verified.

Evidence for the origin explanationHigh

firstSeen was aligned with the 2004 glossary date providing evidence of the full expression. The abbreviation SOA itself was directly checked in the December 2007 paper.

04Sources

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.

  1. 모바일 웹 2.0과 모바일OK 표준화 동향 — 전자통신동향분석 22권 6호, 84~95쪽 (한국전자통신연구원)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026
  2. Web Services Glossary — service-oriented architecture 항목 (W3C)Published Feb 11, 2004Original source checked Nov 14, 2026
Original Korean record: Not verifiedEnglish translation: awaiting review

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