A Semantic Service Oriented Architecture (SSOA) is an architecture that allows for scalable and controlled Enterprise Application Integration solutions. SSOA describes an approach to enterprise-scale IT infrastructure. It leverages rich, machine-interpretable descriptions of data, services, and processes to enable software agents to autonomously interact to perform critical mission functions. SSOA is technically founded on three notions: The principles of Service-oriented architecture (SOA); Standard Based Design (SBD); and Semantics-based computing. SSOA combines and implements these computer science concepts into a robust, extensible architecture capable of enabling complex, powerful functions. Applications In the health care industry, SSOA of HL7 has long been implemented. Other protocols include LOINC, PHIN, and HIPAA related standards. There is a series of SSOA-related ISO standards published for financial services, which can be found at the ISO's website,,. Some financial sectors also adopt EMV standards to facilitate European consumers. A part of SSOA on transport and trade are in the ISO sections of 03.220.20 and 35.240.60,. Some general guidelines of the technology and the standards in other fields are partially located at 25.040.40, 35.240.99,,. See also Cyber security standards ISO/IEC 7816 ISO 8583 ISO/IEC 8859 ISO 9241 ISO 9660 ISO/IEC 11179 ISO/IEC 15408 ISO/IEC 17799 ISO/IEC 27000-series Service component architecture Semantic web EMML Business Intelligence 2.0 (BI 2.0) References External links OSGi Alliance Web services Semantic Web Enterprise application integration Service-oriented (business computing) Software architecture