http://www2009.eprints.org/92/ Why is the Web Loosely Coupled? A Multi-Faceted Metric for Service Design Loose coupling is often quoted as a desirable property of systems architectures. One of the main goals of building systems using Web technologies is to achieve loose coupling. However, given the lack of a widely accepted definition of this term, it becomes hard to use coupling as a criterion to evaluate alternative Web technology choices, as all options may exhibit, and claim to provide, some kind of “loose” coupling effects. This paper presents a systematic study of the degree of coupling found in service-oriented systems based on a multi-faceted approach. Thanks to the metric introduced in this paper, coupling is no longer a one-dimensional concept with loose coupling found somewhere in between tight coupling and no coupling. The paper shows how the metric can be applied to real-world examples in order to support and improve the design process of service-oriented systems. Pautasso, Cesare Wilde, Erik Why is the Web Loosely Coupled? A Multi-Faceted Metric for Service Design 2009-04-06T19:11:23Z Pautasso, Cesare <http://www2009.eprints.org/view/author/Pautasso=3ACesare=3A=3A.html> and Wilde, Erik <http://www2009.eprints.org/view/author/Wilde=3AErik=3A=3A.html> (2009) Why is the Web Loosely Coupled? A Multi-Faceted Metric for Service Design. In: 18th International World Wide Web Conference, April 20th-24th, 2009, Madrid, Spain. text/html application/pdf application/pdf