TY  - CONF
ID  - www200992
UR  - http://dret.net/netdret/docs/loosely-coupled-www2009/
A1  - Pautasso, Cesare
A1  - Wilde, Erik
Y1  - 2009/04//
N2  - 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 de?nition 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.
TI  - Why is the Web Loosely Coupled? A Multi-Faceted Metric for Service Design
SP  - 911
M2  - Madrid, Spain
AV  - public
EP  - 911
T2  - 18th International World Wide Web Conference
ER  -