@article {2018:ieeesw,
	title = {The Web as a Software Connector: Integration Resting on Linked Resources},
	journal = {IEEE Software},
	volume = {35},
	year = {2018},
	month = {January/February},
	pages = {93 - 98},
	abstract = {The web, seen as a graph of linked resources shared between microservices, can serve as an integration style. It offers unique characteristics and possibilities regarding dataflow, control flow, and other qualities, compared to file transfer, shared databases, remote procedure calls, and asynchronous messaging. Carrying these insights in your toolbox will make you aware of all the options to consider next time you build loosely coupled integrated systems.},
	keywords = {coupling, REST, software architecture},
	doi = {10.1109/MS.2017.4541049},
	url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8239944/},
	author = {Cesare Pautasso and Olaf Zimmermann}
}
@conference {restws:2009:www,
	title = {Why is the Web Loosely Coupled?  A Multi-Faceted Metric for Service Design},
	booktitle = {18th World Wide Web Conference (WWW2009)},
	year = {2009},
	month = {April},
	pages = {911-920},
	publisher = {ACM},
	organization = {ACM},
	address = {Madrid, Spain},
	abstract = {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.},
	keywords = {coupling, REST, RESTful Web service interface},
	doi = {10.1145/1526709.1526832},
	author = {Cesare Pautasso and Erik Wilde}
}
