SOA : Helping achieve loosely coupled systems

SOA architecture has become the new buzz word in software application development. SOA emphasizes on reusability by using principles of loose coupling and consistency. In this context, use of semantic ontology, a technique to achieve and maintain consistency of composite applications using SOA becomes important.

The article below gives more insight into how to achieve better results using SOA:

http://en.oboulo.com/use-of-soa-and-semantics-for-creating-and-retaining-consistency-65041.html