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# Loose Coupling
In addition to the [robustness principle](../../general-guidelines/robustness.md), API consumers \(clients\) **MUST** **operate independently** on API implementation's internals. Similarly the API consumers **MUST NOT** **assume** or **rely on** any knowledge of the API service internal implementation.
Where available, the clients **SHOULD** utilize **hypermedia controls as the engine of the application state**, and rely on the **protocol, message and vocabulary semantics**.