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> > Can we say that if the "about" attribute in an rdf:description refers > > resource we can get, see with a viewer (for instance a web browser) or > > process with a gizmo, that we are talking of meta-data. If not, we are > > probably talking about data. > > No, absolutely not!! This is an understandable error, but please do not > propagate it. A resource is a resource is a resource. Doesn't matter > whether you can get it or not. BTW, this principle that a resource need not be GETable is not confined to "semantic web", and is in fact one of the defining features of WWW. I can link to a page even if that page is not currently available; even if the author has blocked access from my domain; even if the destination domain is temporarily or permanently unavailable. Some links do not have a presumption of GET at all.
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