> Ron Daniel says:
>
> >DC rules and Ron's corollaries:
> >
> >1) All elements are optional, repeatable, and may occur in any order.
> >(This means I can delete and rearrange the elements that come into me
> >if I so feel like it)
> >2) All elements should be considered as free text unless qualified.
> >(This means that I can treat elements with unknown Qualifiers and
> >subelements as free text if I want to.)
Can you explain to me how the resource identifier can be optional? What
is the use of metadata if there is no indication of where the resource
resides or how to find it?
And if we have a resource identifier, surely it needs to be in a
conventional format, such as the URL? If not, once again, how will people
find it?
I am assuming here that the metadata need not be embedded in the resource.
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