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	The Dublin Core Is Broken (dublincore.org)
	11 points by jegoodwin3 2397 days ago

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jegoodwin3 2397 days ago

The global purl resolver for persistent URLs is throwing 500s this morning.

All pURLs are down. Internet meta just broke entirely unless you run your own purl resolver and change all the URLs.

http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/description

What is a pURL? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistent_uniform_resource_lo...

It's an alternative to using DNS, essentially, woven into the XML standards among other things.

wrnr 2397 days ago

I was expecting a hard hitting critique of the semantic web, but this will do.