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Replace:

  However, such metadata is not authoritative and may be stale or
  incoherent with the metadata associated with the endpoint at the
  time the interaction occurs.

By (excerpted from old section 2.3, with comparison of EPRs removed):

  The metadata carried in an EPR is not necessarily a complete
  statement of the metadata pertaining to the endpoint. Moreover,
  while embedded metadata is necessarily valid at the time the EPR is
  initially created it may become stale at a later point in time.

  To deal with conflicts between the embedded metadata of two EPRs, or
  between embedded metadata and metadata obtained from a different
  source, or to ascertain the current validity of embedded metadata,
  mechanisms that are outside of the scope of this specification, such
  as EPR life cycle information [see 2.4 Endpoint Reference Lifecycle]
  or retrieval of metadata from an authoritative source, SHOULD be
  used.

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Hugo Haas - W3C
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Received on Monday, 28 February 2005 21:53:50 UTC