Due to the good points brought up by Eric and Dan (thanks guys!) I'd like to
try proposing the opposite:

The rdf:about attribute of the channel element is a URL where a copy of the
channel can be accessed.

The reason I didn't propose this in the first place, is because it would be
more difficult for RSS authors (I noticed Rael had some trouble generating
the correct URIs for Meerkat, as did Moreover). However, I don't see this as
a terribly difficult constraint.

For reference, the current spec says this:

> The {resource} URL of the channel element's rdf:about attribute *must* be the
> *same* as that found in each of the inchannel elements found in the image,
> item, and textinput elements.

Does this imply that it can be any arbitrary URL?

Anyone have serious problems with this addition?

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