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The resolved IRI produced by these keywords is not necessarily a network
locator, only an identifier. A schema need not be downloadable from the address
if it is a network-addressable URL, and implementations SHOULD NOT assume they
should perform a network operation when they encounter a network-addressable
IRI.
if it is a network-addressable URL. Implementations which can access the network
SHOULD default to operating offline.

##### Direct References with `$ref` {#ref}

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downloaded, but instead JSON Schema implementations SHOULD understand ahead of
time which schemas they will be using, and the IRIs that identify them.

When schemas are downloaded, for example by a generic user-agent that does not
know until runtime which schemas to download, see [Usage for
Hypermedia](#hypermedia).

Implementations SHOULD be able to associate arbitrary IRIs with an arbitrary
schema and/or automatically associate a schema's `$id`-given IRI, depending on
the trust that the validator has in the schema. Such IRIs and schemas can be
supplied to an implementation prior to processing instances, or may be noted
within a schema document as it is processed, producing associations as shown in
{{idexamples}}.

Implementations MAY provide functionality to automatically fetch schemas based
on location semantics expressed by the IRI, however such functionality SHOULD be
disabled by default to prefer offline operation. When schemas are downloaded,
for example by a generic user-agent that does not know until runtime which
schemas to download, see {{hypermedia}}.

#### Detecting a Meta-Schema

Implementations MUST recognize a schema as a meta-schema if it is being examined
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