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A semantic validation method, applied to a Machine-to-Machine Communications (M2M) system, where the method includes receiving, by an apparatus storing a semantic description resource, an operation request related to a first semantic description resource, including semantic information of the first semantic description resource, an association relationship between the first semantic description resource and another semantic description resource, and a uniform resource identifier (URI) of an ontology referenced by the first semantic description resource, determining that the first semantic description resource is associated with the semantic description resource, sending a semantic validation request message to an apparatus that stores the ontology referenced by the first semantic description resource. Hence, accuracy of a resource and data shared between industries and applications using a public capability of the M2M system can be ensured in a case of no priori knowledge.