Adding keywords to ref'd images while ext HDD disconnected?

I have looked for an answer to this issue in the documentation as well as searching this forum (and others), but cannot find a succinct answer. Here's the question:
I have original image files on an external 500GB drive hooked to my MacBook (2GB RAM, 10.4.8). I started usoing Aperture, which i do like a lot (now that I can have external storage for the files).
The question is: if I take the MacBook on the road without the 500GB drive, can I work on keywords and other metadata? COmmon sense tells me yes, but the manual speaks of not being able to work on images whie referenced originals are "disconnected". Before I start a pile o' work, i just want to be sure I can add keywords and such while travelling with the MacBook.

You can edit metadata including keywords, version names, picks in stacks etc.
What you can't do is any kind of visual editing such as cropping or other adjustments, and you can't export anything.
Ian
G5 2x2GHz, tiBook 1GHz 15", MBP 2GHz 15" Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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