Outcome of profile definition discussion

All,

After considerable discussion, both in email and during the meeting, the
group approved the following definition for profiles:

"A named set of constraints on one or more identified base
specifications, including the identification of any implementing
subclasses of datatypes, semantic interpretations, vocabularies, options
and parameters of those base specifications necessary to accomplish a
particular function. "[1]

In reading over the email thread it occurs to me that we did not discuss
the term "vocabularies" - we may wish to revisit that.

The requirement that the definition be contrasted to mime types was seen
as being specific to content negotiation and therefore would not be part
of a single definition of profile that would be appropriate for both the
Guidance deliverable and the Content Negotiation deliverable. This could
be added to the Content Negotiation document in its definition section,
if desired.

This decision does not preclude further discussion if needed, but
hopefully provides a stake in the ground for our work.

[1] https://www.w3.org/2018/02/06-dxwg-minutes
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Received on Wednesday, 7 February 2018 02:23:43 UTC