Re: [dxwg] profileDesc and the Guidance document

@agreiner said:

> So the only thing required for a profile would be a URI?

I tend to agree that the URI is only mandatory requirement for a profile.

For the rest (profile metadata and (in)formal definitions of a profile), these are very much related to the specific use scenarios. The SHOULD can be considered as "recommended", but possibly also as "conditional" (i.e., "mandatory" if the requirements of a use scenario need it). E.g., in a scenario where profiles need to be published and made discoverable (in a specific registry, catalogue or Web site), a subset of profile metadata may be considered as mandatory. Likewise, profile definitions/representations may be mandatory when a use scenario require, e.g., support for validation.

In any case, it would be important to explain in the guidance document "why" we may need profile metadata and profile definitions/representations.

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