Re: [dxwg] refining the definition of profile in response to the poll (#989)

Thanks for the feedback @tombaker.  I need though to say that we *have* to
find a solution to this impasse that moves  us forward.  I really don't
want this to go beyond the next plenary meeting without sufficient
invention or compromise being done to allow us to move forward.  So, please
can everyone put their thinking hats on and let's get this issue resolved
ASAP.

P

On Fri, 12 Jul 2019 at 09:10, tombaker via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org> wrote:

> @pwin I voted this down because it adds to the original proposal a note of
> prescriptive intent.  The first half of the definition says what profiles
> _are_, and the second half (starting with "whereby") is actually a
> good-practice guideline, though I agree that a profile indeed _should_
> remain "compliant" with a base specification.
>
> Also, it is unclear to me what the longer definition is saying.  How can
> that _context_ of a profile be compliant? What I think you are trying to
> say could perhaps be formulated as a usage note - _outside of_ the
> definition per se.  Something like:
>
>     A profile should be compliant with the data specifications
>     to which it refers.
>
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