Re: [dxwg] Profile guidance definitions (#418)

> def of specification
> "an act of" is not the def we want. we use it to discuss a thing, not an act.

It seems that the wrong definition from [Oxford English Dictionary](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/specification) was chosen. The one referred to in the guidance refers to the process of specifying, the one actually meant is the one that should refer the the outcome of specifying.

[Oxford English Dictionary](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/specification) also has a definition for the outcome, _a detailed description of the design and materials used to make something_.

However, it is probably too narrow for this profile guidance. Then the first definition from [Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English](https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/academic/specification) (which is the same as the definition at [Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary](https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/specification)) is probably more suited: _a detailed description of how something is, or should be, designed or made_.

![specification](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/11427611/54341178-8336d600-4639-11e9-8d9d-59d40d182e7a.jpg)

So could a solution for "specification" be replacing the definition with _detailed description of how something is, or should be, designed or made_?

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