Re: header syntax.

On 25 November 2012 09:49, Ryan Freebern <rfreebern@unionstmedia.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 8:09 PM, marbux <marbux@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Pablo Olmos de Aguilera C.
>> <pablo@glatelier.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Then after almost a week I don't understand what is a "profile".
>>
>> I'll take a swing at answering that, since it's a definition I
>> researched about 3 years ago.
>>
>> Given a specification A, a profile is a subset (B) of  the
>> supersetting A specification. In effect, a sub-specification to which
>> implementers can claim conformance. A superset specification can have
>> multiple subsetting profiles, optimally layered so that each profile
>> incorporates by reference all profiles with a smaller feature set in a
>> linear fashion until the full specification is reached. Hence the need
>> to begin by identifying and specifying a "core" profile and working
>> our way outward to a full specification. And by logical extension,
>> once the full specification is supersetted, it becomes a profile of
>> the new superset specification.
>
>
> Thanks, Paul. Your description clarifies the profile/spec setup nicely.

+1

> Pablo and Max, does this help? While certain commonly-used markdown
> constructs may be absent from the core profile, they'll still (often) be
> made available in a higher-level profile, and hence part of the full spec?

I believe that what is currently used, should be the "smallest"
sub-set. So, following our example, including underlines, trailing
hashes should be our baseline, core profile, or w/e. Regarding this is
a very simple/lightweight markup I don't see why we should be
complicating things more.

Anyway, we can't "vote" header syntax by itself. We should decide if
we are going to take a "profile sub set driven profile" or not. I
don't have any experience about "specs" at all, only my common sense.
I don't know if I missed something, but I don't remember that we ever
discussed that.

Regards,
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