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The Profiles Vocabulary (PROF)

Describes profiles, their bases, and the roles of supporting resources.

Identity and normative owner

Record: prof; record authority: Modeling. Normative owner of subject: World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Resource reference: https://www.w3.org/TR/dx-prof/ Registration is for discovery, not adoption, endorsement, or transfer of normative ownership.

Editions

  • 2019-12-18: W3C Working Group Note. Named edition for identification, not a claim that it is the newest edition.

Distributions and references

  • prof-documentation — documentation, text/html, en. Rights are assessed per distribution in the record. Unassessed rights do not imply permission to redistribute.

Verification scope

  • metadata-observed (2026-09-17): Landing-page/specification metadata only; no distribution bytes, legal clearance, current-latest guarantee, or implementation conformance was verified.

Cautions

  • Profile conformance must preserve conformance to its base; mere reuse, extension, or resemblance does not establish isProfileOf.
  • The registered publication is a Note, not a W3C Recommendation.