RE: [emergency-cap-profiles] OGC Definition of Profiles

["Patrick Gannon" <pgannon@warningsystems.com>]

Rex,

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rex Brooks [mailto:rexb@starbourne.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 9:57 AM
> To: emergency-cap-profiles@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: [emergency-cap-profiles] OGC Definition of Profiles
> 
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I have been continuing my research into how various groups have
> defined profiles, and I am copying here a section from the Open
> Geospatial Consortium Geography Markup Language GML 3.1. I'm not
> suggesting anything at this point. I'm just sharing my research. If
> anyone actually has access to technical report "ISO/IEC TR
> 10000-1:1998 Information technology - Framework and taxonomy of
> International Standardized Profiles - Part 1: General principles and
> documentation framework" and can look at it, that might be helpful.
> 
> I turned to OGC because I recalled Dr. Carl Reed mentioning that they
> had a definition for their use of "Profile," and I wanted to check it
> out.
> 
> Cheers,
> Rex
> 
> 22 Profiles
> 
> 22.1 Profiles of GML and application schemas
> GML is a complex specification that is richly expressive. In general,
> an application need not exploit the entire specification, but may
> employ a subset of constructs corresponding to specific relevant
> requirements.
> 
> Quoting from technical report "ISO/IEC TR 10000-1:1998 Information
> technology - Framework and taxonomy of International Standardized
> Profiles - Part 1: General principles and documentation framework",
> we use this definition of a profile:
> 
> Profile: A set of one or more base standards and/or [profiles], and,
> where applicable, the identification of chosen classes [(types,
> attributes and elements)], conforming subsets, options and parameters
> of those base standards, or [profiles] necessary to accomplish a
> particular function.
> 
> Of course, this was defined for an OSI architecture model, so we must
> translate 'class' to 'types, attributes and elements' to apply this
> definition to XML Schema. There are several ways to implements this,
> and GML profiles uses a "copy and delete" approach. To create a
> profile, a developer might copy the applicable schema files from GML
> and simply delete any global types, elements and local optional
> particles that she does not need for her application schema.
> 
> 22.2 Definition of Profile
> 
> A profile of GML can be defined to enhance interoperability and to
> curtail ambiguity by allowing only a specific subset of GML.
> Application schemas can then conform to such a profile in order to
> take advantage of any interoperability or performance advantages that
> it offers in comparison with a complete GML. Such profiles can be
> defined for application schemas that are included in other OGC
> specifications.
> 
> There are cases where reduced functionality is acceptable, or where
> processing requirements compel use of a logical subset of GML. For
> example, applications that do not need to handle XLink attributes in
> any form can adhere to a specific profile that excludes them; the
> constraint in this case would be to not use links. Other cases might
> include defining constraints on the level of nesting allowed inside
> tags (i.e. tree depth), or only allowing features with homogeneous
> properties as members of a feature collection. In many cases, such
> constraints can be enforced via new schemas; others may be enforced
> through procedural agreements within an information community.
> --
> Rex Brooks
> President, CEO
> Starbourne Communications Design
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> Berkeley, CA 94702
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