SUO: Conformance (actually, "standards profiles")
At 15:24 2001-10-22 -0700, Seth Russell wrote:
> From: "Frank Farance" <frank@farance.com>
>
> > Standards profiles are used pretty often when referring to a bundle,
> collection, subset, superset, etc. of standards.
> > Does this approach address your concern? Is this "posh" enough for you?
> :-)
>
> Yes I think think standards profiles would work and might be quite eligant.
> Are these profiles chosen by the user, or prescribed by the standards body?
> I prefer the former. But I really should recuse myself from further
> discussion of standards as I don't even believe in creating a standard
> ontology. I just want a dictionary in which to look up terms such that
> others will understand what I am trying to say.
Users can create their own profiles ... many companies do so for purchasing/procurement (e.g., network, hardware, and software configurations). Standards committees can create profiles, too (they are called "standards profiles"). Standards committees require consensus for their standards profiles, user's profiles don't require consensus.
-FF
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