Term: Application Profile

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Customization of a standard(s) (de facto or de jure) or specification(s) for a community. The customization may be through the specification of constraints on how features are used (or not used), through the definition of extensions, or through definitions of how elements of the standard(s) are interpreted and used within the community. Note that a standard or specification can be used as a generic term for any de facto standard, de jure standard, or specification.

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