Posted by Toby Inkster on 01/23/11 11:41

Jim Moe wrote:

> It points to a document that has info that is normally contained in the
> various <meta> elements.

No, it doesn't.

The profile is a document, which may also act as a namespace, which
describes what each META element *means*.

For example, if I use:

<meta name="T-Factor" content="12">

in a document, no browser, and very few users, will know what that means.
The document pointed to by the profile will define what "T-Factor" means.

One commonly used profile is Dublin Core. Another is RFC 2731, which is a
meta-profile, allowing you to mix and match other profiles.

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