Conneg Definitions

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@@ -93,34 +93,32 @@ <h2>Introduction</h2>
   <section id="definitions">
     <h2>Definitions</h2>
     <dl>
-      <dt><dfn>specification</dfn></dt>
+      <dt><dfn data-lt="specification">data specification</dfn></dt>
       <dd>
         <p>
-          An act of identifying something precisely or of stating a precise requirement. - <a href="https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/specification">Oxford English Dictionary</a>
+          A specification, with human- and/or machine-processable representations, that defines the content and structure of data used in a given context.
         </p>
         <p>
-          One form of a <em>specification</em> is a <em>standard</em> which is a "basis for comparison; a reference
-          point against which other things can be evaluated" - [[DCTERMS]]
+          This document refers to both "data specifications" and also the more general "specifications". When the latter general case is referenced, its definition is taken
+          to be that of the DCMI Metadata Terms [[DCTERMS]]'s definition for a <em>Standard</em>, which is "A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things
+          can be evaluated."
         </p>
+        <p><em>Source: deliberations of the DXWG.</em></p>
       </dd>
-      <dt><dfn>profile</dfn></dt>
+      <dt><dfn data-lt="profile">data profile</dfn></dt>
       <dd>
         <p>
-          A named set of constraints on one or more identified base <em>specifications</em>,
-          including the identification of any implementing subclasses of datatypes,
-          semantic interpretations, vocabularies, options and parameters of those base specifications
-          necessary to accomplish a particular function.
+          A data specification that constrains, extends, combines, or provides guidance or explanation about the usage of other data specifications.
         </p>
         <p>
-          This definition includes what are often called "application profiles", "metadata application
-          profiles", or "metadata profiles".
+          This definition includes what are sometimes called "application profiles", "metadata application
+          profiles", or "metadata profiles". In this document, these, and "data profiles", are all referred to as just "profiles".
         </p>
-        <p><em>Source: deliberations of the DXWG. See <a href="https://www.w3.org/2017/dxwg/wiki/ProfileContext">ProfileContext wiki page</a>.</em></p>
+        <p><em>Source: deliberations of the DXWG.</em></p>
       </dd>
       <dt><dfn>client</dfn></dt>
       <dd>
-        A program that establishes a connection to a server for the purpose of sending one or more HTTP requests
-        [[RFC7230]]
+        A program that establishes a connection to a server for the purpose of sending one or more HTTP requests. [[RFC7230]]
       </dd>
       <dt><dfn>server</dfn></dt>
       <dd>
@@ -132,13 +130,13 @@ <h2>Definitions</h2>
         document, an image, a source of information with a consistent purpose. [[RFC3986]]
       </dd>
       <dt><dfn>metadata</dfn></dt>
-      <dd>Information that is supplied about a resource [[RFC3986]]</dd>
+      <dd>Information that is supplied about a resource. [[RFC3986]]</dd>
       <dt><dfn>request</dfn></dt>
-      <dd>A message sent over the Internet, from a <em>client</em> to a <em>server</em>, for a information about a <em>resource</em> [[RFC7230]]</dd>
+      <dd>A message sent over the Internet, from a <em>client</em> to a <em>server</em>, for a information about a <em>resource</em>. [[RFC7230]]</dd>
       <dt><dfn>response</dfn></dt>
-      <dd>A message sent over the Internet, from a <em>server</em> to a <em>client</em> answering a <em>request</em> for information about a <em>resource</em> [[RFC7230]]</dd>
+      <dd>A message sent over the Internet, from a <em>server</em> to a <em>client</em> answering a <em>request</em> for information about a <em>resource</em>. [[RFC7230]]</dd>
       <dt><dfn>token</dfn></dt>
-      <dd>A short name identifying something, in the context of this document a <a>profile</a></dd>
+      <dd>A short name identifying something, in the context of this document, a <a>profile</a>.</dd>
     </dl>
   </section>
   <section id="motivation" class="informative">