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Controlled vocabulary
Definition
A managed set of defined terms and identifiers used consistently within a domain so that people and machines can refer to the same concepts in the same way.
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One of the explicit goals of xAPI Profiles is to provide a common way to express controlled vocabularies for reusable xAPI concepts.
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Sources and evidence
- xAPI Profiles Specification — Part One §1.0 — stated Profile goal: controlled vocabularies (supporting)