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Document Profile Resource
Definition
An xAPI construct for storing document-style information about an Agent or Activity in name-and-document pairs meaningful to an instructional system component. It is distinct from an xAPI Profile.
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The distinction prevents confusion between profile documents used as storage and xAPI Profiles used to constrain vocabularies, templates, and patterns.
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Sources and evidence
- IEEE xAPI Base Standard — IEEE 9274.1.1-2023 §3.1 — Definitions: Document Profile Resource (direct)
- IEEE xAPI Base Standard — IEEE 9274.1.1-2023 §4.1.6.5 — Agent Profile Resource and §4.1.6.6 — Activity Profile Resource (direct)