is a subset of the DICOM Standards which explicitly prescribes the content and format of storing medical images onto physical transportable media. It is specific for each imaging modality and categories of image matrix size or system capabilities.
Application profiles are "... schemas which consist of data elements drawn from one or more namespaces, combined together by implementors, and optimised for a particular local application".See "Application profiles: mixing and matching metadata schemas", Rachel Heery and Manjula Patel, Ariadne, issue 25. See also Renardus Application Profile and Bath Profile.
an assemblage of metadata elements selected from one or more metadata schemas and combined in a compound schema
a schema identifying the use of elements from one or more namespaces in a particular application, with additional constraints
a specific metadata schema that consists of elements drawn from one or more existing namespaces, combined by implementers and optimised for a particular local applicationi
a type of metadata schema which consist of data elements drawn from one or more namespaces, combined together by implementors, and optimized for a particular local application
Conforming subsets or combinations of base standards used to provide specific functions. Application profiles identify the use of particular options available in base standards, and provide a basis for the interchange of data between applications and interoperability of systems.
A set of metadata elements, policies, and guidelines defined for a particular application. The elements may be from one or more element sets, thus allowing a given application to meet its functional requirements by using metadata from several element sets including locally defined sets. For example, a given application may include elements from the Dublin Core, another element set, and several locally defined elements, all combined in a single schema. An application profile is not complete without documentation that defines the policies and best practices appropriate to the application.
A specific adaptation by a particular community of one or more already-existing metadata schemas; it differs from a metadata schema in that it may use elements from more than one schema, but it may not introduce elements that do not already exist in some schema. It may specify values to be used by the particular community, and it may narrow, but not broaden, the definition of an element.
In computer science, an application profile is a set of metadata elements, policies, and guidelines defined for a particular application.