PROFILE-STANDARD

PROFILE-STANDARD.md — Profile Component Type (structured subject-profile skeleton)

Type-layer standard, sibling of TEMPLATE-STANDARD.md (report). Governs the (profile) component type ONLY. A profile is a structured, standing intelligence picture of one specific subject — an individual or an entity — assembled from graded sources to answer who this subject is, what is established about them, and what we assess. It is the reference record on that subject, drawn on and updated by the reports, services, and operations that act on the subject.

Living standard. Reconciled 2026-07-04 to match how the repository actually uses the type. The behavioral-assessment spine of the prior revision was one mode of a profile, not the whole type: nothing in the model was a pure behavioral profile, while four cells are structured/analytic subject profiles — EP-001 (Principal Profile, structured/reference), OSINT-001 (Standard Subject Dossier), OSINT-005 (Approach & Engagement Profile), and OSINT-020 (Net Worth / Wealth Profile). This standard governs that class and keeps the behavioral spine as a tier within it.

1. What a profile is

Value = a subject-centered, disambiguated, source-graded record of one subject, maintained over time. A profile differs from a (report) in posture, not analytic rigor: a report answers a bounded intelligence question at a point in time; a profile is the standing dossier of record on a subject that reports draw from. Estimative voice about the subject; never clinical diagnosis, never certified fact where the datum is inferred.

Profiles occupy a spectrum by analytic ambition, and the anatomy scales to it (§2):

• Structured / reference profile — standing subject data for operational use (identity, household, residences, medical, pattern-of-life, preferences, threat history). Minimal analytic apparatus. Exemplar: EP-001 Principal Profile.
• Investigative / analytic profile — a subject picture that reaches an analytic bottom line and therefore carries the report analytic core (BLUF, Key Judgments, PIRs) and the SAT close appropriate to the stakes. Exemplars: OSINT-001 Standard Subject Dossier, OSINT-020 Net Worth / Wealth Profile, OSINT-005 Approach & Engagement Profile.
• Behavioral profile — a subset of the analytic profile that renders an indirect behavioral/psychological assessment. Carries the behavioral spine (§2C) and the mandatory clinical-diagnosis caveat (§3).

2. Required anatomy (scales to the profile’s tier; re-state it in each file)

A. Universal spine (every profile, all tiers)

1. # <SUBJECT> — <PROFILE TITLE> + subject/engagement line.
2. Document Control — classification/handling, client/sponsor, prepared/reviewed/approving, version, distribution.
3. Scope & Limitations — in/out of scope, collection depth, jurisdictions, adjacency boundary (what this profile defers to sibling products); carries the mandatory caveats in §3.
4. Subject Snapshot — one-glance key-identifiers card.
5. Identity Resolution & Disambiguation — the load-bearing backbone: the subject is bound to one resolved identity on corroborating identifiers and distinguished from same-name candidates. Identity-resolution confidence (Confirmed / Probable / Possible / Unresolved) is explicit, never assumed from a name match. Namesake misattribution is the profile’s critical failure mode; an attribution at Possible/Unresolved is not actionable without further verification.
6. Body — the subject-specific sections that are the substance of the profile (biographic, pattern-of-life, network, financial, digital, medical, preferences, threat history — whichever the product is about). Distinguish documented fact from claimed/inferred; grade each material datum.
7. Sources & Methodology annex — collection methods + a source register graded with the Admiralty two-axis code + the reference scales, reproduced verbatim (§4).
8. END OF PROFILE (or END OF REPORT where the profile is an investigative product) + verification disclaimer + document-control footer.

B. Analytic core (add when the profile renders analytic judgments — investigative/analytic tier)

Import the (report) analytic apparatus from TEMPLATE-STANDARD.md §2 rather than reinventing it: BLUF → Executive Summary → Key Judgments (likelihood and analytic confidence as SEPARATE columns, ICD 203, plus a change-indicator) → PIRs (per-PIR answer/evidence/confidence + summary matrix), and the tradecraft close appropriate to the stakes (Verified Findings, Red Flags with typed severity, ACH and Key Assumptions Check on contested judgments, Collection Gaps / RFIs, Recommendations). Apply the altitude rule (TEMPLATE-STANDARD.md §6): keep the core that carries the product’s judgment; drop SAT ceremony a structured/reference profile does not need. Specialize or cut, never pad.

C. Behavioral spine (add only for a behavioral profile)

Where the profile makes behavioral/psychological inferences, carry: Behavioral Baseline · Personality & Cognitive Indicators · Motivations, Grievances & Drivers · Stressors & Destabilizers · Capability & Intent Indicators · Warning Behaviors & Escalation (I&W) · Engagement / De-escalation Considerations, each indicator tied to graded behavioral evidence with a Source Grade AND a separate Analytic Confidence. Estimative voice about behavior; never diagnosis.

3. Mandatory verbatim caveats (reproduce exactly, per applicable tier)

Person-subject profiles (any tier where the subject is an individual) — non-consumer-report:

This is an investigative intelligence product, NOT a “consumer report,” and was NOT prepared by a “consumer reporting agency” as defined by the U.S. Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA, 15 U.S.C. § 1681). It must not be used for any FCRA-covered eligibility determination (employment, credit, insurance, housing, or similar). Personal data was collected from open and licensed sources and is handled under the applicable data-protection regime (GDPR / CCPA as applicable).

Behavioral profiles (mandatory whenever §2C behavioral content is present) — clinical disclaimer:

This profile is an indirect behavioral assessment prepared for protective and investigative purposes only. It is NOT a clinical diagnosis, establishes no doctor-patient relationship, and must not be used to diagnose, label, or treat any mental-health condition.

4. Source-grading & confidence discipline (reproduce verbatim in the methodology annex)

Reproduce the NATO Admiralty reliability scale (A–F, anchor A Completely reliable) and credibility scale (1–6, anchor 1 Confirmed by other sources); each sourced datum carries a two-character grade (e.g., B2). Every analytic judgment separates likelihood (ICD 203 estimative lexicon) from analytic confidence (HIGH / MODERATE / LOW): never fuse evidence strength with the inference, and never combine a likelihood term and a confidence level in one sentence. Behavioral indicators (§2C) likewise never fuse evidence strength with the behavioral inference.

5. Format

Pure heading hierarchy; markdown tables for every matrix; numbered top-level sections with a TOC that mirrors them (page numbers populate on export). For a template cell: bracketed [placeholders] everywhere content goes, guidance in italics under each header, no worked content, no live tool names. No emojis anywhere (verify-enforced); in the rendered deliverable, no em dashes (hyphens or restructure instead) and operational language renders to lawful effects per DOCTRINE.md.