16. The method of claim 1 , further comprising defining simple profiled score criteria that are based on a single attribute or attribute path, and defining compound profiled score criteria that are based on a set of profiled score criteria, wherein the simple profiled score criteria are instantiated as simple profiled score criteria values and the compound profiled score criteria are instantiated as compound profiled score criteria values, the simple profiled score criteria values and the compound profiled score criteria values each being composed of sub-profiled score criteria.
16. The method of claim 1 , further comprising defining simple profiled score criteria that are based on a single attribute or attribute path, and defining compound profiled score criteria that are based on a set of profiled score criteria, wherein the simple profiled score criteria are instantiated as simple profiled score criteria values and the compound profiled score criteria are instantiated as compound profiled score criteria values, the simple profiled score criteria values and the compound profiled score criteria values each being composed of sub-profiled score criteria. 21. The method of claim 16 , wherein a partial score of the simple profiled score criteria value is computed using a similarity measure between a first vector including active profile weights and a second vector corresponding to values referenced by a target concept, where dimensions of the first vector are defined by the values associated with the attribute path specified by the simple profiled score criteria and length of dimensions are defined by the profile weights, and where the dimensions of the second vector are defined by values associated with the attribute path specified by the simple profiled score criteria, and length of dimensions are 1.0.