In Situ Operations, Administration and Maintenance (IOAM) is used for
monitoring network performance and for detecting traffic bottlenecks
and anomalies. This is achieved by incorporating IOAM data into in-
flight data packets. This document introduces the concept of use case-
driven IOAM profiles. An IOAM profile defines a use case or a set of
use cases for IOAM, and an associated set of rules that restrict the
scope and features of the IOAM specification, thereby limiting it to a
subset of the full functionality. The motivation for defining profiles
is to limit the scope of IOAM features, allowing simpler
implementation, verification, and interoperability testing in the
context of specific use cases that do not require the full
functionality of IOAM.