# Inferred profiles
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When a profile is created by the ingestion of an object that has no fields, the standard profile object of this new profile is empty. This empty standard profile object is an **inferred profile**. 

When creating an inferred profile, the following two fields are populated in the standard object from the profile object, if available.
+ If there is any field defined with the content type of `EMAIL_ADDRESS` in the ingested object then this value will be populated into the `EmailAddress` field of the standard profile.
+ If there is any field with the content type of `PHONE_NUMBER` in the ingested object then this value will be populated into the `PhoneNumber` field of the standard profile.

Values for these fields are populated into the standard profile even if the fields do not have a target defined in the field definition.

To learn more about Contact Records template types, as well as how to adjust the template used on your domain, see [Contact record template usage examples](ctr-contact-record-template.md#ctr-contact-record-template-usage-examples).