I own "Absolutely Everything" [5030697013637], which is all 4 series of "Absolutely" on DVD.
The packaging is a slip case with THINpak cases inside.
Each THINpak holds one DVD, of which there are 8 in total.
There are no barcodes or any other code on each of the THINpaks.
The DVDs hold the following episodes

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1 - Series 1 Episodes 1-3
2 - Series 1 Episodes 4-6
3 - Series 2 Episodes 1-4
4 - Series 2 Episodes 5-8
5 - Series 3 Episodes 1-3
6 - Series 3 Episodes 4-8
7 - Series 4 Episodes 1-6
8 - Bonus Materials

The question then comes as to how this should be treated in DVD Profiler: should it be a single profile holding all information, or should it be treated as a "Box-Set" and have a Parent profile and per-disc Child profiles?

The discussion point is the interpretation of the note at the bottom of the Rules page on TV Series, which is

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Note: In rare cases where multiple Complete TV Series are packaged together, the Box-set rules can be applied, treating each series like a single film - applying the above rules for it’s individual profile.

My Personal Opinion
When I read that note, I take it to mean that if a package contains multiple complete TV series, each individually packaged and identified (hence the capitalisation of "Complete TV Series", to signify a singular item in its own right) then each complete TV series can be created as a Child profile and the overall packaging becomes a Parent profile.
But in this case, the individual series are not individually packaged, and can not be individual identified. Even though no two series share the same DVD, they are not grouped in to individual series and there is an extra DVD which contains Bonus Material which is independant of any one series. So it can be viewed as an Anthologies of Episodes: an Anthology that includes all episodes.
Disc-Level Profiles can be created, but are optional, and should not modify the would-be Parent profile (I think the rules are clear on that point).

An update was made to the profile [while I was away] which added Disk-Level Profiles, and removed Parent profile details, stating

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Box Set: Disc ID's for child profiles.
Other Info: Removed as per Multi Season TV Box Set Rules.

I wish to reinstate the removed information (leaving behind the Disc-Level Profile information, for those that wish it), but the previous contributor is adamant they have followed the rules to the letter 

Quoting skipnet50:

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For a set such as you describe it can be handled BOTH ways (in this case you would be potentially operating at grandchild level).
Absolutely Everything: The Complete Series
  Absolutely Everything: Series 1
          Absolutely Everything: Series 1: Disc 1

You COULD set up at either the parent level or the Child level, but you would have an overwhelming quantity of data  to wade through, compared to grandchild.

Skip

The problem with this approach is that the THINpaks in his Complete Series set lack UPC/EANs. Therefore, how does he set up the bolded step?

Absolutely Everything: The Complete Series
  Absolutely Everything: Series 1
          Absolutely Everything: Series 1: Disc 1

Hmmmm, good point, 8Ball. The way i would handle that would probably be local. IF UK does things the way they do in Nuttywood, then the individual Seies(Seasons) have been released as Free-standers. I would use those for my children, and use my artwork, if it was different for Local usage, always nasty when they play that game.

Skip

Quoting skipnet50:

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IF UK does things the way they do in Nuttywood, then the individual Seies(Seasons) have been released as Free-standers.

The TV series was aired in the late 80's/early 90's, and has never been released on DVD as individual series. They finally got round to releasing the whole lot in one go, with some Bonus Material thrown in 

Quoting skipnet50:

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Describe the physical configuration a little bit.

Okay, I will try my best 

The packaging is a slip case with 8 individual THINpak cases inside.
Each THINpak holds one DVD.
There are no barcodes or any other code on each of the THINpaks.
The THINpaks are labelled on the spine, as follows

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Series 1 Episodes 1-3
Series 1 Episodes 4-6
Series 2 Episodes 1-4
Series 2 Episodes 5-8
Series 3 Episodes 1-3
Series 3 Episodes 4-8
Series 4 Episodes 1-6
Special Features

The spine text is repeated on the front cover of each THINpak but with the addition of the series name "Absolutely".
The rear of the THINpak contains a textual listing of any "SPECIFIC DVD SPECIAL FEATURES", such as "Episode 1 Cast Commentary".
The rear of the THINpak also includes the text/logo "Absolutely Everything", which ties it to being part of the complete release.

I've taken a photo, and uploaded it to my DVD Cover Scans directory (linked at bottom), but here is a direct URL. It's about a 2MB JPEG, and I've pulled out the THINpaks a bit to try to give you a better feel for the overall packaging.

Quoting snarbo:

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Going on your description Lewpy the correct way to Profile this set if I was doing it would be:-

Parent Profile -> The Main Case
  Child Profile 1 = Disc 1 (Disc ID) Episodes 1-3
  Child Profile 2 = Disc 2 (Disc ID) Episodes 4-6

etc

But surely that is just creating Disk-Level profiles, which are optional, not "treating each series like a single film"? You are treating each disc like a single film.
I have no objection to the creation of Disk-Level profiles, but I don't personally use them so prefer not to be forced to use them 
I do have an objection to the removal of data from the Parent profile in this situation, based upon the Box-Set rules: no Disc IDs, no audio formats, no video formats, no subtitles, no features, etc.

Quoting snarbo:

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I seem to remember we covered this back at IVS whereby a multi-season box set (megaset ie Farscape Universe, Babylon 5 Universe) first came to light, although we didn't have child profiling then we had the ability to create profiles using the Disc ID which we could add to box set's

Apologies if this has been worked over before, but I did try to search the forums and it kept timing out 

Quoting Lewpy:

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But surely that is just creating Disk-Level profiles, which are optional, not "treating each series like a single film"? You are treating each disc like a single film.

It is done this way because of how it is packaged.  We can't treat each series as a single film because they are not packaged together.  There is no identifier that can be used to combine the individual series discs.

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I do have an objection to the removal of data from the Parent profile in this situation, based upon the Box-Set rules: no Disc IDs, no audio formats, no video formats, no subtitles, no features, etc.

You have a valid objection.  The rules require that the parent profile contain all the data.

Quoting 8ballMax:

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I'm faced with profiling two such sets myself: M*A*S*H: The Martinis and Medicine Collection and the Stargate SG-1: The Complete Series. I've been putting these two off cuz I just can't seem to find the energy when I see how freak'n many discs there are .

Max, Cheat use the already profiled individual seasons or at least the child profiles.

Steve