Earnie, This has nothing to do with proper grammar. This has all to do with the fact that PROFILE has a legacy in Drupal that points to tools for managing PEOPLE'S PERSONAL INFORMATION. When I search for more information on PROFILE at Drupal, I get 99% of discussions about how to deal with people's personal information and then this completely random "PROFILES", which is just about special installations, aka distributions. It's confusing and, quite frankly it looks like sloppy road mapping of the product. / liza On 02.Jan.2008, at 10:09, Earnie Boyd wrote:
Quoting Michelle Cox <mcox@charter.net>:
On 1/1/2008 4:57:09 PM, Earnie Boyd (earnie@users.sourceforge.net) wrote:
A profile is nothing more than meta data for a something or a someone. A package install profile is correct. A user profile is correct. A clarifier should be used in both cases to make the meaning understood.
Yes, that's why I said "even though it does have other meanings." I'm not talking about what the word literally means. I'm talking about what people associate with the term. Maybe I'm wrong but I think, given the context of website building software, more people will associate "profile" with users than "installs".
With the Google[1] I'm not sure any of us is really correct and the word profile has been misused and/or abused.
[1] http://www.google.com/search? num=100&hl=en&safe=active&defl=en&q=define:profile&sa=X&oi=glossary_de finition&ct=title
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