Re: [development] Getting both better internal and external APIs intoDrupal 7
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". Michelle
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:prof... Earnie -- http://for-my-kids.com/ -- http://give-me-an-offer.com/
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
Earnie -- http://for-my-kids.com/ -- http://give-me-an-offer.com/
Quoting "blogdiva@culturekitchen.com" <blogdiva@culturekitchen.com>:
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.
I understand the misfortune of a module named profile is the point of this thread. That module is relative only to user information. In order to make it clear to everyone looking at Drupal it needs renamed to User Profile because the word profile is too vague and has many connotations to properly denote the meaning of the module.
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.
The word profile used in the context of packaging information really makes sense.
It's confusing and, quite frankly it looks like sloppy road mapping of the product.
Not when the proper context is given for the word. The product can take on different profiles merely by changing a default value, theme, or module setting. I do not disagree that within Drupal the use of the word profile is confusing. But only because the context for profile isn't given for one module named profile. Earnie -- http://for-my-kids.com/ -- http://give-me-an-offer.com/
"profile" has a common, personal connotation among many large social-networking sites (e.g. Twitter, Facebook, Xing, LinkedIn). Regardless of proper usage, I think we would be trying to swim against the current to use it in a competing fashion. --
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