Ok, in this case this is usually configured by a site administrator and
might be changed at runtime. Which means it's neither Preferences nor
Configuration :) Configurences maybe (just a joke)

Carsten

> Hi,
> Preferences normally refer to something a user specifies, specific to their
> user account.
> Configuration is something a deployer specifies for others via a GUI or a
> file.
> 
> While I agree the line is blurred as the deployer of Sling/AEM could be
> considered to be a user, they are not a user in the sense of the AEM
> application. Preferences might cause lots of confusion.
> Best Regards
> Ian
> 
> On 26 July 2016 at 15:10, Carsten Ziegeler <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I know discussing names here is hard but I had an idea ;-)
>>>
>>>   Context Driven Preferences
>>>
>>> I think it's distinct from anything else that we have so far, matches
>>> the purpose and I'd like to avoid "configuration" as we already have
>>> too many of those.
>>>
>> Yepp, I called it in my prototype "preferences", so I think that's good.
>> Context *Driven* sounds like a methodology to me, not like a module name :)
>> What about "Contextual Preferences" (but on the other hand I'm not a
>> native speaker...)
>>
>> Carsten
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Carsten Ziegeler
>> Adobe Research Switzerland
>> [email protected]
>>
>>
> 


 

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Adobe Research Switzerland
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