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Plate TERM·116 · TermGrid D6 · Rev. 2026-08-14

Persona

A short profile of a typical user, based on real research.

TermCraft conventionFoundational

Definition

A research-grounded description of a user type, focused on goals and behaviour.

Craft convention. True because the industry converged on it. Breaking it costs familiarity, not correctness.

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In plain language

A short profile of a typical user, based on real research.

Example

Useful only when grounded in data and when it changes a decision.

Local chart

TERM·116 · Region X · Grid D6

This entry and the entries it is stated to connect with. Each line is labelled with what the connection means.

Each link says what the connection is, so you can tell a principle from an alternative from a thing people mix this up with.

Deeper reading

The full entry behind this definition.

Nearby in the Atlas

Adjacent territory, found through shared tags rather than a stated link.