diff --git a/lib/json/user_section.py b/lib/json/user_section.py
index 7e0d22f69b536c941c11d100a4b9fe904f5bb74c..53286fcf20226950debce6c8d81be742ac7d8d0e 100644
--- a/lib/json/user_section.py
+++ b/lib/json/user_section.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def write_usermembergroup_subsection (db, json, user_guid):
     user_membergroups = db.cursor()
     user_membergroups.execute(qry.qry_user_membergroups, (user_guid, ))
         
-    wrt.write_open_tag(json,3,"membro","[")
+    wrt.write_open_tag(json,3,"participante","[")
     
     row=0
     for (group_id, group_title)\
diff --git a/lib/xml/user_section.py b/lib/xml/user_section.py
index e779bf51ce6eb668f296b30d6c77834fe49e0477..1e1d789c895d3684cd16dbbafe6ef847ec024b69 100644
--- a/lib/xml/user_section.py
+++ b/lib/xml/user_section.py
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@ def write_usermembergroup_subsection (db, xml, user_guid):
     user_membergroups = db.cursor()
     user_membergroups.execute(qry.qry_user_membergroups, (user_guid, ))
         
-    wrt.write_open_tag(xml,3,"membro",'')
+    wrt.write_open_tag(xml,3,"participante",'')
     for (group_id, group_title) in user_membergroups:
         prefix='groups/profile/'
         group_attr=wrt.cidstr(wrt.urlparticipa(prefix,str(group_id)))
         wrt.write_tag(xml,4,"comunidade",group_title,group_attr)
-    wrt.write_close_tag(xml,3,"membro")
+    wrt.write_close_tag(xml,3,"participante")
         
     user_membergroups.close()
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