Questions WRT naming inconsistency between spec and SIG

[dyladan]

We have two open issues in JS open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js#795 and open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js#794 which deal with renaming things we already had names for in order to make them use the same names as the spec. In general, is this required/encouraged by spec or should we just keep the names we already have?

[arminru]

I think it makes sense to have the names aligned across languages and with the spec since this makes it easier for people who use multiple languages or want to read up on the concepts in the spec.

We are currently fixing deviations in otel-java, for example: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java#794

[thisthat]

Java issue for the consistency check: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java#794

[reyang]

I think we should align with the spec as much as possible. The only exception is when the name wouldn't make sense for a particular language (e.g. conflict with a reserved keyword, would introduce big confusion as the name already established a different meaning).