Merge pull request #5529 from entur/use_oxford_en_us

Use American English [ci skip]
opentripplanner · Nov 24, 2023 · 2a7a678 · 2a7a678
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 ## Naming Conventions
 
+In general, we use American English. We use the GTFS terminology inside OTP as the transit domain
+specific language. In cases where GTFS does not provide an alternative we use NeTEx. The naming
+should follow the Java standard naming conventions. For example a "real-time updater" class
+is named `RealTimeUpdater`. If in doubt check the Oxford Dictionary(American).
+
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 ### Packages
 
 Try to arrange code by domain functionality, not technology. The main structure of a package should