Spelling Qt Module Names in Qt Documentation

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Spelling Module Names in Qt 5 Documentation

Currently, Qt documentation uses various conventions for spelling module names, depending on the history of the module, the length of the name, and personal preferences of different writers.

The recommendation for consistent and readable spelling of module names in the documentation is as follows:

• Use the Qt prefix. Instead of "Core", write Qt Core.
• Spell all words separated by white space and start all words with a capital letter. For example Qt Service Framework
• Acronyms and established names spelled in their standard format, for example Qt SQL, Qt XML Patterns, Qt D-Bus
• Don't use the module repository names qtbase, qtsystems, qtpim or qtconnectivity in the documentation. Instead, you should refer directly to the individual modules in those repositories.
• If the module name includes words like "and", they can be omitted in the source code name: Qt Publish and Subscribe is QtPublishSubscribe in the code
• Avoid abbreviations, because it is hard to be consistent with their usage. If you cannot avoid them, then make sure you use them consistently in the code and documentation. For example, since the source code spelling is QtSystemInfo, the documentation name should be Qt System Info, not Qt System Information. And since the source code spelling is QtJsonDb, the documentation name is Qt JSON DB, not "Qt JSON Database".

In the code, the module names are used as header file names, and in QML import statements. In these cases, the module is spelled in CamelCase and without the separating white space.

The following table summarizes the correct spelling for the current modules in the plans for Qt 5.

Module name in documentation	Module name in the code
Active Qt	QAxContainer, QAxServer and other names with the QAx prefix
Qt 3D	Qt3D
Qt Android Extras	QtAndroidExtras
Qt Bluetooth	QtBluetooth
Qt CLucene	QtCLucene
Qt Concurrent	QtConcurrent
Qt Contacts	QtContacts
Qt Core	QtCore
Qt D-Bus	QtDBus
Qt Designer	QtDesigner
Qt Feedback	QtFeedback
Qt Graphical Effects	QtGraphicalEffects
Qt GUI	QtGui
Qt Help	QtHelp
Qt JSON DB	QtJsonDb
Qt Location	QtLocation
Qt Mac Extras	QtMacExtras
Qt MIME Types	QtMimeTypes
Qt Multimedia	QtMultimedia
Qt Multimedia Widgets	QtMultimediaWidgets
Qt Network	QtNetwork
Qt NFC	QtNfc
Qt Organizer	QtOrganizer
Qt Positioning	QtPositioning
Qt Print Support	QtPrintSupport
Qt Publish and Subscribe	QtPublishSubscribe
Qt Quick	QtQuick
Qt Script	QtScript
Qt Script Tools	QtScriptTools
Qt Sensors	QtSensors
Qt Serial Port	QtSerialPort
Qt Service Framework	QtServiceFramework
Qt SQL	QtSql
Qt SVG	QtSvg
Qt System Info	QtSystemInfo
Qt Test	QtTest
Qt UI Tools	QtUiTools
Qt Versit	QtVersit
Qt Versit Organizer	QtVersitOrganizer
Qt Wayland	QtWayland
Qt WebChannel	QtWebChannel
Qt WebEngine	QtWebEngine
Qt WebKit	QtWebKit
Qt WebKit Widgets	QtWebKitWidgets
Qt Widgets	QtWidgets
Qt Windows Extras	QtWindowsExtras
Qt X11 Extras	QtX11Extras
Qt XML	QtXml
Qt XML Patterns	QtXmlPatterns