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APP-C vs APPC: both are allowed in Release 1 (consistent with SDN-C/SDNC)
Heat vs HEAT: Both are in use. The official website uses "Heat", but HEAT prevails in reference documents.
ingredients: avoid
life cycle vs lifecycle or life-cycle: prefer two words "life cycle", as recommended here, and because OpenECOMP contains a Life Cycle Management (LCM) functionality. Note that Reference documents, such as <<DocRef: "Common Requirements for Virtual Network Functions">> show both forms.
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