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Please explain the Model naming conventions

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Please explain the Model naming conventions in the First Chapter of the tutorial.

There is so much confusion...

Chapter 3 shows this:

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in Chapter 4 it's even more confusing:

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while in your code: https://github.com/odoo/odoo/blob/19.0/odoo/addons/base/security/ir.model.access.csv one can find such records:

  • Model name with space
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  • Model name with underscore:
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  • Model name in plain text:
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  • Model name with dots:
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and id and model_id does not follows your guidelines:

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it's really confusing

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