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Consider changing "instrumentation name" from `-` to `_`

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Description

Consider changing "instrumentation name" from - to _, due to representation in declarative configuration:

instrumentation/development:
  java:
    apache_httpclient:
      enabled: false

Also consider changing scope name.

From @zeitlinger's https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/pull/15698#discussion_r2637425017

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