The naming of attributes is confusing

[Jonathan]

Hello all.  As I get deeper into using struts I am noticing how the naming of attributes seems needlessly vague.  In the struts-config.xml for example.  When marking up an action, why is the attribute name for the form bean called "name" instead of "beanName", and why is "validate" used instead of "validateBean".  It seems unnecessarily ambiguous as to whether we are describing the action or the bean.  This ambiguity continues in logic iterate tags and other tags as well.  As a consequence, a user is not exactly sure to which object or concept an attribute pertains to.  Does anyone know why Struts was desiged like this and continues to exist as such?  Besides, xml was desiged to be descriptive.  Why are we being vague?