Re: [w3c/browser-payment-api] ShippingAddress versus Address (#189)

> Specifically, these came from the OASIS xAL - the extensible address language. It is a fairly comprehensive solution that is used worldwide.

I'm a little perplexed here. Looking at the OASIS web pages, it would appear that it uses "country" rather than "regionCode", and "localityname" instead of "locality."  It also uses "thoroughfare" where we use "addressLines", and "organizationname" rather than "organization."

In particular, to the extent that I can find any reference to "region" or "region code" in *any* OASIS documents, it appears to always appear as a peer to "country" or "country code," with "region" designating something more like a state or province within a country.

If we want to harmonize with some other spec in this area, I can get behind that, but it's kind of nonsense to say that we're selecting somewhat nonintuitive names to align with OASIS, when it appears that we're only merely taking vague inspiration from xNAL.

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