[ARROW-278] [Format] Struct type name consistency in implementations and metadata

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.1.0
• Component/s: Format
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/15638
• Assignee: Wes McKinney
• Reporter: Wes McKinney
• Created: 26/Aug/16 19:57
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:07
• Resolved: 07/Sep/16 21:15

Description

As discussed in https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/121 for ARROW-262, the Struct name is reserved in Flatbuffers, so we temporarily used the `Tuple` name. We should either use a tweaked name like Struct_ that does not cause conflicts or choose a name for the Struct concept (e.g. Tuple) and use that consistently in format documents and implementation.

The least disruptive solution is to use the Struct_ name in the Flatbuffers IDL.