improved language to be more inclusive for less privileged populations

README.md

@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ There are two modes of format validation: `fast` and `full`. This mode affects f
 
 You can add additional formats and replace any of the formats above using [addFormat](#api-addformat) method.
 
-The option `unknownFormats` allows changing the default behaviour when an unknown format is encountered. In this case Ajv can either fail schema compilation (default) or ignore it (default in versions before 5.0.0). You also can whitelist specific format(s) to be ignored. See [Options](#options) for details.
+The option `unknownFormats` allows changing the default behaviour when an unknown format is encountered. In this case Ajv can either fail schema compilation (default) or ignore it (default in versions before 5.0.0). You also can allowlist specific format(s) to be ignored. See [Options](#options) for details.
 
 You can find regular expressions used for format validation and the sources that were used in [formats.js](https://github.com/ajv-validator/ajv/blob/master/lib/compile/formats.js).
 

spec/extras/$data/format.json

@@ -49,15 +49,15 @@
         "valid": false
       },
       {
-        "description": "whitelisted unknown format is valid",
+        "description": "allowlisted unknown format is valid",
         "data": {
           "str": "any value",
           "strFormat": "allowedUnknown"
         },
         "valid": true
       },
       {
-        "description": "not whitelisted unknown format is invalid",
+        "description": "not allowlisted unknown format is invalid",
         "data": {
           "str": "any value",
           "strFormat": "completelyUnknown"

spec/options/unknownFormats.spec.js

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ describe('unknownFormats option', function() {
   });
 
   describe('= [String]', function() {
-    it('should pass schema compilation and be valid if whitelisted unknown format is used', function() {
+    it('should pass schema compilation and be valid if alloylisted unknown format is used', function() {
       test(new Ajv({unknownFormats: ['allowed']}));
 
       function test(ajv) {
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ describe('unknownFormats option', function() {
       }
     });
 
-    it('should be valid if whitelisted unknown format is used via $data', function() {
+    it('should be valid if alloylisted unknown format is used via $data', function() {
       test(new Ajv({$data: true, unknownFormats: ['allowed']}));
 
       function test(ajv) {

spec/tests/rules/format.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [
   {
-    "description": "whitelisted unknown format is valid",
+    "description": "alloylisted unknown format is valid",
     "schema": {
       "format": "allowedUnknown"
     },