The Hamiltonian of the XY model -- when is it called the XX model?

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Hamiltonian of XY model is defined by
##H=J\sum_i (\sigma_i^x \sigma_{i+1}^x+\sigma_i^y \sigma_{i+1}^y)##
and because it is isotropic it is sometimes called XX model. If we do some unitary transformation, and get hamiltonian
##H=J\sum_i (\sigma_i^x \sigma_{i+1}^x-\sigma_i^y \sigma_{i+1}^y)##
what is name of that model? Is it like X-X model?
 
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