Semantic Conventions

OpenTelemetry defines Semantic Conventions (sometimes called Semantic Attributes) that specify common names for different kinds of operations and data. The benefit to using Semantic Conventions is in following a common naming scheme that can be standardized across a codebase, libraries, and platforms.

Currently, Semantic Conventions are available for traces, metrics and resources:

• Trace Semantic Conventions
• Metric Semantic Conventions
• Resource Semantic Conventions