OpenTelemetry Semantic Conventions

Semantic Conventions define a common set of (semantic) attributes which provide meaning to data when collecting, producing and consuming it.

Read the docs

The human-readable version of the semantic conventions resides in the docs folder. Major parts of these Markdown documents are generated from the YAML definitions located in the model folder.

Roadmap

For an overview of the current focus areas and active initiatives the Semantic Conventions project is committed to, check out the OpenTelemetry Roadmap.

[!IMPORTANT] Due to limited maintainer and reviewer bandwidth, priority is given to initiatives listed in the roadmap. Contributions outside these areas may be delayed or not accepted unless they are formally added to the roadmap through the established project proposal process.

Areas and Special Interest Groups

See: Areas

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md

Maintainers

• Alexander Wert, Dash0
• Armin Ruech, Dynatrace
• Christophe Kamphaus, Independent
• Joao Grassi, Dynatrace
• Josh Suereth, Google
• Liudmila Molkova, Google
• Trask Stalnaker, Microsoft

For more information about the maintainer role, see the community repository.

Approvers

• Alexandra Konrad, Elastic
• Daniel Dyla, Dynatrace
• Ted Young, Grafana Labs

For more information about the approver role, see the community repository.

Emeritus

• Christian Neumüller, Approver
• James Moessis, Approver
• Johannes Tax, Maintainer
• Reiley Yang, Maintainer
• Sean Marciniak, Approver

For more information about the emeritus role, see the community repository.