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title: Semantic Conventions
description: Common names for different kinds of operations and data.
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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](/docs/specs/otel/trace/semantic_conventions/)
- [Metric Semantic Conventions](/docs/specs/otel/metrics/semantic_conventions/)
- [Resource Semantic Conventions](/docs/specs/otel/resource/semantic_conventions/)