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title: Semantic Conventions
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description: Common names for different kinds of operations and data.
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weight: 30
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OpenTelemetry defines [Semantic Conventions](/docs/specs/semconv/) (sometimes
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called Semantic Attributes) that specify common names for different kinds of
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operations and data. The benefit of using Semantic Conventions is in following a
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common naming scheme that can be standardized across a codebase, libraries, and
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platforms.
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Semantic Conventions are available for traces, metrics, logs, and resources:
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- [Trace Semantic Conventions](/docs/specs/semconv/general/trace/)
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- [Metric Semantic Conventions](/docs/specs/semconv/general/metrics/)
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- [Log Semantic Conventions](/docs/specs/semconv/general/logs/)
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- [Resource Semantic Conventions](/docs/specs/semconv/resource/)
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