From 7700f5d1c8eea1f603d86c7646d38bb304f2597a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Trask Stalnaker Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 07:47:29 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Metric namespaces should not be pluralized (#267) Co-authored-by: Josh Suereth Co-authored-by: Armin Ruech --- CHANGELOG.md | 3 +++ docs/general/metrics.md | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md index b4e3309a2..c4a3b141e 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG.md +++ b/CHANGELOG.md @@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ release. ### Features +- Metric namespaces SHOULD NOT be pluralized. + ([#267](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/267)) + ### Fixes - Clarify that `error.type` should be the fully-qualified exception class name diff --git a/docs/general/metrics.md b/docs/general/metrics.md index 6defc732a..c5446df65 100644 --- a/docs/general/metrics.md +++ b/docs/general/metrics.md @@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ using the OpenMetrics exposition format, use the #### Pluralization +Metric namespaces SHOULD NOT be pluralized. + Metric names SHOULD NOT be pluralized, unless the value being recorded represents discrete instances of a [countable quantity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_noun).