diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ac4db6bbb..331790d89 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ release.
 - BREAKING: Rename `http.server.request.size` metric to `http.server.request.body.size`
   and `http.server.response.size` metric to `http.server.response.body.size`
   ([#247](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/pull/247))
+- Move non-`network.*` attributes out of network.yaml.
+  ([#296](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/pull/296))
 
 ## v1.21.0 (2023-07-13)
 
diff --git a/model/general.yaml b/model/general.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f387bac6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/model/general.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+groups:
+  - id: peer
+    prefix: peer
+    type: span
+    brief: "Operations that access some remote service."
+    attributes:
+      - id: service
+        type: string
+        brief: >
+          The [`service.name`](/docs/resource/README.md#service)
+          of the remote service. SHOULD be equal to the actual `service.name`
+          resource attribute of the remote service if any.
+        examples: "AuthTokenCache"
+  - id: identity
+    prefix: enduser
+    type: span
+    brief: >
+      These attributes may be used for any operation with an authenticated and/or authorized enduser.
+    attributes:
+      - id: id
+        type: string
+        brief: >
+          Username or client_id extracted from the access token or
+          [Authorization](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7235#section-4.2)
+          header in the inbound request from outside the system.
+        examples: 'username'
+      - id: role
+        type: string
+        brief: 'Actual/assumed role the client is making the request under extracted from token or application security context.'
+        examples: 'admin'
+      - id: scope
+        type: string
+        brief: >
+          Scopes or granted authorities the client currently possesses extracted from token
+          or application security context. The value would come from the scope associated
+          with an [OAuth 2.0 Access Token](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749#section-3.3)
+          or an attribute value in a [SAML 2.0 Assertion](http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/Post2.0/sstc-saml-tech-overview-2.0.html).
+        examples: 'read:message, write:files'
+  - id: thread
+    prefix: thread
+    type: span
+    brief: >
+      These attributes may be used for any operation to store information about a thread that started a span.
+    attributes:
+      - id: id
+        type: int
+        brief: >
+          Current "managed" thread ID (as opposed to OS thread ID).
+        examples: 42
+      - id: name
+        type: string
+        brief: >
+          Current thread name.
+        examples: main
+      - id: daemon
+        brief: "Whether the thread is daemon or not."
+        type: boolean
+  - id: code
+    prefix: code
+    type: span
+    brief: >
+      These attributes allow to report this unit of code and therefore to provide more context about the span.
+    attributes:
+      - id: function
+        type: string
+        brief: >
+          The method or function name, or equivalent (usually rightmost part of the code unit's name).
+        examples: serveRequest
+      - id: namespace
+        type: string
+        brief: >
+          The "namespace" within which `code.function` is defined. Usually the qualified class or module name,
+          such that `code.namespace` + some separator + `code.function` form a unique identifier for the code unit.
+        examples: com.example.MyHttpService
+      - id: filepath
+        type: string
+        brief: >
+          The source code file name that identifies the code unit as uniquely as possible (preferably an absolute file path).
+        examples: /usr/local/MyApplication/content_root/app/index.php
+      - id: lineno
+        type: int
+        brief: >
+          The line number in `code.filepath` best representing the operation. It SHOULD point within the code unit named in `code.function`.
+        examples: 42
+      - id: column
+        type: int
+        brief: >
+          The column number in `code.filepath` best representing the operation. It SHOULD point within the code unit named in `code.function`.
+        examples: 16
diff --git a/model/network.yaml b/model/network.yaml
index 478937c11..fa83e6209 100644
--- a/model/network.yaml
+++ b/model/network.yaml
@@ -162,91 +162,3 @@ groups:
         type: string
         brief: "The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 2-character country code associated with the mobile carrier network."
         examples: "DE"
-  - id: peer
-    prefix: peer
-    type: span
-    brief: "Operations that access some remote service."
-    attributes:
-      - id: service
-        type: string
-        brief: >
-          The [`service.name`](/docs/resource/README.md#service)
-          of the remote service. SHOULD be equal to the actual `service.name`
-          resource attribute of the remote service if any.
-        examples: "AuthTokenCache"
-  - id: identity
-    prefix: enduser
-    type: span
-    brief: >
-        These attributes may be used for any operation with an authenticated and/or authorized enduser.
-    attributes:
-      - id: id
-        type: string
-        brief: >
-          Username or client_id extracted from the access token or
-          [Authorization](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7235#section-4.2)
-          header in the inbound request from outside the system.
-        examples: 'username'
-      - id: role
-        type: string
-        brief: 'Actual/assumed role the client is making the request under extracted from token or application security context.'
-        examples: 'admin'
-      - id: scope
-        type: string
-        brief: >
-          Scopes or granted authorities the client currently possesses extracted from token
-          or application security context. The value would come from the scope associated
-          with an [OAuth 2.0 Access Token](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749#section-3.3)
-          or an attribute value in a [SAML 2.0 Assertion](http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/Post2.0/sstc-saml-tech-overview-2.0.html).
-        examples: 'read:message, write:files'
-  - id: thread
-    prefix: thread
-    type: span
-    brief: >
-      These attributes may be used for any operation to store information about a thread that started a span.
-    attributes:
-      - id: id
-        type: int
-        brief: >
-          Current "managed" thread ID (as opposed to OS thread ID).
-        examples: 42
-      - id: name
-        type: string
-        brief: >
-          Current thread name.
-        examples: main
-      - id: daemon
-        brief: "Whether the thread is daemon or not."
-        type: boolean
-  - id: code
-    prefix: code
-    type: span
-    brief: >
-      These attributes allow to report this unit of code and therefore to provide more context about the span.
-    attributes:
-      - id: function
-        type: string
-        brief: >
-          The method or function name, or equivalent (usually rightmost part of the code unit's name).
-        examples: serveRequest
-      - id: namespace
-        type: string
-        brief: >
-          The "namespace" within which `code.function` is defined. Usually the qualified class or module name,
-          such that `code.namespace` + some separator + `code.function` form a unique identifier for the code unit.
-        examples: com.example.MyHttpService
-      - id: filepath
-        type: string
-        brief: >
-          The source code file name that identifies the code unit as uniquely as possible (preferably an absolute file path).
-        examples: /usr/local/MyApplication/content_root/app/index.php
-      - id: lineno
-        type: int
-        brief: >
-          The line number in `code.filepath` best representing the operation. It SHOULD point within the code unit named in `code.function`.
-        examples: 42
-      - id: column
-        type: int
-        brief: >
-          The column number in `code.filepath` best representing the operation. It SHOULD point within the code unit named in `code.function`.
-        examples: 16