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Clarify that attribute requirement levels apply to instrumentation libraries (#3289) 

Based on discussion in semconv stability WG

Closes #3283

## Changes

Clarifies that attribute requirement levels apply to instrumentation.
And that, because users can transform their telemetry in a number of
ways (e.g. metric views, span processors, and collector
transformations), these requirement levels cannot be relied on by
telemetry consumers.

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Co-authored-by: Liudmila Molkova <limolkova@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Bogdan Drutu <bogdandrutu@gmail.com>
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_This section applies to Log, Metric, Resource, and Span, and describes requirement levels for attributes defined in semantic conventions._
Attribute requirement levels apply to the [instrumentation library](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/glossary.md#instrumentation-library).
The following attribute requirement levels are specified:
- [Required](#required)