# General semantic conventions This document defines general Semantic Conventions for spans, metrics, logs and events. The following general Semantic Conventions are defined: * **[General attributes](attributes.md): General semantic attributes**. * [Events](events.md): General Semantic Conventions for events. * [Logs](logs.md): General Semantic Conventions for logs. * [Metrics](metrics.md): General Semantic Conventions for metrics. * [Spans](trace.md): General Semantic Conventions for traces / spans.