# System semantic conventions **Status**: [Development][DocumentStatus] This document defines semantic conventions for systems (such as processes, runtimes, hardware, etc.). System semantic conventions are defined for the following metrics: * [System](system-metrics.md): For standard system metrics. * [Container](container-metrics.md): For container-related metrics. * [K8s](k8s-metrics.md): For K8s-related metrics. * [Hardware](../hardware/README.md): For hardware-related metrics. * [Process](process-metrics.md): For standard process metrics. * [Runtime Environment](/docs/runtime/README.md#metrics): For runtime environment metrics. [DocumentStatus]: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/otel/document-status