semantic-conventions/docs/attributes-registry/opentracing.md

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OpenTracing

OpenTracing Attributes

Attributes used by the OpenTracing Shim layer.

Attribute Type Description Examples Stability
opentracing.ref_type string Parent-child Reference type [1] child_of; follows_from Experimental

[1] opentracing.ref_type: The causal relationship between a child Span and a parent Span.


opentracing.ref_type has the following list of well-known values. If one of them applies, then the respective value MUST be used; otherwise, a custom value MAY be used.

Value Description Stability
child_of The parent Span depends on the child Span in some capacity Experimental
follows_from The parent Span doesn't depend in any way on the result of the child Span Experimental