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# OpenTelemetry Specification



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![OpenTelemetry Logo](https://opentelemetry.io/img/logos/opentelemetry-horizontal-color.png)



The **[OpenTelemetry][] specification** describes the cross-language

requirements and expectations for all OpenTelemetry implementations.



- The [latest release][] is hosted at

  [opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/otel][]

- Markdown sources are under [specification](./specification/README.md)



## Change / contribution process



For details, see [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md), in particular read

[Proposing a change](CONTRIBUTING.md#proposing-a-change) before submitting a PR.



## Questions



Questions that need additional attention can be brought to the regular

specifications meeting. EU and US timezone friendly meeting is held every

Tuesday at 8 AM Pacific time. Meeting notes are held in the [Google

doc](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pdvPeKjA8v8w_fGKAN68JjWBmVJtPCpqdi9IZrd6eEo).

APAC timezone friendly meetings are held on request. See

[OpenTelemetry calendar](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community#calendar).



Escalations to technical committee may be made over the

[e-mail](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community#tc-technical-committee).

Technical committee holds regular meetings, notes are held

[here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hOHPCu5TGenqTeWPB9qQB_qd33uITZBcvK1FnWxYJAw/edit?usp=sharing).



## Specification compliance matrix by language



See [Compliance of Implementations with

Specification](./spec-compliance-matrix.md).



## Project Timeline



The current project status as well as information on notable past releases is found at

[the OpenTelemetry project page](https://opentelemetry.io/status/).



Information about current work and future development plans is found at the

[specification development milestones](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/milestones).



## Versioning the Specification



Changes to the [specification](./specification/overview.md) are versioned according to [Semantic Versioning 2.0](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html) and described in [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md). Layout changes are not versioned. Specific implementations of the specification should specify which version they implement.



Changes to the change process itself are not currently versioned but may be independently versioned in the future.



## License



By contributing to OpenTelemetry Specification repository, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under its [Apache 2.0 License](LICENSE).



[OpenTelemetry]: https://opentelemetry.io

[latest release]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/releases/latest

[opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/otel]: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/otel/