Semantic Convention Areas

Semantic conventions in OpenTelemetry are organized into distinct areas, with some of them being overseen by Special Interest Group (SIG).

Non-trivial changes to semantic conventions require the creation of a project, which may or may not also require the formation of a SIG.

To learn more about the process of creating a new project and form a SIG, refer to the Project Management guide in the Community repository.

SIGs have several responsibilities and goals, but their primary focus is to define and guide semantic conventions toward stabilization. SIGs that achieve their goal may be dissolved, but the codeowner group stays serving as domain experts for pull request (PR) reviews and issue triage.

This document provides an overview of the semantic conventions areas, along with their owners, related project (and project board) as well as its current status.

Name	Owners	Project	Board	Labels	Status	Notes
Semantic Conventions: System	semconv-system-approvers	https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/projects/system-semconv.md	https://github.com/orgs/open-telemetry/projects/55	area:system, area:host, area:process, area:nfs, area:os, area:cpu, area:disk, area:network, area:linux	accepting_contributions, active	The SIG is looking for contributions!
Semantic Conventions: K8s	semconv-k8s-approvers	https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/projects/k8s-semconv.md	https://github.com/orgs/open-telemetry/projects/114	area:k8s, area:container, area:oci	accepting_contributions, active	The SIG is looking for contributions!
Semantic Conventions: CI/CD	semconv-cicd-approvers	https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/projects/ci-cd-phase-2.md	https://github.com/orgs/open-telemetry/projects/79	area:cicd, area:artifact, area:deployment, area:test, area:vcs	accepting_contributions, active	The SIG is looking for contributions!
Semantic Conventions: Security	semconv-security-approvers	https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/projects/currently-inactive/security-semconv.md	https://github.com/orgs/open-telemetry/projects/104	area:security, area:log, area:user, area:dns, area:file, area:tls, area:network, area:process	accepting_contributions, active	The SIG is looking for contributions!
Semantic Conventions: Browser Instrumentation	semconv-browser-approvers	https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/projects/browser-phase-1.md	https://github.com/orgs/open-telemetry/projects/146	area:browser	accepting_contributions, active	The SIG is looking for contributions!
Semantic Conventions: Client Instrumentation	semconv-client-approvers	https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/projects/completed-projects/client-instrumentation.md	https://github.com/orgs/open-telemetry/projects/19	area:app, area:enduser, area:device, area:mobile, area:session	accepting_contributions, active	The SIG is looking for contributions!
Semantic Conventions: Resources and Entities	specs-semconv-maintainers	https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/projects/resources-and-entities.md	https://github.com/orgs/open-telemetry/projects/85	area:entities	accepting_contributions, active	The SIG is looking for contributions!
Semantic Conventions: Messaging	semconv-messaging-approvers	https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/projects/currently-inactive/messaging-semconv.md	https://github.com/orgs/open-telemetry/projects/20	area:messaging	inactive, needs_staffing	The SIG is inactive. If you have interest in working towards messaging stabilization, consider proposing a project update
Semantic Conventions: HTTP	semconv-http-approvers	https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/projects/completed-projects/http.md	https://github.com/orgs/open-telemetry/projects/41	area:http, area:user-agent, area:url, area:client, area:server, area:network	inactive	The SIG is inactive. Bugs and bug fixes are welcome. For substantial changes, follow the new project process
Semantic Conventions: Database	semconv-db-approvers	https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/projects/completed-projects/database-client-semconv.md	https://github.com/orgs/open-telemetry/projects/73	area:db	inactive	The SIG is inactive. Bugs and bug fixes are welcome. For substantial changes, follow the new project process
Semantic Conventions: FaaS	specs-semconv-maintainers	https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/projects/completed-projects/faas.md	N/A	area:faas	inactive	The SIG is inactive. Bugs and bug fixes are welcome. For substantial changes, follow the new project process
Semantic Conventions: JVM	semconv-jvm-approvers	N/A	https://github.com/orgs/open-telemetry/projects/49	area:jvm	inactive	The SIG is inactive. Bugs and bug fixes are welcome. For substantial changes, follow the new project process
Semantic Conventions: Go	go-approvers	N/A	https://github.com/orgs/open-telemetry/projects/186	area:go	accepting_contributions, active	The SIG is looking for contributions!
Semantic Conventions: Ruby	ruby-approvers	N/A	N/A	area:rails, area:ruby	accepting_contributions, active	The SIG is looking for contributions!
Semantic Conventions: Logs	semconv-log-approvers	N/A	https://github.com/orgs/open-telemetry/projects/65	area:log, area:event, area:exception	accepting_contributions, active	The SIG is looking for contributions!
Semantic Conventions: Mainframe	sig-mainframe-approvers	https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/projects/mainframe.md	N/A	area:mainframe, area:zos	accepting_contributions, active	The SIG is looking for contributions!
Semantic Conventions: Profiling	profiling-approvers	N/A	N/A	area:profile, area:pprof	accepting_contributions, active	The SIG is looking for contributions!
Semantic Conventions: .NET	semconv-dotnet-approver	N/A	N/A	area:dotnet, area:aspnetcore, area:signalr, area:kestrel	accepting_contributions, active	SIG is driven by members of the .NET runtime team. Contributions are welcomed but must be aligned with the .NET runtime features/roadmap
Semantic Conventions: RPC	semconv-rpc-approvers	https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/projects/rpc-semconv.md	https://github.com/orgs/open-telemetry/projects/161	area:rpc, area:jsonrpc	accepting_contributions, active	The SIG is looking for contributions!
Semantic Conventions: Service and Deployment	semconv-service-and-deployment-approvers	https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/projects/service-and-deployment-semconv.md	https://github.com/orgs/open-telemetry/projects/168	area:service, area:deployment	accepting_contributions, active	The SIG is looking for contributions!
Semantic Conventions: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure	semconv-oracle-cloud-approvers	N/A	https://github.com/orgs/open-telemetry/projects/184	area:oracle-cloud	accepting_contributions, active	The SIG is looking for contributions!
Semantic Conventions: Core	specs-semconv-approvers	N/A	https://github.com/orgs/open-telemetry/projects/131	area:error, area:exception, area:otel, area:server, area:service, area:telemetry, area:url	accepting_contributions, active	The SIG is looking for contributions!