Recently, we added an attribute to represent an OTel data type (metrics/traces/logs) to an internal collector metric in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/pull/10593. The semantic conventions do not provide guidance on what the attribute should be called. The WIP OTEP suggests calling it otel.signal. Defining a name for this attribute is useful independently of the OTEP.
otel.signal should like a good option. Looking for other opinions.
Recently, we added an attribute to represent an OTel data type (metrics/traces/logs) to an internal collector metric in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/pull/10593. The semantic conventions do not provide guidance on what the attribute should be called. The WIP OTEP suggests calling it
otel.signal. Defining a name for this attribute is useful independently of the OTEP.otel.signalshould like a good option. Looking for other opinions.