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Add guidance on abbreviation usage in semantic attribute names #602

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ECS has https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/ecs/8.9/ecs-guidelines.html#_guidelines_for_field_names

Avoid abbreviations when possible

  • Exceptions can be made, when the name used for the concept is too strongly in favor of the abbreviation. Example: ip fields, or field sets such as os, geo.

It would be good to document some (same or different) guidance for OpenTelemetry semantic conventions to help with:

(and probably others, these are just ones on top of mind)

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