---
title: "Semantic Conventions"
source: OpenTelemetry Documentation
source_url: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io
licence: CC-BY-4.0
domain: engineering
subdomain: opentelemetry-docs
date_added: 2026-04-25
---

OpenTelemetry defines [Semantic Conventions](/docs/specs/semconv/), sometimes
called Semantic attributes, that specify common names for different kinds of
operations and data. The benefit of using Semantic conventions is in following a
common naming scheme that can be standardized across a codebase, libraries, and
platforms.

Semantic conventions are available for traces, metrics, logs, profiles and
resources:

- [Trace semantic conventions](/docs/specs/semconv/general/trace/)
- [Metric semantic conventions](/docs/specs/semconv/general/metrics/)
- [Log semantic conventions](/docs/specs/semconv/general/logs/)
- [Profiles semantic conventions](/docs/specs/semconv/general/profiles/)
- [Resource semantic conventions](/docs/specs/semconv/resource/)
