diff --git a/benchmark/tracer.js b/benchmark/tracer.js
index f90ea2465e..ab636e924e 100644
--- a/benchmark/tracer.js
+++ b/benchmark/tracer.js
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const benchmark = require('./benchmark');
-const opentelemetry = require('../packages/opentelemetry-core');
+const opentelemetry = require('../packages/opentelemetry-api');
+const { NoopLogger } = require('../packages/opentelemetry-core');
 const { BasicTracerProvider, BatchSpanProcessor, InMemorySpanExporter, SimpleSpanProcessor } = require('../packages/opentelemetry-tracing');
 
-const logger = new opentelemetry.NoopLogger();
+const logger = new NoopLogger();
 
 const setups = [
   {
     name: 'NoopTracerProvider',
-    provider: opentelemetry.getTracerProvider()
+    provider: new opentelemetry.NoopTracerProvider()
   },
   {
     name: 'BasicTracerProvider',
diff --git a/examples/basic-tracer-node/index.js b/examples/basic-tracer-node/index.js
index e16b95b898..7603453761 100644
--- a/examples/basic-tracer-node/index.js
+++ b/examples/basic-tracer-node/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const opentelemetry = require('@opentelemetry/core');
-const { BasicTracerRegistry, SimpleSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/tracing');
+const opentelemetry = require('@opentelemetry/api');
+const { BasicTracerProvider, SimpleSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/tracing');
 const { JaegerExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger');
 const { ZipkinExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin');
 const { CollectorExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-collector');
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ if (EXPORTER.toLowerCase().startsWith('z')) {
   exporter = new CollectorExporter(options);
 }
 
-const registry = new BasicTracerRegistry();
+const provider = new BasicTracerProvider();
 
 // Configure span processor to send spans to the provided exporter
-registry.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter));
+provider.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter));
 
-// Initialize the OpenTelemetry APIs to use the BasicTracerRegistry bindings
-opentelemetry.initGlobalTracerRegistry(registry);
-const tracer = opentelemetry.getTracer('example-basic-tracer-node');
+// Initialize the OpenTelemetry APIs to use the BasicTracerProvider bindings
+opentelemetry.trace.initGlobalTracerProvider(provider);
+const tracer = opentelemetry.trace.getTracer('example-basic-tracer-node');
 
 // Create a span. A span must be closed.
 const parentSpan = tracer.startSpan('main');
diff --git a/examples/basic-tracer-node/multi_exporter.js b/examples/basic-tracer-node/multi_exporter.js
index aa8478dfa2..7d2734dd98 100644
--- a/examples/basic-tracer-node/multi_exporter.js
+++ b/examples/basic-tracer-node/multi_exporter.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const opentelemetry = require('@opentelemetry/core');
-const { BasicTracerRegistry, BatchSpanProcessor, SimpleSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/tracing');
+const opentelemetry = require('@opentelemetry/api');
+const { BasicTracerProvider, BatchSpanProcessor, SimpleSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/tracing');
 const { JaegerExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger');
 const { ZipkinExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin');
 const { CollectorExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-collector');
 
-const registry = new BasicTracerRegistry();
+const provider = new BasicTracerProvider();
 
 const zipkinExporter = new ZipkinExporter({ serviceName: 'basic-service' });
 const jaegerExporter = new JaegerExporter({
@@ -16,21 +16,21 @@ const collectorExporter = new CollectorExporter({ serviceName: 'basic-service' }
 
 // It is recommended to use this BatchSpanProcessor for better performance
 // and optimization, especially in production.
-registry.addSpanProcessor(new BatchSpanProcessor(zipkinExporter, {
+provider.addSpanProcessor(new BatchSpanProcessor(zipkinExporter, {
   // This is added for example, default size is 100.
   bufferSize: 10,
 }));
 
-const tracer = opentelemetry.getTracer('default');
+const tracer = opentelemetry.trace.getTracer('default');
 
 tracer.addSpanProcessor(new BatchSpanProcessor(jaegerExporter), {
   bufferSize: 10,
 });
 
-registry.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(collectorExporter));
+provider.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(collectorExporter));
 
-// Initialize the OpenTelemetry APIs to use the BasicTracerRegistry bindings
-opentelemetry.initGlobalTracerRegistry(registry);
+// Initialize the OpenTelemetry APIs to use the BasicTracerProvider bindings
+opentelemetry.trace.initGlobalTracerProvider(provider);
 
 // Create a span. A span must be closed.
 const parentSpan = tracer.startSpan('main');
diff --git a/examples/basic-tracer-node/package.json b/examples/basic-tracer-node/package.json
index 4968965c42..f4ab4c985e 100644
--- a/examples/basic-tracer-node/package.json
+++ b/examples/basic-tracer-node/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@opentelemetry/core": "^0.3.3",
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-collector": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin": "^0.3.3",
diff --git a/examples/dns/package.json b/examples/dns/package.json
index 3f6a5db637..414da87d33 100644
--- a/examples/dns/package.json
+++ b/examples/dns/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@opentelemetry/core": "^0.3.3",
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/node": "^0.3.3",
diff --git a/examples/dns/tracer.js b/examples/dns/tracer.js
index 7a918ec33d..f27118c6d6 100644
--- a/examples/dns/tracer.js
+++ b/examples/dns/tracer.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const opentelemetry = require('@opentelemetry/core');
-const { NodeTracerRegistry } = require('@opentelemetry/node');
+const opentelemetry = require('@opentelemetry/api');
+const { NodeTracerProvider } = require('@opentelemetry/node');
 const { SimpleSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/tracing');
 const { JaegerExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger');
 const { ZipkinExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin');
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const { ZipkinExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin');
 const EXPORTER = process.env.EXPORTER || '';
 
 module.exports = (serviceName) => {
-  const registry = new NodeTracerRegistry({
+  const provider = new NodeTracerProvider({
     plugins: {
       dns: {
         enabled: true,
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ module.exports = (serviceName) => {
     });
   }
 
-  registry.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter));
+  provider.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter));
 
-  // Initialize the OpenTelemetry APIs to use the BasicTracerRegistry bindings
-  opentelemetry.initGlobalTracerRegistry(registry);
+  // Initialize the OpenTelemetry APIs to use the BasicTracerProvider bindings
+  opentelemetry.trace.initGlobalTracerProvider(provider);
 
-  return opentelemetry.getTracer();
+  return opentelemetry.trace.getTracer('dns-example');
 };
diff --git a/examples/grpc/package.json b/examples/grpc/package.json
index ce52106694..a70b8e6412 100644
--- a/examples/grpc/package.json
+++ b/examples/grpc/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@opentelemetry/core": "^0.3.3",
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/node": "^0.3.3",
diff --git a/examples/grpc/tracer.js b/examples/grpc/tracer.js
index ad881334c9..3e5fed3e85 100644
--- a/examples/grpc/tracer.js
+++ b/examples/grpc/tracer.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const opentelemetry = require('@opentelemetry/core');
-const { NodeTracerRegistry } = require('@opentelemetry/node');
+const opentelemetry = require('@opentelemetry/api');
+const { NodeTracerProvider } = require('@opentelemetry/node');
 const { SimpleSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/tracing');
 const { JaegerExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger');
 const { ZipkinExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin');
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const { ZipkinExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin');
 const EXPORTER = process.env.EXPORTER || '';
 
 module.exports = (serviceName) => {
-  const registry = new NodeTracerRegistry({
+  const provider = new NodeTracerProvider({
     plugins: {
       grpc: {
         enabled: true,
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ module.exports = (serviceName) => {
     });
   }
 
-  registry.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter));
+  provider.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter));
 
-  // Initialize the OpenTelemetry APIs to use the BasicTracerRegistry bindings
-  opentelemetry.initGlobalTracerRegistry(registry);
+  // Initialize the OpenTelemetry APIs to use the BasicTracerProvider bindings
+  opentelemetry.trace.initGlobalTracerProvider(provider);
 
-  return opentelemetry.getTracer();
+  return opentelemetry.trace.getTracer('grpc-example');
 };
diff --git a/examples/grpc_dynamic_codegen/capitalize_server.js b/examples/grpc_dynamic_codegen/capitalize_server.js
index 3755e4ea56..88f6edfcec 100644
--- a/examples/grpc_dynamic_codegen/capitalize_server.js
+++ b/examples/grpc_dynamic_codegen/capitalize_server.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/order
 const tracer = require('./tracer')('example-grpc-capitalize-server');
-const { SpanKind } = require('@opentelemetry/types');
+const { SpanKind } = require('@opentelemetry/api');
 const path = require('path');
 const grpc = require('grpc');
 const protoLoader = require('@grpc/proto-loader');
diff --git a/examples/grpc_dynamic_codegen/package.json b/examples/grpc_dynamic_codegen/package.json
index 8d91d64ee2..56bc2600ee 100644
--- a/examples/grpc_dynamic_codegen/package.json
+++ b/examples/grpc_dynamic_codegen/package.json
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@grpc/proto-loader": "^0.4.0",
-    "@opentelemetry/core": "^0.3.3",
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/node": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/plugin-grpc": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/tracing": "^0.3.3",
-    "@opentelemetry/types": "^0.3.3",
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^0.3.3",
     "grpc": "^1.23.3",
     "node-pre-gyp": "0.12.0"
   },
diff --git a/examples/grpc_dynamic_codegen/tracer.js b/examples/grpc_dynamic_codegen/tracer.js
index 23d6e25f01..b46ac73f09 100644
--- a/examples/grpc_dynamic_codegen/tracer.js
+++ b/examples/grpc_dynamic_codegen/tracer.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const opentelemetry = require('@opentelemetry/core');
-const { NodeTracerRegistry } = require('@opentelemetry/node');
+const opentelemetry = require('@opentelemetry/api');
+const { NodeTracerProvider } = require('@opentelemetry/node');
 const { SimpleSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/tracing');
 const { JaegerExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger');
 const { ZipkinExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin');
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const { ZipkinExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin');
 const EXPORTER = process.env.EXPORTER || '';
 
 module.exports = (serviceName) => {
-  const registry = new NodeTracerRegistry({
+  const provider = new NodeTracerProvider({
     plugins: {
       grpc: {
         enabled: true,
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ module.exports = (serviceName) => {
 
   // It is recommended to use this `BatchSpanProcessor` for better performance
   // and optimization, especially in production.
-  registry.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter));
+  provider.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter));
 
-  // Initialize the OpenTelemetry APIs to use the BasicTracerRegistry bindings
-  opentelemetry.initGlobalTracerRegistry(registry);
+  // Initialize the OpenTelemetry APIs to use the BasicTracerProvider bindings
+  opentelemetry.trace.initGlobalTracerProvider(provider);
 
-  return opentelemetry.getTracer();
+  return opentelemetry.trace.getTracer('grpc-dynamic-codegen-example');
 };
diff --git a/examples/http/package.json b/examples/http/package.json
index 98503047c4..5b19eb8cce 100644
--- a/examples/http/package.json
+++ b/examples/http/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@opentelemetry/core": "^0.3.3",
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/node": "^0.3.3",
diff --git a/examples/http/tracer.js b/examples/http/tracer.js
index 29a21f4f0d..45669afca9 100644
--- a/examples/http/tracer.js
+++ b/examples/http/tracer.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const opentelemetry = require('@opentelemetry/core');
-const { NodeTracerRegistry } = require('@opentelemetry/node');
+const opentelemetry = require('@opentelemetry/api');
+const { NodeTracerProvider } = require('@opentelemetry/node');
 const { SimpleSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/tracing');
 const { JaegerExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger');
 const { ZipkinExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin');
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const { ZipkinExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin');
 const EXPORTER = process.env.EXPORTER || '';
 
 module.exports = (serviceName) => {
-  const registry = new NodeTracerRegistry();
+  const provider = new NodeTracerProvider();
 
   let exporter;
   if (EXPORTER.toLowerCase().startsWith('z')) {
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ module.exports = (serviceName) => {
     });
   }
 
-  registry.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter));
+  provider.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter));
 
-  // Initialize the OpenTelemetry APIs to use the BasicTracerRegistry bindings
-  opentelemetry.initGlobalTracerRegistry(registry);
+  // Initialize the OpenTelemetry APIs to use the BasicTracerProvider bindings
+  opentelemetry.trace.initGlobalTracerProvider(provider);
 
-  return opentelemetry.getTracer();
+  return opentelemetry.trace.getTracer('http-example');
 };
diff --git a/examples/https/package.json b/examples/https/package.json
index cb46108550..de63e74f2f 100644
--- a/examples/https/package.json
+++ b/examples/https/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@opentelemetry/core": "^0.3.3",
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/node": "^0.3.3",
diff --git a/examples/https/tracer.js b/examples/https/tracer.js
index eaec28f376..3ae1d6f074 100644
--- a/examples/https/tracer.js
+++ b/examples/https/tracer.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const opentelemetry = require('@opentelemetry/core');
-const { NodeTracerRegistry } = require('@opentelemetry/node');
+const opentelemetry = require('@opentelemetry/api');
+const { NodeTracerProvider } = require('@opentelemetry/node');
 const { SimpleSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/tracing');
 const { JaegerExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger');
 const { ZipkinExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin');
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ process.env.NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED = '0';
 
 module.exports = (serviceName) => {
   let exporter;
-  const registry = new NodeTracerRegistry();
+  const provider = new NodeTracerProvider();
 
   if (EXPORTER.toLowerCase().startsWith('z')) {
     exporter = new ZipkinExporter({
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ module.exports = (serviceName) => {
     });
   }
 
-  registry.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter));
+  provider.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter));
 
-  // Initialize the OpenTelemetry APIs to use the BasicTracerRegistry bindings
-  opentelemetry.initGlobalTracerRegistry(registry);
+  // Initialize the OpenTelemetry APIs to use the BasicTracerProvider bindings
+  opentelemetry.trace.initGlobalTracerProvider(provider);
 
-  return opentelemetry.getTracer();
+  return opentelemetry.trace.getTracer('https-example');
 };
diff --git a/examples/ioredis/package.json b/examples/ioredis/package.json
index b356bfd047..f1ed93f53e 100644
--- a/examples/ioredis/package.json
+++ b/examples/ioredis/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@opentelemetry/core": "^0.3.3",
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/node": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/plugin-ioredis": "^0.3.3",
diff --git a/examples/ioredis/tracer.js b/examples/ioredis/tracer.js
index f806749c7a..822a2fce44 100644
--- a/examples/ioredis/tracer.js
+++ b/examples/ioredis/tracer.js
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const opentelemetry = require('@opentelemetry/core');
-const { NodeTracerRegistry } = require('@opentelemetry/node');
+const opentelemetry = require('@opentelemetry/api');
+const { NodeTracerProvider } = require('@opentelemetry/node');
 const { SimpleSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/tracing');
 const { JaegerExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger');
 
-const tracerRegistry = new NodeTracerRegistry();
+const provider = new NodeTracerProvider();
 
 const exporter = new JaegerExporter({ serviceName: 'ioredis-example' });
 
-tracerRegistry.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter));
+provider.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter));
 
 // Initialize the OpenTelemetry APIs to use the BasicTracer bindings
-opentelemetry.initGlobalTracerRegistry(tracerRegistry);
+opentelemetry.trace.initGlobalTracerProvider(provider);
 
-module.exports = opentelemetry.getTracer();
+module.exports = opentelemetry.trace.getTracer('ioredis-example');
diff --git a/examples/mysql/package.json b/examples/mysql/package.json
index 09e3e92eb5..208d3d298c 100644
--- a/examples/mysql/package.json
+++ b/examples/mysql/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@opentelemetry/core": "^0.3.3",
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/node": "^0.3.3",
diff --git a/examples/mysql/tracer.js b/examples/mysql/tracer.js
index e3e93e4d79..7193230276 100644
--- a/examples/mysql/tracer.js
+++ b/examples/mysql/tracer.js
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const opentelemetry = require('@opentelemetry/core');
-const { NodeTracerRegistry } = require('@opentelemetry/node');
+const opentelemetry = require('@opentelemetry/api');
+const { NodeTracerProvider } = require('@opentelemetry/node');
 const { SimpleSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/tracing');
 const { JaegerExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger');
 const { ZipkinExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin');
 
 module.exports = (serviceName) => {
-  const registry = new NodeTracerRegistry({
+  const provider = new NodeTracerProvider({
     plugins: {
       mysql: {
         enabled: true,
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ module.exports = (serviceName) => {
     },
   });
 
-  registry.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(new ZipkinExporter({
+  provider.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(new ZipkinExporter({
     serviceName,
   })));
-  registry.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(new JaegerExporter({
+  provider.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(new JaegerExporter({
     serviceName,
   })));
 
-  // Initialize the OpenTelemetry APIs to use the BasicTracerRegistry bindings
-  opentelemetry.initGlobalTracerRegistry(registry);
+  // Initialize the OpenTelemetry APIs to use the BasicTracerProvider bindings
+  opentelemetry.trace.initGlobalTracerProvider(provider);
 
-  return opentelemetry.getTracer();
+  return opentelemetry.trace.getTracer('mysql-example');
 };
diff --git a/examples/opentracing-shim/shim.js b/examples/opentracing-shim/shim.js
index 4730f9e258..993445ab26 100644
--- a/examples/opentracing-shim/shim.js
+++ b/examples/opentracing-shim/shim.js
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const { NodeTracerRegistry } = require('@opentelemetry/node');
+const { NodeTracerProvider } = require('@opentelemetry/node');
 const { SimpleSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/tracing');
 const { JaegerExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger');
 const { ZipkinExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin');
 const { TracerShim } = require('@opentelemetry/shim-opentracing');
 
 function shim(serviceName) {
-  const registry = new NodeTracerRegistry();
+  const provider = new NodeTracerProvider();
 
-  registry.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(getExporter(serviceName)));
+  provider.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(getExporter(serviceName)));
 
-  return new TracerShim(registry.getTracer('opentracing-shim'));
+  return new TracerShim(provider.getTracer('opentracing-shim'));
 }
 
 function getExporter(serviceName) {
diff --git a/examples/postgres/package.json b/examples/postgres/package.json
index 52b291bff2..8fcc5218a7 100644
--- a/examples/postgres/package.json
+++ b/examples/postgres/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@opentelemetry/core": "^0.3.3",
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/node": "^0.3.3",
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     "@opentelemetry/plugin-pg": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/plugin-pg-pool": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/tracing": "^0.3.3",
-    "@opentelemetry/types": "^0.3.3",
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^0.3.3",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "pg": "^7.12.1"
   },
diff --git a/examples/postgres/server.js b/examples/postgres/server.js
index 1c317a6595..b893acd4f8 100644
--- a/examples/postgres/server.js
+++ b/examples/postgres/server.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/order
 const tracer = require('./tracer')('postgres-server-service');
-const { SpanKind, CanonicalCode } = require('@opentelemetry/types');
+const { SpanKind, CanonicalCode } = require('@opentelemetry/api');
 const express = require('express');
 const setupPg = require('./setupPsql');
 
diff --git a/examples/postgres/tracer.js b/examples/postgres/tracer.js
index ab1d34ddc1..0174270837 100644
--- a/examples/postgres/tracer.js
+++ b/examples/postgres/tracer.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const opentelemetry = require('@opentelemetry/core');
-const { NodeTracer } = require('@opentelemetry/node');
+const opentelemetry = require('@opentelemetry/api');
+const { NodeTracerProvider } = require('@opentelemetry/node');
 const { SimpleSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/tracing');
 const { JaegerExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger');
 const { ZipkinExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin');
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const { ZipkinExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin');
 const EXPORTER = process.env.EXPORTER || '';
 
 module.exports = (serviceName) => {
-  const tracer = new NodeTracer({
+  const provider = new NodeTracerProvider({
     plugins: {
       pg: {
         enabled: true,
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ module.exports = (serviceName) => {
     });
   }
 
-  tracer.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter));
+  provider.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter));
 
   // Initialize the OpenTelemetry APIs to use the BasicTracer bindings
-  opentelemetry.initGlobalTracer(tracer);
+  opentelemetry.trace.initGlobalTracerProvider(provider);
 
-  return opentelemetry.getTracer();
+  return opentelemetry.trace.getTracer('example-postgres');
 };
diff --git a/examples/prometheus/index.js b/examples/prometheus/index.js
index 7e6a85dee9..4b856bf849 100644
--- a/examples/prometheus/index.js
+++ b/examples/prometheus/index.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const { MeterRegistry } = require('@opentelemetry/metrics');
+const { MeterProvider } = require('@opentelemetry/metrics');
 const { PrometheusExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-prometheus');
 
-const meter = new MeterRegistry().getMeter('example-prometheus');
+const meter = new MeterProvider().getMeter('example-prometheus');
 
 const exporter = new PrometheusExporter(
   {
diff --git a/examples/redis/client.js b/examples/redis/client.js
index 30fd9b65ca..9fadc6f1a5 100644
--- a/examples/redis/client.js
+++ b/examples/redis/client.js
@@ -2,22 +2,22 @@
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/order
 const tracer = require('./tracer')('example-redis-client');
-const types = require('@opentelemetry/types');
+const api = require('@opentelemetry/api');
 const axios = require('axios').default;
 
 function makeRequest() {
   const span = tracer.startSpan('client.makeRequest()', {
     parent: tracer.getCurrentSpan(),
-    kind: types.SpanKind.CLIENT,
+    kind: api.SpanKind.CLIENT,
   });
 
   tracer.withSpan(span, async () => {
     try {
       const res = await axios.get('http://localhost:8080/run_test');
-      span.setStatus({ code: types.CanonicalCode.OK });
+      span.setStatus({ code: api.CanonicalCode.OK });
       console.log(res.statusText);
     } catch (e) {
-      span.setStatus({ code: types.CanonicalCode.UNKNOWN, message: e.message });
+      span.setStatus({ code: api.CanonicalCode.UNKNOWN, message: e.message });
     }
     span.end();
     console.log('Sleeping 5 seconds before shutdown to ensure all records are flushed.');
diff --git a/examples/redis/express-tracer-handlers.js b/examples/redis/express-tracer-handlers.js
index 1e15608ab5..9e8412a5c8 100644
--- a/examples/redis/express-tracer-handlers.js
+++ b/examples/redis/express-tracer-handlers.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const types = require('@opentelemetry/types');
+const api = require('@opentelemetry/api');
 
 function getMiddlewareTracer(tracer) {
   return (req, res, next) => {
     const span = tracer.startSpan(`express.middleware.tracer(${req.method} ${req.path})`, {
       parent: tracer.getCurrentSpan(),
-      kind: types.SpanKind.SERVER,
+      kind: api.SpanKind.SERVER,
     });
 
     // End this span before sending out the response
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function getErrorTracer(tracer) {
     console.error('Caught error', err.message);
     const span = tracer.getCurrentSpan();
     if (span) {
-      span.setStatus({ code: types.CanonicalCode.INTERNAL, message: err.message });
+      span.setStatus({ code: api.CanonicalCode.INTERNAL, message: err.message });
     }
     res.status(500).send(err.message);
   };
diff --git a/examples/redis/package.json b/examples/redis/package.json
index 538dab4d12..716dff24a2 100644
--- a/examples/redis/package.json
+++ b/examples/redis/package.json
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@opentelemetry/core": "^0.3.3",
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/node": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/plugin-http": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/plugin-redis": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/tracing": "^0.3.3",
-    "@opentelemetry/types": "^0.3.3",
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^0.3.3",
     "axios": "^0.19.0",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "redis": "^2.8.0"
diff --git a/examples/redis/tracer.js b/examples/redis/tracer.js
index fa2680830a..1f22877416 100644
--- a/examples/redis/tracer.js
+++ b/examples/redis/tracer.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const opentelemetry = require('@opentelemetry/core');
-const { NodeTracerRegistry } = require('@opentelemetry/node');
+const opentelemetry = require('@opentelemetry/api');
+const { NodeTracerProvider } = require('@opentelemetry/node');
 const { SimpleSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/tracing');
 const { JaegerExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger');
 const { ZipkinExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin');
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const EXPORTER = process.env.EXPORTER || '';
 
 
 module.exports = (serviceName) => {
-  const registry = new NodeTracerRegistry();
+  const provider = new NodeTracerProvider();
 
   let exporter;
   if (EXPORTER.toLowerCase().startsWith('z')) {
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ module.exports = (serviceName) => {
     });
   }
 
-  registry.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter));
+  provider.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter));
 
-  // Initialize the OpenTelemetry APIs to use the BasicTracerRegistry bindings
-  opentelemetry.initGlobalTracerRegistry(registry);
+  // Initialize the OpenTelemetry APIs to use the BasicTracerProvider bindings
+  opentelemetry.trace.initGlobalTracerProvider(provider);
 
-  return opentelemetry.getTracer();
+  return opentelemetry.trace.getTracer('redis-example');
 };
diff --git a/examples/stackdriver-trace/index.js b/examples/stackdriver-trace/index.js
index 7dda540e81..83e43103a0 100644
--- a/examples/stackdriver-trace/index.js
+++ b/examples/stackdriver-trace/index.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const opentelemetry = require('@opentelemetry/core');
-const { BasicTracerRegistry, SimpleSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/tracing');
-const { CanonicalCode } = require('@opentelemetry/types');
+const opentelemetry = require('@opentelemetry/api');
+const { BasicTracerProvider, SimpleSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/tracing');
+const { CanonicalCode } = require('@opentelemetry/api');
 const { StackdriverTraceExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-stackdriver-trace');
 
 // Initialize an exporter
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ const exporter = new StackdriverTraceExporter({
   projectId: '<PROJECT_ID>',
 });
 
-const registry = new BasicTracerRegistry();
+const provider = new BasicTracerProvider();
 
 // Configure span processor to send spans to the provided exporter
-registry.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter));
+provider.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter));
 
-// Initialize the OpenTelemetry APIs to use the BasicTracerRegistry bindings
-opentelemetry.initGlobalTracerRegistry(registry);
-const tracer = opentelemetry.getTracer('stackdriver-basic');
+// Initialize the OpenTelemetry APIs to use the BasicTracerProvider bindings
+opentelemetry.trace.initGlobalTracerProvider(provider);
+const tracer = opentelemetry.trace.getTracer('stackdriver-basic');
 
 // Create a span. A span must be closed.
 const root = tracer.startSpan('main');
diff --git a/examples/stackdriver-trace/package.json b/examples/stackdriver-trace/package.json
index a670009ef6..6ba6567dc2 100644
--- a/examples/stackdriver-trace/package.json
+++ b/examples/stackdriver-trace/package.json
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@opentelemetry/core": "^0.3.3",
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-stackdriver-trace": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/tracing": "^0.3.3",
-    "@opentelemetry/types": "^0.3.3"
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^0.3.3"
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js#readme",
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/examples/tracer-web/examples/document-load/index.js b/examples/tracer-web/examples/document-load/index.js
index 77b7248825..d6f4d9d65f 100644
--- a/examples/tracer-web/examples/document-load/index.js
+++ b/examples/tracer-web/examples/document-load/index.js
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 import { ConsoleSpanExporter, SimpleSpanProcessor } from '@opentelemetry/tracing';
-import { WebTracerRegistry } from '@opentelemetry/web';
+import { WebTracerProvider } from '@opentelemetry/web';
 import { DocumentLoad } from '@opentelemetry/plugin-document-load';
 import { ZoneScopeManager } from '@opentelemetry/scope-zone';
 import { CollectorExporter } from '@opentelemetry/exporter-collector';
 
-const registry = new WebTracerRegistry({
+const provider = new WebTracerProvider({
   plugins: [
     new DocumentLoad(),
   ],
 });
-registry.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(new ConsoleSpanExporter()));
+provider.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(new ConsoleSpanExporter()));
 
-const registryWithZone = new WebTracerRegistry({
+const providerWithZone = new WebTracerProvider({
   scopeManager: new ZoneScopeManager(),
   plugins: [
     new DocumentLoad(),
   ],
 });
-registryWithZone.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(new ConsoleSpanExporter()));
-registryWithZone.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(new CollectorExporter()));
+providerWithZone.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(new ConsoleSpanExporter()));
+providerWithZone.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(new CollectorExporter()));
 
-const tracerWithZone = registryWithZone.getTracer('example-tracer-web');
+const tracerWithZone = providerWithZone.getTracer('example-tracer-web');
 let window;
 console.log('Current span is window', tracerWithZone.getCurrentSpan() === window);
 
diff --git a/examples/tracer-web/package.json b/examples/tracer-web/package.json
index ac246d9c1a..7a68243c30 100644
--- a/examples/tracer-web/package.json
+++ b/examples/tracer-web/package.json
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     "webpack-merge": "^4.2.2"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@opentelemetry/core": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-collector": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/plugin-document-load": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/plugin-xml-http-request": "^0.3.3",
diff --git a/getting-started/README.md b/getting-started/README.md
index 61ae41d7e8..b8a491a6c0 100644
--- a/getting-started/README.md
+++ b/getting-started/README.md
@@ -73,14 +73,14 @@ Create a file named `tracing.js` and add the following code:
 ```javascript
 'use strict';
 
-const opentelemetry = require("@opentelemetry/core");
-const { NodeTracerRegistry } = require("@opentelemetry/node");
+const opentelemetry = require("@opentelemetry/api");
+const { NodeTracerProvider } = require("@opentelemetry/node");
 
-const tracerRegistry = new NodeTracerRegistry({
+const provider = new NodeTracerProvider({
   logLevel: opentelemetry.LogLevel.ERROR
 });
 
-opentelemetry.initGlobalTracerRegistry(tracerRegistry);
+opentelemetry.trace.initGlobalTracerProvider(provider);
 ```
 
 If you run your application now with `node -r ./tracing.js app.js`, your application will create and propagate traces over HTTP. If an already instrumented service that supports [Trace Context](https://www.w3.org/TR/trace-context/) headers calls your application using HTTP, and you call another application using HTTP, the Trace Context headers will be correctly propagated.
@@ -109,19 +109,19 @@ After these dependencies are installed, we will need to initialize and register
 ```javascript
 'use strict';
 
-const opentelemetry = require("@opentelemetry/core");
-const { NodeTracerRegistry } = require("@opentelemetry/node");
-
+const opentelemetry = require("@opentelemetry/api");
+const { LogLevel } = require("@opentelemetry/core");
+const { NodeTracerProvider } = require("@opentelemetry/node");
 const { SimpleSpanProcessor } = require("@opentelemetry/tracing");
 const { ZipkinExporter } = require("@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin");
 
-const tracerRegistry = new NodeTracerRegistry({
-  logLevel: opentelemetry.LogLevel.ERROR
+const provider = new NodeTracerProvider({
+  logLevel: LogLevel.ERROR
 });
 
-opentelemetry.initGlobalTracerRegistry(tracerRegistry);
+opentelemetry.trace.initGlobalTracerProvider(provider);
 
-tracerRegistry.addSpanProcessor(
+provider.addSpanProcessor(
   new SimpleSpanProcessor(
     new ZipkinExporter({
       serviceName: "getting-started",
@@ -238,9 +238,9 @@ Create a file named `monitoring.js` and add the following code:
 ```javascript
 'use strict';
 
-const { MeterRegistry } = require('@opentelemetry/metrics');
+const { MeterProvider } = require('@opentelemetry/metrics');
 
-const meter = new MeterRegistry().getMeter('your-meter-name');
+const meter = new MeterProvider().getMeter('your-meter-name');
 ```
 
 Now, you can require this file from your application code and use the `Meter` to create and manage metrics. The simplest of these metrics is a counter. Let's create and export from our `monitoring.js` file a middleware function that express can use to count all requests by route. Modify the `monitoring.js` file so that it looks like this:
@@ -248,9 +248,9 @@ Now, you can require this file from your application code and use the `Meter` to
 ```javascript
 'use strict';
 
-const { MeterRegistry } = require('@opentelemetry/metrics');
+const { MeterProvider } = require('@opentelemetry/metrics');
 
-const meter = new MeterRegistry().getMeter('your-meter-name');
+const meter = new MeterProvider().getMeter('your-meter-name');
 
 const requestCount = meter.createCounter("requests", {
   monotonic: true,
@@ -301,10 +301,10 @@ Next, modify your `monitoring.js` file to look like this:
 ```javascript
 "use strict";
 
-const { MeterRegistry } = require('@opentelemetry/metrics');
+const { MeterProvider } = require('@opentelemetry/metrics');
 const { PrometheusExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-prometheus');
 
-const meter = new MeterRegistry().getMeter('your-meter-name');
+const meter = new MeterProvider().getMeter('your-meter-name');
 
 meter.addExporter(
   new PrometheusExporter(
diff --git a/getting-started/monitored-example/monitoring.js b/getting-started/monitored-example/monitoring.js
index 4567c158d1..0cc8daa8ce 100644
--- a/getting-started/monitored-example/monitoring.js
+++ b/getting-started/monitored-example/monitoring.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 "use strict";
 
-const { MeterRegistry } = require('@opentelemetry/metrics');
+const { MeterProvider } = require('@opentelemetry/metrics');
 const { PrometheusExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-prometheus');
 
-const meter = new MeterRegistry().getMeter('example-monitored');
+const meter = new MeterProvider().getMeter('example-monitored');
 
 meter.addExporter(
   new PrometheusExporter(
diff --git a/getting-started/traced-example/tracing.js b/getting-started/traced-example/tracing.js
index 4f265d0539..901007d205 100644
--- a/getting-started/traced-example/tracing.js
+++ b/getting-started/traced-example/tracing.js
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 "use strict";
 
-const opentelemetry = require("@opentelemetry/core");
-const { NodeTracerRegistry } = require("@opentelemetry/node");
-
+const opentelemetry = require("@opentelemetry/api");
+const { NodeTracerProvider } = require("@opentelemetry/node");
 const { SimpleSpanProcessor } = require("@opentelemetry/tracing");
 const { ZipkinExporter } = require("@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin");
 
-const tracerRegistry = new NodeTracerRegistry({ logLevel: opentelemetry.LogLevel.ERROR });
-opentelemetry.initGlobalTracerRegistry(tracerRegistry);
+const provider = new NodeTracerProvider({ logLevel: opentelemetry.LogLevel.ERROR });
+opentelemetry.trace.initGlobalTracerProvider(provider);
 
-tracer.addSpanProcessor(
+provider.addSpanProcessor(
   new SimpleSpanProcessor(
     new ZipkinExporter({
       serviceName: "getting-started"
diff --git a/getting-started/ts-example/README.md b/getting-started/ts-example/README.md
index ac188fcfb4..28a31cd96f 100644
--- a/getting-started/ts-example/README.md
+++ b/getting-started/ts-example/README.md
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ $ npm install \
   @opentelemetry/core \
   @opentelemetry/node \
   @opentelemetry/plugin-http \
-  @opentelemetry/types
+  @opentelemetry/api
 ```
 
 #### Initialize a global tracer
@@ -72,14 +72,15 @@ All tracing initialization should happen before your application’s code runs.
 Create a file named `tracing.ts` and add the following code:
 
 ```typescript
-import * as opentelemetry from '@opentelemetry/core';
-import { NodeTracer } from '@opentelemetry/node';
+import * as opentelemetry from '@opentelemetry/api';
+import { LogLevel } from '@opentelemetry/core';
+import { NodeTracerProvider } from '@opentelemetry/node';
 
-const tracer: NodeTracer = new NodeTracer({
-  logLevel: opentelemetry.LogLevel.ERROR
+const provider: NodeTracerProvider = new NodeTracerProvider({
+  logLevel: LogLevel.ERROR
 });
 
-opentelemetry.initGlobalTracer(tracer);
+opentelemetry.trace.initGlobalTracerProvider(provider);
 ```
 
 If you run your application now with `ts-node -r ./tracing.ts app.ts`, your application will create and propagate traces over HTTP. If an already instrumented service that supports [Trace Context](https://www.w3.org/TR/trace-context/) headers calls your application using HTTP, and you call another application using HTTP, the Trace Context headers will be correctly propagated.
@@ -106,21 +107,21 @@ $ # npm install @opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger
 After these dependencies are installed, we will need to initialize and register them. Modify `tracing.ts` so that it matches the following code snippet, replacing the service name `"getting-started"` with your own service name if you wish.
 
 ```typescript
-import * as opentelemetry from '@opentelemetry/core';
-import { NodeTracer } from '@opentelemetry/node';
+import * as opentelemetry from '@opentelemetry/api';
+import { NodeTracerProvider } from '@opentelemetry/node';
 
 import { SimpleSpanProcessor } from '@opentelemetry/tracing';
 import { ZipkinExporter } from '@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin';
 // For Jaeger, use the following line instead:
 // import { JaegerExporter } from '@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger';
 
-const tracer: NodeTracer = new NodeTracer({
+const provider: NodeTracerProvider = new NodeTracerProvider({
   logLevel: opentelemetry.LogLevel.ERROR
 });
 
-opentelemetry.initGlobalTracer(tracer);
+opentelemetry.trace.initGlobalTracerProvider(provider);
 
-tracer.addSpanProcessor(
+provider.addSpanProcessor(
   new SimpleSpanProcessor(
     new ZipkinExporter({
     // For Jaeger, use the following line instead:
@@ -236,18 +237,18 @@ In order to create and monitor metrics, we will need a `Meter`. In OpenTelemetry
 Create a file named `monitoring.ts` and add the following code:
 
 ```typescript
-import { MeterRegistry } from '@opentelemetry/metrics';
+import { MeterProvider } from '@opentelemetry/metrics';
 
-const meter = new MeterRegistry().getMeter('your-meter-name');
+const meter = new MeterProvider().getMeter('your-meter-name');
 ```
 
 Now, you can require this file from your application code and use the `Meter` to create and manage metrics. The simplest of these metrics is a counter. Let's create and export from our `monitoring.ts` file a middleware function that express can use to count all requests by route. Modify the `monitoring.ts` file so that it looks like this:
 
 ```typescript
-import { MeterRegistry } from '@opentelemetry/metrics';
-import { Metric, BoundCounter } from '@opentelemetry/types';
+import { MeterProvider } from '@opentelemetry/metrics';
+import { Metric, BoundCounter } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 
-const meter = new MeterRegistry().getMeter('your-meter-name');
+const meter = new MeterProvider().getMeter('your-meter-name');
 
 const requestCount: Metric<BoundCounter> = meter.createCounter("requests", {
   monotonic: true,
@@ -296,11 +297,11 @@ $ npm install @opentelemetry/exporter-prometheus
 Next, modify your `monitoring.ts` file to look like this:
 
 ```typescript
-import { MeterRegistry } from '@opentelemetry/metrics';
-import { Metric, BoundCounter } from '@opentelemetry/types';
+import { MeterProvider } from '@opentelemetry/metrics';
+import { Metric, BoundCounter } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { PrometheusExporter } from '@opentelemetry/exporter-prometheus';
 
-const meter = new MeterRegistry().getMeter('your-meter-name');
+const meter = new MeterProvider().getMeter('your-meter-name');
 
 meter.addExporter(
   new PrometheusExporter({ startServer: true }, () => {
diff --git a/getting-started/ts-example/monitoring.ts b/getting-started/ts-example/monitoring.ts
index 1dd3b57037..2221815e47 100644
--- a/getting-started/ts-example/monitoring.ts
+++ b/getting-started/ts-example/monitoring.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import { MeterRegistry } from '@opentelemetry/metrics';
-import { Metric, BoundCounter } from '@opentelemetry/types';
+import { MeterProvider } from '@opentelemetry/metrics';
+import { Metric, BoundCounter } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { PrometheusExporter } from '@opentelemetry/exporter-prometheus';
 
-const meter = new MeterRegistry().getMeter('example-ts');
+const meter = new MeterProvider().getMeter('example-ts');
 
 meter.addExporter(
   new PrometheusExporter({ startServer: true }, () => {
diff --git a/getting-started/ts-example/package.json b/getting-started/ts-example/package.json
index cb80ec9ead..03f13ec9be 100644
--- a/getting-started/ts-example/package.json
+++ b/getting-started/ts-example/package.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     "ts-node": "^8.6.2"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/core": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-prometheus": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin": "^0.3.3",
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@
     "@opentelemetry/node": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/plugin-http": "^0.3.3",
     "@opentelemetry/tracing": "^0.3.3",
-    "@opentelemetry/types": "^0.3.3",
     "axios": "^0.19.1",
     "express": "^4.17.1"
   }
diff --git a/getting-started/ts-example/tracing.ts b/getting-started/ts-example/tracing.ts
index ddaac1a760..cc8bae9b15 100644
--- a/getting-started/ts-example/tracing.ts
+++ b/getting-started/ts-example/tracing.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-import * as opentelemetry from "@opentelemetry/core";
-import { NodeTracerRegistry } from "@opentelemetry/node";
+import * as opentelemetry from "@opentelemetry/api";
+import { NodeTracerProvider } from "@opentelemetry/node";
 import { SimpleSpanProcessor } from "@opentelemetry/tracing";
 import { ZipkinExporter } from "@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin";
 
-const tracerRegistry: NodeTracerRegistry = new NodeTracerRegistry({
+const provider: NodeTracerProvider = new NodeTracerProvider({
   logLevel: opentelemetry.LogLevel.ERROR
 });
 
-opentelemetry.initGlobalTracerRegistry(tracerRegistry);
+opentelemetry.trace.initGlobalTracerProvider(provider);
 
-tracerRegistry.addSpanProcessor(
+provider.addSpanProcessor(
   new SimpleSpanProcessor(
     new ZipkinExporter({
       serviceName: "getting-started"
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-node/README.md b/packages/opentelemetry-node/README.md
index 92c011d6e9..d0a10939b7 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-node/README.md
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-node/README.md
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ const provider = new NodeTracerProvider({
 });
 
 // Initialize the provider
-opentelemetry.initGlobalTracerProvider(provider);
+opentelemetry.trace.initGlobalTracerProvider(provider);
 
 // Your application code - http will automatically be instrumented if
 // @opentelemetry/plugin-http is present