From 6f2c8f6d0bcbc2f7c74a136a0d0964f308ebcdd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Trask Stalnaker Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 13:56:41 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Metric namespaces should not be pluralized --- CHANGELOG.md | 2 ++ specification/metrics/semantic_conventions/README.md | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md index 6f6eb8152b1..390a66069bc 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG.md +++ b/CHANGELOG.md @@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ release. ([#3242](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/3242)) - Promote MetricProducer specification to feature-freeze. ([#3600](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/3600)) +- Metric namespaces SHOULD NOT be pluralized. + ([#3663](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/3663)) ### Logs diff --git a/specification/metrics/semantic_conventions/README.md b/specification/metrics/semantic_conventions/README.md index 1bd0f041437..c6d7e576b8a 100644 --- a/specification/metrics/semantic_conventions/README.md +++ b/specification/metrics/semantic_conventions/README.md @@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ using the OpenMetrics exposition format, use the ### Pluralization +Metric namespaces SHOULD NOT be pluralized. + Metric names SHOULD NOT be pluralized, unless the value being recorded represents discrete instances of a [countable quantity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_noun).