From eb97d5141309d8a25dc60f1b5f9ef2afc42bd9a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anuraag Agrawal Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 11:52:09 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify SDK must apply a default aggregation if not specified. --- specification/metrics/sdk.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/specification/metrics/sdk.md b/specification/metrics/sdk.md index 4380d824513..552942b7c5a 100644 --- a/specification/metrics/sdk.md +++ b/specification/metrics/sdk.md @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ are the inputs: * The `extra dimensions` which come from Baggage/Context (optional). If not provided, no extra dimension will be used. Please note that this only applies to [synchronous Instruments](./api.md#synchronous-instrument). - * The `aggregation` (optional) to be used. If not provided, the SDK SHOULD + * The `aggregation` (optional) to be used. If not provided, the SDK MUST apply a [default aggregation](#default-aggregation). If the aggregation outputs metric points that use aggregation temporality (e.g. Histogram, Sum), the SDK SHOULD handle the aggregation temporality based on the