diff --git a/specification/api-tracing.md b/specification/api-tracing.md
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--- a/specification/api-tracing.md
+++ b/specification/api-tracing.md
@@ -286,6 +286,14 @@ a root span, and MUST generate a new `TraceId` for each root span created.
 For a Span with a parent, the `TraceId` MUST be the same as the parent.
 Also, the child span MUST inherit all `TraceState` values of its parent by default.
 
+The option for creating a span as a root span should allow to choose whether the
+ignored parents in `Context` should be captured as links in the new span. If the
+links should be captured then the implementation SHOULD add those possible
+parents as [`Link`s](#add-links) to the new `Span`. For description of the
+ignored-parent link attributes, see [Link
+Conventions](data-link-semantic-conventions.md#ignored-parent). The capturing is
+off by default.
+
 A `Span` is said to have a _remote parent_ if it is the child of a `Span`
 created in another process. Each propagators' deserialization must set
 `IsRemote` to true on a parent `SpanContext` so `Span` creation knows if the
diff --git a/specification/data-link-semantic-conventions.md b/specification/data-link-semantic-conventions.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Link Conventions
+
+This document is about standard attributes for
+[Links](api-tracing.md#add-links).
+
+## Document conventions
+
+Attributes are divided into groups, describing certain characteristics of a
+link. Attributes in each group start with a specified prefix and a dot.
+
+Attribute groups in this document have a **Required** column. If a link has at
+least one attribute from the group, then it MUST also contain all the required
+attributes of the group.
+
+## Link types
+
+* [Ignored parent](#ignored-parent)
+
+### Ignored parent
+
+**Prefix:** parent
+
+**Description:** These attributes are used to denote a span context that was
+ignored during a span creation as a parent and thus became only linked to the
+span.
+
+| Attribute | Description | Example | Required? |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| parent.kind | Kind of ignored span context. It MUST be either "local" or "remote". "local" denotes a span context that was a part of a current span at the time of a creation of the link. "remote" denotes a span context that was a part of remote span at the time of a creation of the link. | "local" | Yes |
diff --git a/specification/data-semantic-conventions.md b/specification/data-semantic-conventions.md
index 48280a63bec..453f4254b7a 100644
--- a/specification/data-semantic-conventions.md
+++ b/specification/data-semantic-conventions.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Span attributes.
 
 * [Resource Conventions](data-resource-semantic-conventions.md)
 * [Span Conventions](#span-conventions)
+* [Link Conventions](data-link-semantic-conventions.md)
 
 The type of the attribute SHOULD be specified in the semantic convention
 for that attribute. Array values are allowed for attributes. For