OpenTelemetry API

OpenTelemetry provides vendor-neutral APIs, SDKs, and instrumentation for generating traces, metrics, and logs. Essential for observability in scalable distributed software systems, enabling performance analysis and root cause diagnosis.

API entry from apis.yml

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aid: scalable-software-and-systems:opentelemetry
name: OpenTelemetry API
description: OpenTelemetry provides vendor-neutral APIs, SDKs, and instrumentation for generating traces,
  metrics, and logs. Essential for observability in scalable distributed software systems, enabling performance
  analysis and root cause diagnosis.
tags:
- Distributed Tracing
- Logs
- Metrics
- Observability
- Telemetry
humanURL: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification