Semantic Convention for event attributes
Status: Experimental
This document describes the attributes of standalone Events that are represented
by LogRecords. All standalone Events have a name and a domain. The Event domain
is a namespace for event names and is used as a mechanism to avoid conflicts of
event names.
| Attribute | Type | Description | Examples | Requirement Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
event.name | string | The name identifies the event. | click; exception | Required |
event.domain | string | The domain identifies the context in which an event happened. An event name is unique only within a domain. [1] | browser | Required |
[1]: An event.name is supposed to be unique only in the context of an
event.domain, so this allows for two events in different domains to
have same event.name, yet be unrelated events.
event.domain has the following list of well-known values. If one of them applies, then the respective value MUST be used, otherwise a custom value MAY be used.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
browser | Events from browser apps |
device | Events from mobile apps |
k8s | Events from Kubernetes |