1 // Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
2 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
3 4 /*
5 Package otel provides global access to the OpenTelemetry API. The subpackages of
6 the otel package provide an implementation of the OpenTelemetry API.
7 8 The provided API is used to instrument code and measure data about that code's
9 performance and operation. The measured data, by default, is not processed or
10 transmitted anywhere. An implementation of the OpenTelemetry SDK, like the
11 default SDK implementation (go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk), and associated
12 exporters are used to process and transport this data.
13 14 To read the getting started guide, see https://opentelemetry.io/docs/languages/go/getting-started/.
15 16 To read more about tracing, see go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace.
17 18 To read more about metrics, see go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric.
19 20 To read more about logs, see go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log.
21 22 To read more about propagation, see go.opentelemetry.io/otel/propagation and
23 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/baggage.
24 */
25 package otel // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
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