This document is about standard attributes for Links.
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.
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 |