Add links to Prometheus and OpenMetrics summary

open-telemetry · Nov 4, 2020 · 73d3942 · 73d3942
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diff --git a/opentelemetry/proto/metrics/v1/metrics.proto b/opentelemetry/proto/metrics/v1/metrics.proto
@@ -219,9 +219,11 @@ message DoubleHistogram {
 }
 
 // DoubleSummary metric data are used to convey quantile summaries,
-// a Prometheus and OpenMetrics data type. These data points cannot
-// always be merged in a meaningful way. While they can be useful in some
-// applications, histogram data points are recommended for new applications.
+// a Prometheus (see: https://prometheus.io/docs/concepts/metric_types/#summary)
+// and OpenMetrics (see: https://github.com/OpenObservability/OpenMetrics/blob/4dbf6075567ab43296eed941037c12951faafb92/protos/prometheus.proto#L45)
+// data type. These data points cannot always be merged in a meaningful way.
+// While they can be useful in some applications, histogram data points are
+// recommended for new applications.
 message DoubleSummary {
   repeated DoubleSummaryDataPoint data_points = 1;
 }