diff --git a/semantic_conventions/metrics/container.yaml b/semantic_conventions/metrics/container.yaml
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+++ b/semantic_conventions/metrics/container.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+groups:
+  - id: metric.container.cpu.usage
+    type: metric
+    metric_name: container.cpu.usage
+    brief: "Recent CPU utilization for the container."
+    note: >
+      CPU usage percentage normalized by the number of CPU cores.
+      The value range is [0.0,1.0].
+    instrument: gauge
+    unit: "1"
+    extends: attributes.container.cpu
+    attributes:
+      - ref: container.name
+      - ref: container.id
+      - ref: container.runtime
+      - ref: container.image.name
+      - ref: container.image.tag
+  - id: metric.container.memory.usage
+    type: metric
+    metric_name: container.memory.usage
+    brief: "Recent memory utilization for the container."
+    note: >
+      Memory usage percentage.
+      The value range is [0.0,1.0].
+    instrument: gauge
+    unit: "1"
+    extends: attributes.container.memory
+    attributes:
+      - ref: container.name
+      - ref: container.id
+      - ref: container.runtime
+      - ref: container.image.name
+      - ref: container.image.tag
+  - id: metric.container.disk.read.bytes
+    type: metric
+    metric_name: container.disk.read.bytes
+    brief: "Disk read bytes for the container."
+    note: >
+      The total number of bytes read
+      successfully (aggregated from all disks)
+      since the last metric collection.
+    instrument: gauge
+    unit: "By"
+    extends: attributes.container.disk.read
+    attributes:
+      - ref: container.name
+      - ref: container.id
+      - ref: container.runtime
+      - ref: container.image.name
+      - ref: container.image.tag
+  - id: metric.container.disk.write.bytes
+    type: metric
+    metric_name: container.disk.write.bytes
+    brief: "Disk write bytes for the container."
+    note: >
+      The total number of bytes written 
+      successfully (aggregated from all disks)
+      since the last metric collection
+    instrument: gauge
+    unit: "By"
+    extends: attributes.container.disk.write
+    attributes:
+      - ref: container.name
+      - ref: container.id
+      - ref: container.runtime
+      - ref: container.image.name
+      - ref: container.image.tag
+  - id: metric.container.network.ingress.bytes
+    type: metric
+    metric_name: container.network.ingress.bytes
+    brief: "Network ingress bytes for the container."
+    note: >
+      The number of bytes received
+      on all network interfaces
+      by the container since
+      the last metric collection.
+    instrument: gauge
+    unit: "By"
+    extends: attributes.container.network.ingress.bytes
+    attributes:
+      - ref: container.name
+      - ref: container.id
+      - ref: container.runtime
+      - ref: container.image.name
+      - ref: container.image.tag
+  - id: metric.container.network.egress.bytes
+    type: metric
+    metric_name: container.network.egress.bytes
+    brief: "Network egress bytes for the container."
+    note: >
+      The number of bytes sent out
+      on all network interfaces
+      by the container since
+      the last metric collection.
+    instrument: gauge
+    unit: "By"
+    extends: attributes.container.network.egress.bytes
+    attributes:
+      - ref: container.name
+      - ref: container.id
+      - ref: container.runtime
+      - ref: container.image.name
+      - ref: container.image.tag
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diff --git a/semantic_conventions/resource/container.yaml b/semantic_conventions/resource/container.yaml
index 6fdb1fd42f..17576ddc97 100644
--- a/semantic_conventions/resource/container.yaml
+++ b/semantic_conventions/resource/container.yaml
@@ -32,3 +32,21 @@ groups:
         brief: >
           Container image tag.
         examples: ['0.1']
+      - id: network.ingress.bytes
+        type: metric
+        metric_name: container.network.ingress.bytes
+        brief: "Network ingress bytes for the container."
+        note: >
+          The number of bytes sent out on all network interfaces
+          by the container since the last metric collection.
+        instrument: gauge
+        unit: "By"
+      - id: network.egress.bytes
+        type: metric
+        metric_name: container.network.egress.bytes
+        brief: "Network egress bytes for the container."
+        note: >
+          The number of bytes received on all network interfaces
+          by the container since the last metric collection.
+        instrument: gauge
+        unit: "By"
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