diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/__init__.py
index 62348917824..e6fb4634177 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/__init__.py
@@ -65,69 +65,13 @@
 import pkg_resources
 
 from opentelemetry.sdk.environment_variables import OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES
+from opentelemetry.sdk.resources.attributes import ResourceAttributes
 
 LabelValue = typing.Union[str, bool, int, float]
 Attributes = typing.Dict[str, LabelValue]
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-CLOUD_PROVIDER = "cloud.provider"
-CLOUD_ACCOUNT_ID = "cloud.account.id"
-CLOUD_REGION = "cloud.region"
-CLOUD_ZONE = "cloud.zone"
-CONTAINER_NAME = "container.name"
-CONTAINER_ID = "container.id"
-CONTAINER_IMAGE_NAME = "container.image.name"
-CONTAINER_IMAGE_TAG = "container.image.tag"
-DEPLOYMENT_ENVIRONMENT = "deployment.environment"
-FAAS_NAME = "faas.name"
-FAAS_ID = "faas.id"
-FAAS_VERSION = "faas.version"
-FAAS_INSTANCE = "faas.instance"
-HOST_NAME = "host.name"
-HOST_TYPE = "host.type"
-HOST_IMAGE_NAME = "host.image.name"
-HOST_IMAGE_ID = "host.image.id"
-HOST_IMAGE_VERSION = "host.image.version"
-KUBERNETES_CLUSTER_NAME = "k8s.cluster.name"
-KUBERNETES_NAMESPACE_NAME = "k8s.namespace.name"
-KUBERNETES_POD_UID = "k8s.pod.uid"
-KUBERNETES_POD_NAME = "k8s.pod.name"
-KUBERNETES_CONTAINER_NAME = "k8s.container.name"
-KUBERNETES_REPLICA_SET_UID = "k8s.replicaset.uid"
-KUBERNETES_REPLICA_SET_NAME = "k8s.replicaset.name"
-KUBERNETES_DEPLOYMENT_UID = "k8s.deployment.uid"
-KUBERNETES_DEPLOYMENT_NAME = "k8s.deployment.name"
-KUBERNETES_STATEFUL_SET_UID = "k8s.statefulset.uid"
-KUBERNETES_STATEFUL_SET_NAME = "k8s.statefulset.name"
-KUBERNETES_DAEMON_SET_UID = "k8s.daemonset.uid"
-KUBERNETES_DAEMON_SET_NAME = "k8s.daemonset.name"
-KUBERNETES_JOB_UID = "k8s.job.uid"
-KUBERNETES_JOB_NAME = "k8s.job.name"
-KUBERNETES_CRON_JOB_UID = "k8s.cronjob.uid"
-KUBERNETES_CRON_JOB_NAME = "k8s.cronjob.name"
-OS_TYPE = "os.type"
-OS_DESCRIPTION = "os.description"
-PROCESS_PID = "process.pid"
-PROCESS_EXECUTABLE_NAME = "process.executable.name"
-PROCESS_EXECUTABLE_PATH = "process.executable.path"
-PROCESS_COMMAND = "process.command"
-PROCESS_COMMAND_LINE = "process.command_line"
-PROCESS_COMMAND_ARGS = "process.command_args"
-PROCESS_OWNER = "process.owner"
-PROCESS_RUNTIME_NAME = "process.runtime.name"
-PROCESS_RUNTIME_VERSION = "process.runtime.version"
-PROCESS_RUNTIME_DESCRIPTION = "process.runtime.description"
-SERVICE_NAME = "service.name"
-SERVICE_NAMESPACE = "service.namespace"
-SERVICE_INSTANCE_ID = "service.instance.id"
-SERVICE_VERSION = "service.version"
-TELEMETRY_SDK_NAME = "telemetry.sdk.name"
-TELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION = "telemetry.sdk.version"
-TELEMETRY_AUTO_VERSION = "telemetry.auto.version"
-TELEMETRY_SDK_LANGUAGE = "telemetry.sdk.language"
-
-
 _OPENTELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION = pkg_resources.get_distribution(
     "opentelemetry-sdk"
 ).version
@@ -154,15 +98,17 @@ def create(attributes: typing.Optional[Attributes] = None) -> "Resource":
         resource = _DEFAULT_RESOURCE.merge(
             OTELResourceDetector().detect()
         ).merge(Resource(attributes))
-        if not resource.attributes.get(SERVICE_NAME, None):
+        if not resource.attributes.get(ResourceAttributes.SERVICE_NAME, None):
             default_service_name = "unknown_service"
             process_executable_name = resource.attributes.get(
-                PROCESS_EXECUTABLE_NAME, None
+                ResourceAttributes.PROCESS_EXECUTABLE_NAME, None
             )
             if process_executable_name:
                 default_service_name += ":" + process_executable_name
             resource = resource.merge(
-                Resource({SERVICE_NAME: default_service_name})
+                Resource(
+                    {ResourceAttributes.SERVICE_NAME: default_service_name}
+                )
             )
         return resource
 
@@ -202,9 +148,9 @@ def __hash__(self):
 _EMPTY_RESOURCE = Resource({})
 _DEFAULT_RESOURCE = Resource(
     {
-        TELEMETRY_SDK_LANGUAGE: "python",
-        TELEMETRY_SDK_NAME: "opentelemetry",
-        TELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION: _OPENTELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION,
+        ResourceAttributes.TELEMETRY_SDK_LANGUAGE: "python",
+        ResourceAttributes.TELEMETRY_SDK_NAME: "opentelemetry",
+        ResourceAttributes.TELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION: _OPENTELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION,
     }
 )