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Provide clarification for how this specification is different from TraceContext. #109

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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion abstract/common-abstract.md
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This specification defines a standard for representing and propagating a set of user-defined properties associated with a distributed request.
This specification defines a standard for representing and propagating a set of application-defined properties associated with a distributed request.
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This is independent of the [Trace Context](https://www.w3.org/TR/trace-context/) specification. This can be used independent of whether Distributed Tracing is used. This standardizes representing and propagating application-defined properties. In contrast, Trace Context standardizes representing and propagating the trace context needed to enable Distributed Tracing scenarios.
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion abstract/common-sotd.md
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([FPWD](https://www.w3.org/2017/Process-20170301/#working-draft)). There are a
few implementations of this protocol available. Experimental interoperability
scenarios were run and have demonstrated promising results. The specification will be
progressed into Candidate Recommendation stage after that, drafts for binary, AMQP and
progressed into Candidate Recommendation stage. After that, the drafts for binary, AMQP, and
MQTT protocols will be written to make sure the concepts and structure defined
in this specification can be ported to other protocols.