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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 or workflow execution.

This is independent of the [Trace Context](https://www.w3.org/TR/trace-context/) specification. Baggage can be used regardless of whether Distributed Tracing is used. This specification standardizes representation and propagation of application-defined properties. In contrast, Trace Context specification standardizes representation and propagation of the metadata needed to enable Distributed Tracing scenarios.
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.