OpenTelemetry: Meet the Community, Build the Roadmap

The conference presentation discusses proposals for improving observability in the context of open telemetry, including capturing logs and profiles, semantic conventions for cloud spend and security use cases, and a standard query format for telemetry data.

• Proposals for improving observability in the context of open telemetry
• Capturing logs and profiles from client applications in addition to existing services and infrastructure
• Semantic conventions for cloud spend and security use cases
• Standard query format for telemetry data
• Collaboration with other CNCF projects

The presentation highlights the need for standardization in the observability space, particularly in the areas of data collection and query languages. The speaker notes that there are many different query languages in use, and proposes exploring a standardized format that is specific to the observability data set. The presentation also emphasizes the importance of collaboration with other CNCF projects, such as the FinOps Foundation, to leverage existing work and avoid duplication of effort.

This session is for anyone interested in observability or OpenTelemetry to learn more about the project, and to meet and discuss our status and roadmap with maintainers! We will begin with a brief presentation of our recent releases and roadmap for the next year, followed by in-person feedback from users and maintainers, and we will finish with a panel discussion hosted by governance committee members, technical committee members, and maintainers. This session provides a forum for end-users, contributors, and maintainers to meet in person, discuss the project's successes, improve our processes as a community, and to collaborate on the overall project roadmap.