Telemetry Schema Files

The schema module contains packages that help to parse and validate schema files.

Each major.minor schema file format version is implemented as a separate package, with the name of the package in the vmajor.minor form.

To parse a schema file, first decide what file format version you want to parse, then import the corresponding package and use the Parse or ParseFile functions like this:

import schema "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/schema/v1.1"

// Load the schema from a file in v1.1.x file format.
func loadSchemaFromFile() error {
	telSchema, err := schema.ParseFile("schema-file.yaml")
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	// Use telSchema struct here.
}

// Alternatively use schema.Parse to read the schema file from io.Reader.
func loadSchemaFromReader(r io.Reader) error {
	telSchema, err := schema.Parse(r)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	// Use telSchema struct here.
}